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

Claim 10:
11. A system comprising:
circuitry configured to:
detect a user interface command related to consumption of content from a device associated with a first user authorized to view a type of the content individually;
in response to determining that the user interface command was detected while the first user was in proximity of a second user authorized to view the type of the content individually:
identify a type of relationship between the first user and the second user; and
adjust an association of the user interface command with the type of relationship;

determine that a third user is in proximity of the first user authorized to view the type of the content individually; and
in response to determining that the third user has the same type of relationship to the first user as the identified type of relationship between the first user and the second user:
automatically perform the user interface command indicated by the association without the first user or the third user performing the user interface command.