Patent ID: 8577953

Claim:
A multimedia services system, comprising: a plurality of service centers each offering a respective one of a plurality of multimedia services to any of a plurality of media devices of an end user; and a controller for managing operations of the plurality of service centers, wherein execution of computer instructions by the controller causes the controller to perform operations comprising: monitoring, for the plurality of media devices of the end user, use of multimedia services by way of interactions between the plurality of media devices and the service centers, wherein the use of the multimedia services comprises presentation by a previously selected one of the plurality of multimedia services to one of the plurality of media devices of the end user a first media content comprising video content and audio content that are associated with a subject matter portrayed in the first media content; detecting changes in use of the plurality of media devices by equipment of the end user over a pre-determined period of time; generating a category of a media type based on the changes; and providing a select one of the plurality of multimedia services adapted to the change in use based on the category of the media type, wherein the select one of the plurality of multimedia services comprises presentation of images at a first media device of the plurality of media devices of the end user, wherein the images graphically represent the subject matter portrayed in the first media content without presentation of the video content associated with the first media content, and wherein the select one of the plurality of multimedia services further comprises presentation of the subject matter portrayed in the audio content at a second media device of the plurality of media devices of the end user.