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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Jorge Andres Moros Ortiz, Melbourne, AU;

Suman Sedai, Hughesdale, AU;

Noel Faux, Melbourne, AU;

Hidemasa Muta, Edithvale, AU;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/735 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4131 (2013.01); G06F 16/2379 (2019.01); G06F 16/735 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the invention include obtaining data regarding a plurality of devices in a viewing environment and analyzing a content item to be displayed in the viewing environment. Aspects also include identifying an interaction between a scene of the content item and at least one of the plurality of devices based at least in part upon the analyzing and identifying a viewer in the viewing environment and obtaining a user profile for the viewer. Based upon the interaction and the user profile, aspect include activating the at least one of the plurality of devices during playback of the scene. Aspects further include monitoring one or more characteristics of the viewer during playback of the scene and updating the user profile for the viewer based on the one or more characteristics.


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