Automated Personalization

• US 20130219417A1
• Filed: 02/16/2012
• Published: 08/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Comcast Corporation)
• Inventors: Gilson, Ross, Stone, Christopher, Connelly, Michael, Holden, Danial E., Kokinda, Joseph, Herrin, Charles
• Application Number:
  US13/398,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20130219417A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/33 Arrangements for monitoring the users' behaviour or opinions
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/45 for identifying users
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/65 for using the result on users' side
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/258 Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data arrangements for services using the result on the distributing side of broadcast systems H04H60/66; profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• 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

Abstract

System and methods for providing a user experience are described, including a method comprising identifying a user, determining a profile of the user, determining a parameter of a user experience, and automatically modifying the parameter of the user experience based upon the profile of the user.

Claims

1. A method for providing a user experience comprising:

identifying a user;

obtaining a profile of the user;

determining a parameter of a user experience; and

automatically modifying the parameter of the user experience based upon the profile of the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is automatically identified based upon user data captured by a sensor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a profile of the user comprises retrieving the profile from a storage media.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a profile of the user comprises generating the profile based upon one or more user states.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the profile of the user comprises one or more content preferences associated with the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the parameter is one or more of content, an audio parameter, a video parameter, an image parameter, a playback speed parameter, and an environmental parameter.

7. A method for providing a user experience comprising:

identifying a user;

determining a profile of the user;

automatically modifying a parameter of the user experience based upon the profile of the user;

monitoring a state of the user; and

modifying one or more of the profile of the user and the user experience to reflect the state of the user.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein monitoring a state of the user comprises one or more of:

monitoring a behavior of the user, monitoring an interaction between the user and an a local device, monitoring a characteristic of the user, monitoring a location of the user, monitoring a movement of the user, and monitoring a reaction of the user to the user experience.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising updating the parameter of the content based upon the monitored state of the user.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the state of the user comprises presence of the user and the user experience is modified based upon the presence of the user.

11. A method for providing a user experience comprising:

identifying a user;

determining a state of the user; and

automatically modifying a parameter of the user experience based upon the state of the user.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining a state of the user comprises one or more of, monitoring a behavior of the user, monitoring an interaction between the user and an a local device, monitoring a characteristic of the user, monitoring a location of the user, monitoring a movement of the user, and monitoring a reaction of the user to the user experience.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the user is automatically identified based upon user data captured by a sensor.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein identifying the user comprises identifying a plurality of individuals.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the state of the user comprises presence of the user and the user experience is modified based upon the presence of the user to pause a content when the user is not present.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the state of the user comprises presence of the user and the user experience is modified based upon the presence of the user to present an advertisement based on the presence of the user.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the state of the user comprises a preferred language of the user and the user experience is modified to present audio in the preferred language of the user.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the state of the user comprises a permission setting associated with the user and the user experience is modified to render user-appropriate content.

19. A method for personalization of content comprising:

identifying a plurality of users;

determining a plurality of profiles, wherein each profile is associated with a respective user of the plurality of users; and

rendering a personalized user experience to each of the users based upon the plurality of profiles.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the personalized content is rendered via a single device.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein one of the plurality of profiles is identified as a control profile, whereby rendering a personalized user experience to each of the users is based upon the control profile.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

determining a parameter of content presented to the plurality of users; and

automatically modifying the parameter of the content based upon one or more the profiles of the users.

23. A method for personalization of content comprising:

identifying a user;

determining a profile of the user;

processing a plurality of available content to determine a preferred content based upon the profile of the user; and

rendering the preferred content.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the user is automatically identified based on data captured by a sensor.

25. The method of claim 23, wherein determining a profile of the user comprises retrieving the profile from a storage media.

26. The method of claim 23, wherein determining a profile of the user comprises generating the profile based upon a state of the user and a direct user feedback.

27. The method of claim 23, wherein the profile of the user comprises one or more of content preferences and permissions associated with the user.

28. The method of claim 23, further comprising monitoring a state of the user.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein determining a profile of the user comprises modifying the profile based upon the state of the user.

30. The method of claim 28, wherein monitoring a state of the user comprises monitoring a reaction of the user to the preferred content.