Patent ID: 9706252
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for controlling at least one component device in a home entertainment system comprised of a plurality of component devices, comprising: receiving first event data via at least one of an image sensing interface and a sound sensing interface; determining if the received first event data is indicative of a preparatory event; when the received first event data is determined to be indicative of a preparatory event causing an anticipatory action to be executed by at least one of the plurality of component devices in the home entertainment system to transition the at least one of the plurality of component devices in the home entertainment system from a first state to a second state in which the at least one of the plurality of component devices in the home entertainment system is readied to respond to an anticipated event wherein the anticipated event for which the at least one of the plurality of component devices in the home entertainment system is readied is an anticipated change in a number of viewers in a viewing area associated with the home entertainment system; and determining if the anticipated event occurs and when the anticipated event is determined to have occurred causing a command action to be executed whereupon at least one of the plurality of component devices is caused to perform an operational function and the at least one of the plurality of component devices in the home entertainment device is transitioned from the second state into either the first state or a third state in both of which the at least one of the plurality of component devices of the home entertainment system is no longer readied to respond to the anticipated event.