Patent ID: 11936946
Assignee: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A method comprising:
detecting a user interface command related to consumption of content from a device associated with a first user;
in response to determining that the user interface command was detected while the first user was in proximity of a second user:
identifying a type of relationship between the first user and the second user; and
adjusting an association of the user interface command with the type of relationship,
wherein a dynamic viewer control and a database of control actions includes the association,
wherein the dynamic viewer control includes a user identifier associated with a content rating limit and/or a content type limit, and
wherein the database of control actions includes associating the user identifier with each of:
a controlling remote identifier associated with the controlling remote event,
an entering proximity identifier associated with the entering proximity event,
a control command identifier associated with the control command event,
a predicted control action identifier associated with the predicted control action event, and
a confidence level for the at least one of the controlling remote identifier associated with the controlling remote event, the entering proximity identifier associated with the entering proximity event, the control command identifier associated with the control command event, or the predicted control action identifier associated with the predicted control action event;

determining that a third user is in proximity of the first user; and
in response to determining that the third user has the type of relationship to the first user:
automatically performing the user interface command indicated by the association.