US 12,395,697 B2
Using motion and presence of an end-user to switch operational modes of an internet of things device
Greg Garner, San Jose, CA (US); and David Stern, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Roku, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/319,015.
Application 18/319,015 is a continuation of application No. 17/884,718, filed on Aug. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,700,422.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056634 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/44 (2011.01); G06F 1/3231 (2019.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/44218 (2013.01) [G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); H04N 21/42203 (2013.01); H04N 21/42222 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for use in connection with (i) a computing device having a Wi-Fi module and (ii) a battery-powered Internet of Things (IoT) device, wherein the IoT device is a camera, the method comprising:
using the Wi-Fi module to detect that an end-user has entered a monitored environment of the computing device, wherein the computing device is separate from, and communicatively coupled over an IoT network to, the IoT device; and
responsive to detecting, by using the Wi-Fi module, that the end-user has entered the monitored environment of the computing device, causing the IoT device to switch from operating in a standby mode to instead operating in an active mode, wherein operation in the standby mode comprises a mode in which the IoT device consumes less power than when the IoT device is operating in the active mode, wherein operation in the standby mode further comprises a mode in which the camera is not recording footage of a camera-monitored environment and wherein operation in the active mode comprises a mode in which the camera is recording footage of the camera-monitored environment, wherein the camera-monitored environment and the monitored environment are the same environment.