Patent ID: 9521143
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a gateway device, the method comprising: detecting, by the gateway device, a request for content to be delivered to a media output device via the gateway device, wherein the gateway device facilitates network communication between the media output device and a content source; determining an audience trait associated with an audience of the media output device based, at least in part, on biometric data associated with at least one person in the audience; determining a content attribute associated with the content; determining that the content attribute is not within a threshold associated with the audience trait; determining whether an override condition is present, wherein the override condition comprises at least one member of the group consisting of preventing, by the gateway device, the content from being provided to the media output device in response to determining that the content attribute is not within the threshold and that the override condition is not present; and providing, via the gateway device, the content from the content source to the media output device in response to determining that the override condition is present.