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Patent No.:

US 12756906 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 07, 2022

Trigger activated enhancement of content user experience

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Bob Van Gulick, Austin, TX (US);

Chris Nee, San Jose, CA (US);

Daniel Levin, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

Rong Le

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/81 (2011.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8146 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/44 (2013.01); H04N 21/442 (2013.01); G10L 2015/223 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for dynamically enhancing the presentation of media content based on the detection of a trigger phrase during playing of the media content. An example embodiment operates by a media device receiving the trigger phrase from a user and generating a content enhancement protocol based on the trigger phrase and a user-supplied enhancement effect. During presentation of the media content, the media device may monitor content metadata associated with the media content to detect the trigger phrase, and upon detection, the media device may initiate the content enhancement protocol on the media content.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Van Gulick, Bob. (2026). Trigger activated enhancement of content user experience (U.S. Patent No. 12756906). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12756906

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