Automatic Adjustment of Devices in a Home Entertainment System
First Claim
1. A method of adjusting characteristics in a home entertainment system, the method comprising:
- (a) obtaining a registration by a plurality of devices with a wireless home entertainment hub;
(b) determining at the initiation of an entertainment session an identification of a user using an identification device associated with the home entertainment system;
(c) retrieving a user profile corresponding to the user identified in step (b); and
(d) causing adjustment of characteristics of at least one of the devices in response to information stored in the user profile.
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Abstract
A method of detecting missing devices in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub includes obtaining a registration of at least one device that includes a source device. An instruction is received from a user to present program content from the source device. A set of one or more sink devices missing from the home entertainment system for a presentation of the program content based on an assessment by the wireless home entertainment hub of presentation capabilities of the home entertainment system using the at least one device registered with the wireless home entertainment hub is determined. The set of one or more sink devices is presented to the user.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of adjusting characteristics in a home entertainment system, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining a registration by a plurality of devices with a wireless home entertainment hub; (b) determining at the initiation of an entertainment session an identification of a user using an identification device associated with the home entertainment system; (c) retrieving a user profile corresponding to the user identified in step (b); and (d) causing adjustment of characteristics of at least one of the devices in response to information stored in the user profile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of adjusting characteristics in a home entertainment system, the method comprising:
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(a) obtaining a registration by a device with a wireless home entertainment hub; (b) receiving an instruction from the wireless home entertainment hub to adjust at least one characteristic of the device, wherein the instruction is based on obtaining at least one preference for a user from a user profile in response to an identification of the user by an identification device associated with the home entertainment system and; and (c) adjusting the at least one characteristic in response to the instruction received from the wireless home entertainment hub. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of adjusting characteristics in a home entertainment system, the method comprising:
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(a) receiving by an object an instruction from a wireless home entertainment hub to change a configuration of the object associated with a viewing location, wherein the instruction is based on obtaining at least one preference for a user from a user profile corresponding to the user in response to an identification of the user by an identification device associated with the home entertainment system; and (b) changing by the object the configuration in response to the instruction received from the wireless home entertainment hub. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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