Aaron W Graham

US Patent:

20130018938, Jan 17, 2013

Filed:

Jul 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/180375

Inventors:

Anthony WOOD - Palo Alto CA, US
David Stern - Los Gatos CA, US
David Westerhoff - Fremont CA, US
Bill Ataras - Portland OR, US
Mark Goodwin - Mountain View CA, US
Aaron Graham - Santa Clara CA, US
Matt Emerson - New Orleans LA, US
Kevin Phillips - Los Gatos CA, US

Assignee:

Roku, Incorporated - Saratoga CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203, 709231

Abstract:

A method for a computer system includes receiving an identifier associated with a client streaming player, determining one or more attributes associated with the identifier from a data structure in response to the identifier, determining available channels from a plurality of channels that are to be made available to the client streaming player in response to the identifier, wherein available channels comprises a first channel, but not the second channel, determining a first graphical identifier associated with the first channel, providing the first graphical identifier to the client streaming player, receiving a user selection of the first graphical identifier indicating a user request to associate the first channel with the computer system, and providing an indicator of a server network address associated with the first channel to the client streaming player.