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Presence-based operation of devices

  • US 9,769,283 B1
  • Filed: 10/30/2015
  • Issued: 09/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving first user proximity data from a first device, the first user proximity data indicative of a count of users associated with one or more of the first device or a second device;

    receiving second user proximity data from the first device, the second user proximity data indicative of physical nearness of a particular user included in the count of users to the one or more of the first device or the second device;

    accessing proximity action data including one or more user proximity states and one or more proximity instructions, wherein the one or more proximity instructions are configured to cause one or more actions to be performed by one or more of;

    the first device, the second device, or a third device in communication with the one or more of the first device or the second device;

    determining correspondence between the second user proximity data and a proximity state of the proximity action data;

    determining a proximity instruction corresponding to the proximity state; and

    executing the proximity instruction to affect content associated with the one or more of the first device or the second device, wherein executing the proximity instruction includes determining a delivery priority associated with the content and prioritizing one or more of a resource allocation or a transmission quality of the content based at least in part on the delivery priority.

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