ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,126, issued on March 18, was assigned to Roku Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Smart remote control for audio responsive media device" was invented by Anthony Wood (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Lloyd Klarke (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an audio responsive remote control for controlling a media device. The remote control includes at least a speaker and microphone. The remote control is configured to: detect the talk button being pressed; responsive to the detection and within a time period that commences from the detection, analyze received audio data received to recognize one or more audio commands; and p...