Patent ID: 9310977
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: collecting presence information with a first video game play device that is located at a first customer premises associated with a first user, the first video game play device comprising: detecting presence of a second user at the first customer premises, with the first video game play device, based at least in part on the presence information, wherein the presence information comprises at least one of an image captured by the video capture device or a video segment captured by the video capture device, and wherein both the first video game play device and the first customer premises are not associated with the second user; identifying the second user by analyzing, with a first computer and using facial recognition software, identifying information derived from at least a portion of the presence information comprising the at least one of an image captured by the video capture device or a video segment captured by the video capture device; and providing access to user information to the second user, with a second computer, based on the detected presence of the identified second user, wherein the user information comprises a user profile of the second user, wherein the user profile comprises one or more of user profile information for a video game, user profile information for the video game device, or saved game information.