Automatic Content Filtering
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, with a first device, first media content from a local content source;
presenting, with the first device, the received first media content;
collecting, with a presence detection device, presence information of a user;
estimating characteristics of the user, with a first computer, based at least in part on information derived from at least a portion of the presence information;
determining, with a second computer, whether at least one portion of the received first media content should be filtered based at least in part on the estimated characteristics of the user; and
based on a determination that at least one portion of the received first media content should be filtered, filtering the at least one portion of the received first media content prior to presenting the at least one portion of the received first media content.
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Abstract
Novel tools and techniques are provided for enabling or implementing presence detection and/or automatic content filtering of media content based on detected presence of users. In some embodiments, media content—including, without limitation, movies, television programs, music, video games, and/or the like—may be presented to a user(s) via a presence detection device (“PDD”). The PDD and/or a server over a network may collect presence information of a user(s), and may determine, based on the presence information of the user(s), whether (and how) at least one portion of the media content should be filtered or censored. Based on a determination that at least one portion of the media content should be filtered or censored, the PDD and/or the server might implement filtering or censoring of the at least one portion of the media content prior to presentation of (the at least one portion of) the media content to the user(s).
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45 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, with a first device, first media content from a local content source; presenting, with the first device, the received first media content; collecting, with a presence detection device, presence information of a user; estimating characteristics of the user, with a first computer, based at least in part on information derived from at least a portion of the presence information; determining, with a second computer, whether at least one portion of the received first media content should be filtered based at least in part on the estimated characteristics of the user; and based on a determination that at least one portion of the received first media content should be filtered, filtering the at least one portion of the received first media content prior to presenting the at least one portion of the received first media content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. An apparatus, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the apparatus to perform one or more operations, the set of instructions comprising; instructions for receiving presence information from a presence detection device; and instructions for determining whether at least one portion of a first media content should be filtered during presentation of the first media content, based at least in part on the presence information.
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42. A system, comprising:
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a computer; and a presence detection device; the computer comprising; one or more first processors; and a first non-transitory computer readable medium in communication with the one or more first processors, the first non-transitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon a first set of instructions executable by the one or more first processors to cause the computer to perform one or more operations, the first set of instructions comprising; instructions for receiving presence information of a user from the presence detection device; instructions for determining whether at least one portion of a first media content should be filtered during presentation of the first media content, based at least in part on the presence information; and instructions for, based on a determination that at least one portion of the first media content should be filtered, sending at least one filtered portion of the first media content corresponding to the at least one portion of the first media content; the presence detection device configured to collect the presence information, the presence detection device comprising; a video input interface to receive video input from a local content source; an audio input interface to receive audio input from the local content source; a video output interface to provide video output to a display device; an audio output interface to provide audio output to an audio receiver; an image capture device to capture at least one of image data or video data; an audio capture device to capture audio data; a network interface; one or more second processors; and a second non-transitory computer readable medium in communication with the one or more second processors, the second non-transitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon a second set of instructions executable by the one or more second processors to control operation of the presence detection device, the second set of instructions comprising; instructions for controlling the image capture device to capture one of a video stream or at least one image of the user; instructions for controlling the audio capture device to capture an audio stream; instructions for encoding the captured video stream and the captured audio stream to produce a series of data packets comprising presence information of the user; instructions for transmitting, using the network interface, the series of data packets comprising presence information of the user, for reception by the computer; instructions for receiving the first media content; instructions for receiving, from the computer, the at least one filtered portion of the first media content; instructions for presenting the first media content; and instructions for replacing, during presentation of the first media content, each of the at least one portion of the first media content with a corresponding one of the at least one filtered portion of the first media content, based on the determination that at least one portion of the first media content should be filtered.
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43. An image capture device configured to be accessible over a network, the image capture device comprising:
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an image sensor to capture at least one of image data or video data; a communication system; one or more processors; and a computer readable medium in communication with the one or more processors, the computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the computer system to cause the image capture device to perform one or more operations, the set of instructions comprising; instructions for collecting presence information of a user; and instructions for sending the collected presence information to a computer over a network to determine whether at least one portion of a first media content should be filtered during presentation of the first media content, based at least in part on profile information of the user. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45)
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