Apparatus and method for providing programming information for media content to a wearable device

• US 9,918,129 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2016
• Issued: 03/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DIRECTV, LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Truong, Heather, Asarikuniyil, Binny, Bandela, Sudheer, Nguyen, Hai
• Primary Examiner(s): PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US15/221,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20180035166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 594 Days
• Field of Search: 725 12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4335 Housekeeping operations, e.g. prioritizing content for deletion because of storage space restrictions storage management, e.g. defragmentation G06F3/0604; unloading stored programs G06F9/445; storage management in file systems G06F16/10; buffering arrangements in a network node or in an end terminal in packet networks H04L49/90
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4821 using a grid, e.g. sorted out by channel and broadcast time

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a first wearable device and a second wearable device in proximity of a display device and identifying a first user profile associated with the first wearable device and a second user profile associated with the second wearable device. Further aspects may include identifying a first set of media content preferences according to the first user profile and a second set of media content preferences according to the second user profile. Additional aspects may include providing a first filtered electronic programming guide to the first wearable device and providing a second filtered electronic programming guide to the second wearable device. The first filtered electronic programming guide indicates the first set of media content preferences and the second filtered electronic programming guide indicates the second set of media content preferences. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

detecting a first smart watch and a second smart watch in proximity of a display device, wherein each of the first smart watch and the second smart watch is configured to wrap around a wrist of a person;

identifying a first user profile associated with the first smart watch and a second user profile associated with the second smart watch;

identifying a first set of media content preferences according to the first user profile and a second set of media content preferences according to the second user profile;

generating a first filtered electronic programming guide indicating the first set of media content preferences to be presented on the first smart watch and generating a second filtered electronic programming guide indicating the second set of media content preferences to be presented on the second smart watch;

providing the first filtered electronic programming guide to the first smart watch and providing the second filtered electronic programming guide to the second smart watch;

receiving a first user input from the first smart watch indicating to present a first selected media content and receiving a second user input from the second smart watch indicating to present a second selected media content;

selecting a first action that causes presenting of the first selected media content at the display device and storing of the second selected media content in a digital video recorder in response to determining the first user profile having a higher priority than the second user profile; and

selecting a second action that causes presenting the second selected media content at the display device and storing the first selected media content in the digital video recorder in response to identifying that the first smart watch is in motion and the second smart watch is stationary.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise registering the first smart watch and second smart watch, wherein the registering the first smart watch further comprises associating the first user profile with first identification information of the first smart watch, and wherein the registering the second smart watch further comprises associating the second user profile with a second identification information of the second smart watch.

3. The device of claim 1, transmitting a request to first smart watch in motion for recording media content.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise identifying a common set of media content preferences between the first set of media content preferences and the second set of media content preferences and wherein the providing the first filtered electronic programming guide and the second filtered electronic programming guide further comprises indicating the common set of media content preferences.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein, first user-generated input comprises the first selected media content from the first set of media content preferences.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the first selected media content is stored in the digital video recorder.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise providing the first selected media content to be presented at the display device.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the providing of the first selected media content further comprises subscribing to a new media content programming service.

9. The device of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise accessing the first user profile and the second user profile.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise storing, to the digital video recorder, the one of the first selected media content and the second selected media content according to a lower priority between the first user profile and the second user profile.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the first set of media content preferences are determined by past viewing choices of a first user associated with the first user profile, and wherein the second set of media content preferences are determined by past viewing choices of a second user associated with the second user profile.

12. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a first smart watch, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

providing location information of the first smart watch to a media processor, wherein the media processor detects the first smart watch in proximity of a display device based on the location information, wherein the media processor identifies a first user profile associated with the first smart watch and the media processor identifies a first set of media content preferences according to the first user profile, and wherein the media processor generates a first filtered electronic programming guide according to the first set of media content preferences, wherein the first smart watch is configured to wrap around a wrist of a person;

receiving the first filtered electronic programming guide indicating the first set of media content preferences;

receiving a first user input from the first smart watch indicating to present a first selected media content;

selecting a first action that causes presenting the first selected media content at the display device in response to determining the first user profile associated with the first smart watch having a higher priority than a second user profile associated with a second smart watch; and

selecting a second action that causes storing the first selected media content in a digital video recorder in response to identifying that the first smart watch is in motion and the second smart watch is stationary.

13. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise providing identification information of the first smart watch to the media processor, wherein the media processor registers the first smart watch associating the first user profile with the identification information of the first smart watch.

14. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein media processor detects the second smart watch in proximity to the display device, wherein the media processor identifies the second user profile associated with the second smart watch and the media processor identifies a second set of media content preferences according to the second user profile, wherein the media processor identifies a common set of media content preferences between the first set of media content preferences and the second set of media content preferences, and wherein the receiving the first filtered electronic programming guide further comprises indicating the common set of media content preferences.

15. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein operations further comprises detecting the first smart watch is configured to be worn by a user.

16. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the detecting that the first smart watch is worn further comprises receiving user-generated input indicating that the first smart watch is worn.

17. A method, comprising:

detecting, by a processing system including a processor, a first smart watch and a second smart watch in proximity of a display device, wherein each of the first smart watch and the second smart watch is configured to wrap around a wrist of a person;

receiving, by the processing system, from the first smart watch, first user-generated input comprising a first selected media content;

receiving, by the processing system, from the second smart watch, second user-generated input comprising a second selected media content;

identifying by the processing system, a first priority according to a first user profile associated with the first smart watch and a second priority according to a second user profile associated with the second smart watch;

selecting, by the processing system, a first action that causes the first selected media content to be presented at the display device according to the first priority to be a higher priority than the second priority; and

selecting a second action that causes presenting of the second selected media content at the display device and storing of the first selected media content in a digital video recorder in response to identifying that the first smart watch is in motion and the second smart watch is stationary.

18. The method of claim 17, comprising:

identifying, by the processing system, a first set of media content preferences according to the first user profile and a second set of media content preferences according to the second user profile; and

providing, by the processing system, a first filtered electronic programming guide to the first smart watch and providing a second filtered electronic programming guide to the second smart watch, wherein the first filtered electronic programming guide indicates the first set of media content preferences and the second filtered electronic programming guide indicates the second set of media content preferences.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein providing the first filtered electronic programming guide and the second filtered electronic programming guide further comprises transmitting by the processing system, a request to the first smart watch in motion for recording media content from media content preferences.

20. The method of claim 19, comprising recording, by the processing system, the media content responsive to receiving the first user-generated input to record the media content.