ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,364, issued on June 3, was assigned to Roku Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Hub station with channel switching feature" was invented by Patrick A. Brouillette (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, an example method includes monitoring, by a hub station, a first channel activity level associated with a first channel of a plurality of channels within a particular frequency range. The hub station communicates with a low-energy device using the first channel. The method includes determining that the first channel activity level satisfies a threshold activity level and switching to a second channel of the plurality of chann...