Method and apparatus for managing multiple media services
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1. A media 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;
obtaining a group of facial objects detected from an image captured by a camera coupled to the media device, wherein the camera captures a viewing area of the media device, wherein the viewing area includes a plurality of users, and wherein the facial objects correspond to the plurality of users;
determining identification information for each of the plurality of users based on the facial objects;
accessing a history of prior access to content service systems wherein the prior access to the content service systems were enabled according to prior authentication information provided by the media device;
identifying a subset of a group of content service systems to which current authentication information will be provided based on the identification information and the history of prior access to content service systems, the group of content service systems being managed by service providers that provide a group of media services to the plurality of users according to subscription plans for the plurality of users;
determining the current authentication information for each of the plurality of users based on the identification information;
providing the current authentication information to the subset of the group of content service systems for enabling current access to the subset of the group of media services from the group of content service systems;
filtering out redundant media services among the subset of 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; and
accessing the aggregated media services.
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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 media 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; obtaining a group of facial objects detected from an image captured by a camera coupled to the media device, wherein the camera captures a viewing area of the media device, wherein the viewing area includes a plurality of users, and wherein the facial objects correspond to the plurality of users; determining identification information for each of the plurality of users based on the facial objects; accessing a history of prior access to content service systems wherein the prior access to the content service systems were enabled according to prior authentication information provided by the media device; identifying a subset of a group of content service systems to which current authentication information will be provided based on the identification information and the history of prior access to content service systems, the group of content service systems being managed by service providers that provide a group of media services to the plurality of users according to subscription plans for the plurality of users; determining the current authentication information for each of the plurality of users based on the identification information; providing the current authentication information to the subset of the group of content service systems for enabling current access to the subset of the group of media services from the group of content service systems; filtering out redundant media services among the subset of 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; and accessing the aggregated media services. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory 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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obtaining a first image captured by a camera, wherein the first image includes a plurality of users; applying facial pattern recognition to the first image to detect first facial objects in the first image, wherein the first facial objects correspond to the plurality of users; accessing a list of authenticated content service systems; identifying a subset of a group of content service systems to which authentication information will be provided according to identification information based on the first facial objects, a history of prior access of content service systems, and the list of authenticated content service systems, wherein the group of content service systems is managed by service providers that provide a group of media services to the plurality of users according to subscription plans for the plurality of users; and providing the first facial objects to the group of content service systems for authentication and access to the group of media services from the group of content service systems, wherein redundant media services among the group of media services are filtered out 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 (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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obtaining, by a processing system comprising a processor, facial objects detected from an image captured by a camera, wherein the facial objects correspond to a plurality of users; determining, by the processing system, authentication information for each of the plurality of users based on the facial objects; selecting, by the processing system, a subset of content service systems from a group of content service systems to which authentication information will be provided according to the facial objects and a history of prior access of content service systems, the group of content service systems being manages by service providers that provide a group of media services to the plurality of users according to subscription plans for the plurality of users, wherein the selecting comprises identifying, by the processing system, the subset of the content service systems based on identification information determined for each of the plurality of users based on the facials objects; providing, by the processing system, the authentication information to the subset of content service systems for enabling access to aggregated media services from the subset of the content service systems; and filtering out, by the processing system, redundant media services among the group of media services provided by the content service systems to generate the 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. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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