公开(公告)号：US20170124076A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US15343426

申请日：2016-11-04

Applicant: ROKU, INC.

Inventor： JIM FUNK ,  Brandon NOFFSINGER

IPC: G06F17/30 ,  H04N21/8405 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/482

CPC classification number: G06F17/30038 ,  G06F17/30023 ,  G06F17/3005 ,  G06F17/3051 ,  G06F17/30864 ,  G06F17/30867 ,  H04N21/237 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/4126 ,  H04N21/4668 ,  H04N21/47208 ,  H04N21/47217 ,  H04N21/4828 ,  H04N21/8405

Abstract: A system and method for intelligent content searching is disclosed herein. The system saves all searches executed by the user and periodically re-executes one or more of the previously saved searches and display the subsequent search results to the user at an appropriate time without any user intervention. In one aspect, the system periodically re-executes one or more of the previously saved searches upon the occurrence of a trigger event, which may be trending events, news events, type of menus and/or screens accessed, new content being added on one or more service providers, a boot event, passage of time since last search, etc. In this way, users do not need to set alert or follow any search topic.

公开(公告)号：US20210279270A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-09

申请号：US17327486

申请日：2021-05-21

Applicant: ROKU, INC.

Inventor： JIM FUNK ,  Brandon Noffsinger

IPC: G06F16/48 ,  G06F16/43 ,  G06F16/438 ,  G06F16/951 ,  G06F16/9535 ,  G06F16/2455 ,  H04N21/2387 ,  H04N21/41 ,  H04N21/466 ,  H04N21/472 ,  H04N21/482 ,  H04N21/237 ,  H04N21/8405

Abstract: A system and method for searching and displaying multimedia search results is disclosed herein. An embodiment operates by determining that an interface including one or more previously saved searches is displayed, each of the previously saved searches corresponding to a set of one or more search terms. An updated plurality of search results is received for each of the previously saved searches from a remote server. A grouping of the plurality of search results for each of a plurality of different search terms is displayed across a plurality of individual time periods.

公开(公告)号：US20220377418A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-24

申请号：US17835346

申请日：2022-06-08

Applicant: ROKU, INC.

Inventor： DAVID MENDENHALL ,  DAVID SHARP ,  MARK ELY ,  JIM FUNK ,  CHARLES SMITH ,  ANDREW SCHULTZ ,  ANTHONY WOOD

IPC: H04N21/458 ,  H04N21/4363 ,  H04N21/443

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various embodiments for a media device upgrading system with a native user interface. An embodiment operates by displaying a native user interface of a media device configured to operate in both a normal mode without an upgrader device and an upgrader mode when an upgrader device is connected to an input port of the media device. It is determined that the upgrader device is connected a command is received via the native user interface. it is determined that the command operates a software component, and the command is provided to the upgrader device. A response to executing the command is received from the upgrader device, and a response is displayed on the native user interface.