METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE MEDIA SERVICES
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1. A device comprising:
- a processing system including a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;
identifying a plurality of users within a viewing area of a media device;
determining a group of media services and a history of prior access to the group of media services by the plurality of users according to subscription plans for the plurality of users; and
filtering out redundant media services among the group of media services to generate aggregated media services, wherein the filtering out of the redundant media services includes choosing a selected redundant media service from among the redundant media services for inclusion in the aggregated media services based on satisfying a quality of service threshold.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a group of facial objects detected from an image captured by a camera coupled with a media device where the facial objects correspond to a plurality of users, determining authentication information for each of the plurality of users based on the facial objects, and providing the authentication information to a group of content service systems for enabling the media device to access aggregated media services from the group of content service systems. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A device comprising:
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a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising; identifying a plurality of users within a viewing area of a media device; determining a group of media services and a history of prior access to the group of media services by the plurality of users according to subscription plans for the plurality of users; and filtering out redundant media services among the group of media services to generate aggregated media services, wherein the filtering out of the redundant media services includes choosing a selected redundant media service from among the redundant media services for inclusion in the aggregated media services based on satisfying a quality of service threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
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identifying a plurality of users within a viewing area of a media device; determining a group of media services and a history of prior access to the group of media services by the plurality of users according to subscription plans for the plurality of users; and filtering out redundant media services among the group of media services to generate aggregated media services, wherein the filtering out of the redundant media services includes choosing a selected redundant media service from among the redundant media services for inclusion in the aggregated media services based on satisfying a cost threshold. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, comprising:
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identifying, by a processing system including a processor, a plurality of users within a viewing area of a media device; determining, by the processing system, a group of media services and a history of prior access to the group of media services by the plurality of users according to subscription plans for the plurality of users; and filtering out, by the processing system, redundant media services among the group of media services to generate aggregated media services, wherein the filtering out of the redundant media services includes choosing a selected redundant media service from among the redundant media services for inclusion in the aggregated media services based on satisfying a user criteria threshold. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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