SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN EXTENDER DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210021998A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-21

    申请号:US17061996

    申请日:2020-10-02

    Applicant: Roku, Inc.

    Abstract: Many customers have difficulty setting up a new extender device in the customer premises environment to improve their multimedia service. Some embodiments include configuring an extender device based on existing WiFi network credentials to minimize errors. Some embodiments include an application for mobile devices that may enable the transfer of network credentials from existing multimedia devices on the WiFi network to configure a new extender device in real time. For example, the configuration may be based on a customer account, a corresponding environment, and corresponding multimedia devices associated with the customer account. The extender device may be configured with the network credentials (e.g., a WiFi service set identifier (SSID) and password) that is common to the corresponding multimedia devices associated with the customer account.

    Crowdsourced prediction of CDN performance for zero buffer delivery of content

    公开(公告)号:US10771522B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US15961054

    申请日:2018-04-24

    Applicant: Roku, Inc.

    Abstract: Disclosed herein system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for using technology in innovative ways to automatically and intelligently predict performance of content delivery networks (CDNs) in a crowdsourced manner in order to deliver the highest resolution content possible with little or no buffering. In some embodiments, a media device downloads and displays primary content on a display device. The media device determines that secondary content should be stitched into the display of the primary content. Accordingly, the media device requests that a crowdsource server determine a bit-rate variant of the secondary content to download. The crowdsource server determines the bit-rate variant in a crowdsourced manner such that subsequent download of the identified bit-rate variant by the media device results in a zero buffer experience. The media device downloads the determined bit-rate variant of the secondary content, and stitches the downloaded bit-rate variant of the secondary content into the display of the primary content.

    ADAPTIVE SWITCHING IN A WHOLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20200084491A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-12

    申请号:US16128565

    申请日:2018-09-12

    Applicant: Roku, Inc.

    Abstract: Provided herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for synchronizing playback of audio and video associated with a content, such as a movie or TV show. Also provided herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for coordinating devices in a whole home entertainment system that includes a wireless network, to improve collective utilization of the wireless network and thereby enhance user experience.

    NETWORK-BASED USER IDENTIFICATION
    14.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190327776A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-24

    申请号:US16459728

    申请日:2019-07-02

    Applicant: ROKU, INC.

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for network-based user identification. An embodiment operates by determining a media access control (MAC) address of each of a plurality of mobile devices that have previously interacted with a streaming media device. A discovery signal is transmit to the MAC addresses of the plurality of mobile devices. Responses indicating a network address of each of the respective responding mobile devices are received. One or more user settings of the streaming media device are determined based on identified user settings corresponding to the plurality of responding mobile devices. The streaming media device is configured based on the identified one more user settings.

    Automatic determination of display device functionality

    公开(公告)号:US10447537B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-15

    申请号:US15646275

    申请日:2017-07-11

    Applicant: Roku, Inc.

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for automatically determining the functionality and capabilities of electronic components. Some embodiments operate by transmitting a command to the display device in question (sometimes called the device under test—DUT—herein) and monitoring the device. Then, it is determined whether an action by the display device was one of a set of proper responses to the command. If the action was proper, then it is determined that the display device supports the command set associated with the command. The command set may be the Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) set, although this disclosure is not limited to that example.

    Customizing a user interface based on user capabilities

    公开(公告)号:US11740771B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-29

    申请号:US17536865

    申请日:2021-11-29

    Applicant: ROKU, INC.

    CPC classification number: G06F3/0484 G06F3/0482 G06F21/32

    Abstract: Various embodiments for customizing a user interface based on user capabilities are described herein. An embodiment operates by detecting an interaction performed by a user with a user interface of a mobile device, the interaction being detected on a detection date and time. A biometric of the user is determined based on the interaction with the user interface of the mobile device. An initial identity of the user based is generated on the determined biometric of the user. A usage history for the initial identity of the user is retrieved. The detection date and time is compared to the usage history. The initial identity of the user is verified as an actual identity of the user based on the comparing. The user interface is customized based on the capabilities of the user in interacting with the user interface corresponding to the determined biometric after the verifying.

    Adaptive switching in a whole home entertainment system

    公开(公告)号:US11611788B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US17066595

    申请日:2020-10-09

    Applicant: Roku, Inc.

    Abstract: Provided herein are various embodiments for synchronizing playback of audio and video. An embodiment operates by determining that a first quality video is being received at a media device. It is determined that a buffer of the media device is not large enough to buffer the first quality video long enough to synchronize an output of the high quality video with the output of the audio by one or more wireless speakers. A second quality of the video that the buffer can hold long enough to synchronize is identified, wherein the second quality of the video is lower than the first quality of the video. The media device outputs the video at the second quality and the corresponding audio to the one or more wireless speakers.

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