US Patent Issued to Calix on July 21 for "Automatic feedback for proper placement of Wi-Fi connected set top box" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,800, issued on July 21, was assigned to Calix Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Automatic feedback for proper placement of Wi-Fi connected set top box" was invented by Harold A. Roberts (Excelsior, Minn.) and Francisco Moreno (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include an automatic set top box placement (STB) process and system that balances video playback needs against the performance characteristics of individual devices and the communications system. For video playback, this involves maintaining required sustained data rates needed to support video of various levels of quality and resolution and matching these ...