US 12,363,742 B2
Dynamic private Wi-Fi channel selection
Allen Wong, San Jose, CA (US); Tito Thomas, San Jose, CA (US); Jiny Bradshaw, San Jose, CA (US); and Amalavoyal Narasimha Chari, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by ROKU, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,964.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/246,729, filed on Sep. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0092595 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 36/08 (2009.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01); H04W 72/52 (2023.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/52 (2023.01) [G08C 17/02 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a media device for performing a dynamic channel switch within a private network, the method comprising:
detecting a trigger condition for performing a channel switch operation, wherein the media device is configured to communicate with a peripheral device over a currently selected channel of a plurality of channels, and wherein the plurality of channels further includes a predefined channel and a candidate channel;
determining whether the media device is configured for performing the dynamic channel switch for the channel switch operation, wherein the dynamic channel switch is based on a channel score associated with the candidate channel;
responsive to the media device not being configured for performing the dynamic channel switch, performing a hard-coded channel switch to switch the media device from the currently selected channel to the predefined channel, wherein in performing the hard-coded channel switch, the method further comprises retrieving, by the media device, the predefined channel from a channel database; and
responsive to the media device being configured for performing the dynamic channel switch:
identifying the candidate channel based on the channel score associated with the candidate channel; and
performing the dynamic channel switch to switch the media device from the currently selected channel to the candidate channel.