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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2022
Applicant:

Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:
Assignee:

Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/44016 (2013.01); H04N 21/42607 (2013.01); H04N 21/458 (2013.01); H04N 21/812 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first request for first supplemental content for use by a content-presentation device in performing a first content-modification operation, receiving a second request for second supplemental content for use by a tuner device in performing a second content-modification operation. The method also includes determining that the content-presentation device is connected to the tuner device, and based at least in part on the first and second requests, determining that the first and second requests are associated with the same modifiable content-segment, and, in response to the determinations, using one or more parameters as a basis to select for performance an action from a set of actions including a first action that facilitates performance of the first content-modification operation and a second action that facilitates performance of the second content-modification operation.


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