Patent ID: 8584155
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G10L,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring viewers of a television, the system comprising: a display panel; a processing element operatively coupled to the display panel; a memory, storing a plurality of records, each record associated with a viewer and each record comprising a viewer identity and a viewer category; a viewer sensing device operatively coupled to the processing element, and operating to electronically sense at least one viewer who is viewing the television; and software running on the processing element, the software detect the at least one viewer in an area of the television by consulting with a remote server to identify the at least one viewer, and to automatically carry out a viewing limit associated with the at least one viewer, wherein the software running on the processing element operates to detect multiple viewers within a viewing area of the television, determining information about the multiple viewers, and, using the identities of the multiple viewers, determining viewing limits associated with the multiple viewers and determining a most restrictive limit on viewing content for a most restrictive limit among the viewers, and providing content only for the most restrictive limit among the viewers.