Methods, systems and computer program products for providing resident aware home management
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a component of a home management system at a residence, comprising determining resident activities of a resident of the residence;
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Abstract
Resident activities and/or activity schedules are used to control a home management system. Resident activities and/or activity schedules may be monitored using a calendar application. A common repository may be provided for storing residential information used by multiple applications. Control of the home management system may include the selection of advertising video clips that may replace commercial advertisements in a vide stream. Advertising portions of a video stream may also be replaced with a locally generated video insertion. An architecture and/or system for home management is also provided.
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54 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a component of a home management system at a residence, comprising
determining resident activities of a resident of the residence; - and
controlling the component based on the determined resident activities of the resident. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of displaying a video stream containing commercial advertising portions and primary content portions on a television at a residence, comprising:
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detecting a commercial advertising portion of the video stream; and
replacing the detected commercial advertising portion of the video stream with a video stream from a source component located at the residence so as to provide a composite video stream containing primary content portions and at least one locally generated portion. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of generating demographic data for residents of a residence for use in selecting video content for presentation to the residents, comprising:
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collecting information on activity schedules of the residents of the household;
analyzing the activities reflected in the collected information; and
selecting video content for presentation to the residents on a television based on the analysis of the collected information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of determining a user of a video display device, comprising:
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collecting information on activity schedules of the residents of the residence; and
identifying at least one of the residents of the residence as the user of the video display device based on the collected information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of controlling components in a home management system, comprising:
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maintaining a central repository of residence information for use by more than one component of the home management system; and
determining an action to control a component of the home management system based on an analysis of residence information maintained in the central repository. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A home management system, comprising:
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a central repository of residence information;
a family information manager configured to provide access to the central repository of residence information; and
a plurality of home management application program configured to retrieve information from and/or store information in the central repository. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A system for controlling a component of a home management system at a residence, comprising
means for determining resident activities of a resident of the residence; - and
means for controlling the component based on the determined resident activities of the resident.
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51. A system for displaying a video stream containing commercial advertising portions and primary content portions on a television at a residence, comprising:
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means for detecting a commercial advertising portion of the video stream; and
means for replacing the detected commercial advertising portion of the video stream with a video stream from a source component located at the residence so as to provide a composite video stream containing primary content portions and at least one locally generated portion.
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52. A system for generating demographic data for residents of a residence for use in selecting video content for presentation to the residents, comprising:
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means for collecting information on activity schedules of the residents of the household;
means for analyzing the activities reflected in the collected information; and
means for selecting video content for presentation to the residents on a television based on the analysis of the collected information.
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53. A system for determining a user of a video display device, comprising:
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means for collecting information on activity schedules of the residents of the residence; and
means for identifying at least one of the residents of the residence as the user of the video display device based on the collected information.
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54. A system for controlling components in a home management system, comprising:
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means for maintaining a central repository of residence information for use by more than one component of the home management system; and
means for determining an action to control a component of the home management system based on an analysis of residence information maintained in the central repository.
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