IP Library Granted Patent US 12695953
Granted Patent B2
US 12695953 · App. 18/914,952 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Overriding multimedia device

Inventor: Eric Casten Riepling (Soquel, CA)
Assignee: Roku, Inc.
H04N21/478G06F3/167G06N20/00H04N21/42203H04N21/42222H04N21/43635H04N21/4436
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12695953
App. No.
18/914,952
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for switching the output of an overriding multimedia device from a first input to a second input or a combination of the first input and the second input. An example embodiment operates by receiving data relating to a multimedia switching event. The example embodiment further operates by determining that the data corresponds to a multimedia switching action. In response, the example embodiment operates by generating a multimedia switching actuation signal that instructs an overriding multimedia device to switch its output from the first multimedia signal to the second multimedia signal. Subsequently, the example embodiment operates by transmitting the multimedia switching actuation signal to the overriding multimedia device.

Claims (48)

1 . A system, comprising:

one or more memories configured to store priority multimedia input data comprising a first priority value for a first multimedia signal and a second priority value for a second multimedia signal; and

at least one processor each coupled to at least one of the memories and configured to perform operations comprising:

determining that received data corresponds to a multimedia switching action based on a determination that the received data has caused the second priority value to increase above the first priority value;

generating a multimedia switching actuation signal configured to instruct an overriding multimedia device to switch an output of the overriding multimedia device from the first multimedia signal to the second multimedia signal; and

transmitting the multimedia switching actuation signal to the overriding multimedia device to display multimedia content received from an application.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia content received from the application comprises any of: incoming videoconference calls, SMS text messages, calendar reminders, event reminders, medication alerts, or emergency alerts.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia switching actuation signal is a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) switching actuation signal.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia switching actuation signal is a Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) switching actuation signal.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the received data comprises any of: a user input via a remote control, an emergency alert data, a phone call, environmental data, a fire detector, an alarm, or a timer.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the received data comprises a voice command comprising a wake command and an action command, and the at least one processor is further configured to:

detect the wake command; and

in response to a detection of the wake command, determine, based on the priority multimedia input data, that the action command corresponds to the multimedia switching action.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:

classifying the received data as a classified alert initiation action using an audio signal classifier machine learning model trained by a process comprising:

generating a probability value that an audio signal corresponds to an alert initiation action,

determining that the probability value satisfies an alert initiation action threshold value, and

generating the classified alert initiation action based on the determining that the probability value satisfies the alert initiation action threshold value; and

in response to classifying the audio signal as the classified alert initiation action, determining, based on the priority multimedia input data, that the classified alert initiation action corresponds to the multimedia switching action.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia switching actuation signal is further configured to instruct the overriding multimedia device to terminate a display of the first multimedia signal.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

storing priority multimedia input data comprising a first priority value for a first multimedia signal and a second priority value for a second multimedia signal;

determining that received data corresponds to a multimedia switching action based on a determination that the received data has caused the second priority value to increase above the first priority value;

generating a multimedia switching actuation signal configured to instruct an overriding multimedia device to switch an output of the overriding multimedia device from the first multimedia signal to the second multimedia signal; and

transmitting the multimedia switching actuation signal to the overriding multimedia device to display multimedia content received from an application.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the multimedia content received from the application comprises any of: incoming videoconference calls, SMS text messages, calendar reminders, event reminders, medication alerts, or emergency alerts.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the multimedia switching actuation signal is a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) switching actuation signal.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the received data comprises any of: a user input via remote control, emergency alert data, a phone call, environmental data, a fire detector, an alarm, or a timer.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the received data comprises a voice command comprising a wake command and an action command, and the operations further comprise:

detecting the wake command; and

in response to the detecting the wake command, determining, based on the priority multimedia input data, that the action command corresponds to the multimedia switching action.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the received data comprises an audio signal, and the operations further comprise:

classifying the audio signal as a classified alert initiation action using an audio signal classifier machine learning model trained by a process comprising:

generating a probability value that the audio signal corresponds to an alert initiation action, determining that the probability value satisfies an alert initiation action threshold value, and

generating the classified alert initiation action based on the determining that the probability value satisfies the alert initiation action threshold value; and

in response to the classifying the audio signal as the classified alert initiation action, determining, based on the priority multimedia input data, that the classified alert initiation action corresponds to the multimedia switching action.

15 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:

storing, by at least one processor, priority multimedia input data comprising a first priority value for a first multimedia signal and a second priority value for a second multimedia signal;

determining that received data corresponds to a multimedia switching action based on a determination that the received data has caused the second priority value to increase above the first priority value;

generating a multimedia switching actuation signal configured to instruct an overriding multimedia device to switch an output of the overriding multimedia device from the first multimedia signal to the second multimedia signal; and

transmitting the multimedia switching actuation signal to the overriding multimedia device to display multimedia content received from an application.

16 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the multimedia content received from the application comprises any of: incoming videoconference calls, SMS text messages, calendar reminders, event reminders, medication alerts, or emergency alerts.

17 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the multimedia switching actuation signal is a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) switching actuation signal.

18 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the received data comprises a voice command comprising a wake command and an action command, and further comprising:

detecting the wake command; and

in response to the detecting the wake command, determining based on the priority multimedia input data, that the action command corresponds to the multimedia switching action.

19 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the received data comprises any of: a user input via remote control, emergency alert data, a phone call, environmental data, a fire detector, an alarm, or a timer.

20 . The computer-implemented method of claim 15 , wherein the second multimedia signal comprises a combination of the first multimedia signal and a third multimedia signal.