Patent ID: 11962853
Assignee: ROKU, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A computing device, comprising at least one processor configured to perform operations, comprising:
determining that the computing device is configured to output content received by the computing device over a wireless network;
determining that the computing device is connected to an upgrader device over a wireless network connection, wherein the upgrader device includes hardware capabilities for processing the streaming content beyond capabilities of the computing device;
determining that an upgrader mode of the computing device is activated based on the determination that the wireless network connection to the upgrader device is active, wherein during the upgrader mode at least a portion of a functionality of the computing device is executed by the upgrader device;
receiving a command at the computing device;
determining that a speed of the wireless network connection exceeds a threshold;
transmitting the command to the upgrader device based on both the determination that the upgrader mode is active and the determination that the speed of the wireless network connection exceeds the threshold;
receiving, at the computing device, a response from the upgrader device executing the command; and
executing the received response at the computing device, wherein the received response directs the computing device to output at least a portion of the content.