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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Andrew Soh, Austin, TX (US);
Jeffrey John Peters, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/4415 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/42222 (2013.01); H04N 21/4415 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein include a method that operates by receiving, at a media device, one or more signals from a remote control. The media device identifies a user currently using the remote control based on the signals. Then, the media device selects content to make available based on the identified user. In some embodiments, the media device identifies the user by using the signals to identify the remote control. Then, the media device determines that a user associated with the identified remote control is the user currently using the remote control.