Systems and methods for presenting content based on user behavior

• US 10,178,222 B1
• Filed: 03/22/2017
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
• Original Assignee: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
• Inventors: Knas, Michal, John, Jiby
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Application Number:
  US15/466,757
• Time in Patent Office: 657 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/47 the supplementary measurement being an inertial measurement, e.g. tightly coupled inertial
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera constructional features concerning the integration of cameras in portable phones H04M1/0264
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for controlling content and/or sound provided to a user including generating content data configured for presentation on a display, transmitting the content data to one of the display, a speaker, or both, collecting behavior data of the user sensed by the tracking sensor, and determining whether behavior data represents a value that satisfies a threshold value. When the value satisfies the threshold value, generating, by the processing module of the device, a change in the content data presented on at least one of the display, the speaker, or both, and when the value does not satisfy the threshold value, presenting, by the processing module, the same content data on at least one of least one of the display, the speaker, or both.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating, by a processing module of a mobile user computing device, content data configured for presentation on at least one of a display and a speaker of the mobile user computing device;

transmitting, by the processing module of the mobile user computing device, the content data to one of the display of the mobile user computing device, the speaker of the mobile user computing device for audio transmission, or both;

dynamically monitoring, by the processing module of the mobile user computing device, an effective speed of travel of the mobile user computer device by determining via a GPS system a change in location of the mobile user computing device at regular intervals;

when the effective speed of the mobile user computing device exceeds a predetermined velocity, continuously collecting, by a tracking sensor, at least one of an acceleration data of the mobile user computer device and a behavior data of a user;

dynamically determining, by the processing module of the mobile user computing device, whether at least one of the acceleration data or behavior data represents a value that satisfies a predetermined threshold value;

automatically generating, by the processing module of the mobile user computing device, a change in the content data presented on at least one of the display of the mobile user computing device, the speaker of the mobile user computing device, or both, only when the value satisfies the threshold; and

automatically resuming, by the processing module of the mobile user computing device, to present unchanged content data configured for presentation on at least one of the display of the mobile user computing device, the speaker of the mobile user computing device, or both, when the value no longer satisfies the threshold value.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein, collecting behavior data comprises automatically extracting behavior data from the user via a head-tracking sensor that extracts information about when a user'"'"'s head movement is within a boundary associated with one or more portions of the display in a direction of the mobile user computing device and times a duration of said user'"'"'s head movement within said boundary, and the threshold value relates to the timed duration and is about 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, or 4 seconds.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising one of reflecting a light on the user'"'"'s head or offsetting an illumination source from a marker on the user'"'"'s head.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein collecting behavior data comprises automatically extracting behavior data from the user via an eye tracking sensor that extracts information about when a user'"'"'s eye movement is within a boundary associated with one or more portions of the display of the mobile user computing device and times a duration of said user'"'"'s eye movement within said boundary, and the threshold value relates to the timed duration and is about 500 ms, 1 second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, 4 seconds or 5 seconds.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the tracking sensor is an accelerometer that extracts information about changes in acceleration of the mobile user computer device and times a duration of said changes in acceleration and the threshold value relates to the timed duration and is about 1, second, 2 seconds, 3 seconds, or 4 seconds.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the change in the content data comprises one of pausing the content data, stopping the content data, or replacing the content data.

7. The method according to claim 1 wherein the change in the content data comprises displaying a blank display or a predetermined message on the display.

8. A mobile user computing device comprising:

a processing module;

a tracking sensor communicatively coupled to the processing module and configured to continuously collect at least one of an acceleration data of the mobile user computing device and a behavior data of a user when activated and to communicate to the processing module the collected data;

a GPS system communicatively coupled to the processing module; and

at least one of a display and a speaker;

wherein the processing module is configured to;

dynamically monitor a speed of travel of the mobile user computer device via the GPS system,

automatically activate the tracking sensor when the speed of travel is greater than a predetermined velocity,

generate content data for presentation on the display, the speaker, or both,

dynamically determine whether at least one of the collected acceleration data and behavior data represents a value that satisfies a threshold value,

automatically generate a change in the content data on the display or the speaker when the value satisfies the threshold value, and

automatically resume presentation of the content data unchanged when the value does not satisfy the threshold value.

9. The mobile user computing device of claim 8, further comprising at least one accelerometer.

10. The mobile user computing device of claim 9, further comprising at least three accelerometers, the three accelerometers configured to measure the acceleration of the mobile user computing device along an x, y, and z orthogonal axes in a physical space.

11. The mobile user computing device of claim 8, the tracking sensor comprising at least one of an eye-tracking sensor, a head tracking sensor, and an accelerometer.

12. The mobile user computing device of claim 11, wherein the tracking sensor comprises optical tracking device, a camera, an infrared emitter, or an ocular sensor.