Patent ID: 9628286
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G08B,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising: receiving, at a television receiver connected to a home automation system, television programming from a television service provider; detecting, by the television receiver, target data in the television programming, wherein target data includes data associated with a virtual person; identifying one or more characteristics of the virtual person using the target data; storing the target data and characteristics in a database of target data, wherein the characteristics are associated with the target data in the database; detecting, by a sensor of the home automation system, home automation data associated with a local person, wherein the home automation data includes video or audio data associated with the local person; identifying one or more characteristics of the local person using the home automation data; comparing the characteristics of the virtual person and the characteristics of the local person; transmitting a portion of the target data and a portion of the home automation data to an electronic device, wherein when the portion of the target data and the portion of the home automation data are received, the portion of the target data and the portion of the home automation data are displayable on a display device.