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Roku files patent to inject ads via HDMI (patents.google.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Basically: if the Roku device detects it is not actively playing a video, it will show ads. Whether or not this will happen while your TV is set to another input that doesn't contain a Roku device isn't clear based on the skimming I did through the diagrams.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is for roku TVs, which are TVs fhey sell with intergrated roku media players.

This patent will affect anything plugged into the TVs hdmi ports. Apple tv? Xbox? Whatever, it reads the hdmi pause state and then uses it built in roku player to overlay ads on your screen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Disgusting. I never did like Roku...