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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Roku, Inc., Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Anthony Wood, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark Goodwin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Roku, Inc., Saratoga, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/482 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/482 (2013.01); H04N 21/25808 (2013.01); H04N 21/25866 (2013.01); H04N 21/4384 (2013.01); H04N 21/4826 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes detecting a client device, determining a maximum number of channels based on the client device and selecting different targeted channels from a set of available channels. At least one of the different targeted channels is selected to form a preloaded channel.