Methods and systems for location specific operations

• US 10,200,752 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2017
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Dish Network Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Dish Technologies LLC (Dish Network Corporation)
• Inventors: Richardson, Jon
• Primary Examiner(s): Lonsberry, Hunter B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Boyd, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US15/672,997
• Publication Number:
  US 20180027290A1
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4112 having fewer capabilities than the client, e.g. thin client having less processing power or no tuning capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/439 Processing of audio elementary streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44 Processing of video elementary streams, e.g. splicing a video clip retrieved from local storage with an incoming video stream or rendering scenes according to encoded video stream scene graphs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00

Abstract

Systems and methods for performing user accommodations are described. An exemplary system may include an electronic device configured to receive audiovisual content and/or user inputs. The electronic device may further include one or more processors as well as memory, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause them to perform one or more locating functions to locate one or more users of the electronic device, and determine a level of interaction for the one or more users based at least in part on the location. The one or more processors may further be caused to perform at least one accommodation function based at least in part on the determined level of interaction for the one or more users or location of the one or more users.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

at least one audiovisual content input component;

at least one output component communicatively coupled with at least one display device;

one or more processors; and

memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to;

perform locating functions to locate one or more users of the electronic device, wherein at least one user of the one or more users is located based at least in part on an identified location of a controlling device, wherein the electronic device receives signal information to detect changing locations of the controlling device;

based at least in part on the locating functions;

detect a first location of the at least one user, and determine a first level of interaction for the at least one user;

detect a second location of the at least one user, and determine that the at least one user has moved from the first location to the second location, where the first location is more proximate to a display device than the second location is;

based at least in part on the second location, determine a second level of interaction for the at least one user, wherein the electronic device determines that the second level of interaction corresponds to a low level of interaction; and

perform at least one accommodation function based at least in part on the low level of interaction for the at least one user, the at least one accommodation function comprising automatically transmitting an interactive message to the controlling device, the interactive message comprising a request for response based on inactivity determined by the electronic device.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device determines that the first level of interaction corresponds to a high level of interaction and the electronic device performs the at least one accommodation function based at least in part on a transition from the high level of interaction to the low level of interaction.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the at least one accommodation function comprises automatically transferring a broadcast from the display device to an alternative display device.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the interactive message comprises a request to transfer a broadcast from the display device communicatively coupled with the electronic device to an alternative display device.

5. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the at least one accommodation function comprises adjusting a display format.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors cause the electronic device to perform a scan to locate the one or more users.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controlling device is communicatively coupled with the electronic device.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the accommodation function comprises automatically adjusting an audio component and a video component.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further caused to identify the at least one user as a controlling user subsequent to locating the at least one user.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the at least one accommodation function comprises an automatic adjustment of a display property for audiovisual content based on a predetermined preference of the controlling user.

11. A method of accommodating a user of an electronic device, the method comprising:

performing locating functions to locate one or more users of the electronic device, the performing locating functions comprising;

locating at least one user of the one or more users based at least in part on an identified location of a controlling device, and

receiving signal information and detecting changing locations of the controlling device based at least in part on the signal information;

based at least in part on the locating functions;

detecting a first location of the at least one user, and determining a first level of interaction for the at least one user;

detecting a second location of the at least one user, and determine that the at least one user has moved from the first location to the second location, where the first location is more proximate to a display device than the second location is;

based at least in part on the second location, determining a second level of interaction for the at least one user, wherein the electronic device determines that the second level of interaction corresponds to a low level of interaction; and

performing at least one accommodation function based at least in part on the low level of interaction for the at least one user, the at least one accommodation function comprising automatically transmitting an interactive message to the controlling device, the interactive message comprising a request for response based on inactivity determined by the electronic device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the determining the first level of interaction for the at least one user comprises determining that the first level of interaction corresponds to a high level of interaction and the electronic device performs the at least one accommodation function based at least in part on a transition from the high level of interaction to the low level of interaction.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one accommodation function comprises automatically transferring a broadcast from the display device to an alternative display device.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the interactive message comprises a request to transfer a broadcast from the display device communicatively coupled with the electronic device to an alternative display device.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one accommodation function comprises adjusting a display format.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising causing the electronic device to perform a scan to locate the one or more users.