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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:
Aug. 17, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2019
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Todd Christopher Mason, Danville, CA (US);

Richard William Mincher, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); G08C 23/04 (2006.01); G08C 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/322 (2013.01); G08C 17/02 (2013.01); G08C 23/04 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); G08C 2201/91 (2013.01);
Abstract

Multiple sensors are used to determine proximity of a user with respect to one or more media devices. Different types of sensors may determine different types of information regarding user proximity, such as presence or absence, proximity, distance, orientation, movement, identity, or a number of users that are detected. The information, sensor types, and times at which the information is acquired are used to generate data that associates specific devices, sensor types, information regarding user proximity, and the times at which the information is acquired. Instructions may be provided to various devices to cause performance of actions based on the generated data.


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