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Low-latency multimedia using dual wireless adapters

a dual-wireless adapter, low-latency technology, applied in the direction of wireless communication, network traffic/resource management, electrical equipment, etc., can solve the problems of poor multimedia playback and synchronization, and achieve the effect of minimizing latency, maximizing packet traffic, and easy detection

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-02-01
ROKU INCORPORATED
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Benefits of technology

The patent text describes a solution to improve latency in a computing device by adding two wireless adapters: one for connecting to a Wi-Fi access point for regular internet access, and one for connecting to local devices that require low latency. The second wireless adapter acts as a hotspot for direct connections to these devices, which helps to minimize latency and optimize packet traffic. This results in faster and more reliable connections for these devices while reducing delays for other applications.

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Even slight latency can cause synchronization problems, poor multimedia playback due to jitter or irregular playback speeds, and the like.

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[0020]The inventor has conceived, and reduced to practice, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, computing device for low-latency multimedia using dual wireless adapters.

[0021]One or more different inventions may be described in the present application. Further, for one or more of the inventions described herein, numerous alternative embodiments may be described; it should be appreciated that these are presented for illustrative purposes only and are not limiting of the inventions contained herein or the claims presented herein in any way. One or more of the inventions may be widely applicable to numerous embodiments, as may be readily apparent from the disclosure. In general, embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice one or more of the inventions, and it should be appreciated that other embodiments may be utilized and that structural, logical, software, electrical and other changes may be made without departing from the scop...

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Abstract

A computing device for low-latency multimedia using dual wireless adapters having a network interface controller and dual Wi-Fi adapters. Programmable instructions cause the processor to establish, using the network interface controller, a streaming multimedia session; receive streaming multimedia in the streaming multimedia session from a Wi-Fi access point using the first wireless network adapter; and forward at least a portion of the received streaming multimedia to a plurality of wireless endpoint devices via the second wireless network adapter.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62 / 483,286, titled “LOW-LATENCY MULTIMEDIA USING DUAL WIRELESS ADAPTERS” filed on Apr. 7, 2017, and is also a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15 / 336,745 titled “LOW-LATENCY MULTIMEDIA USING DUAL WIRELESS ADAPTERS”, filed on Oct. 27, 2016, which claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62 / 367,930, titled “LOW-LATENCY MULTIMEDIA USING DUAL WIRELESS ADAPTERS” filed on Jul. 28, 2016, the entire specification of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONField of the Art[0002]The disclosure relates to the field of multimedia computing devices, and more particularly to the field of wireless multimedia computing devices requiring low latency.Discussion of the State of the Art[0003]It is commonplace to stream various multimedia content to one or more devices from a single computing devi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04W28/02
CPCH04W28/0205H04W28/0215H04W88/08H04W84/12
Inventor RAJAPAKSE, RAVI
Owner ROKU INCORPORATED