Patent ID: 8793727

Claim:
A method of presenting audio/video content to a user, the method comprising: receiving, with a set-top box device, first audio/video content provided by a network-based video services broadcasting system; operating the set-top box device to present the first audio/video content to the user; maintaining, with the set-top box device, a set of predefined probable activity types; monitoring, with the set-top box device, a physical activity level of the user; selecting, from the set of predefined probable activity types, a probable activity type based upon the monitored physical activity level, wherein the selected probable activity type estimates the monitored physical activity level of the user; selecting, with the set-top box device, second audio/video content provided by the network-based video services broadcasting system, the second audio/video content being categorized according to an amount of audio/visual stimuli conveyed in the second audio/video content, such that the amount of audio/visual stimuli is correlated to the selected probable activity type; switching programming services of the network-based video services broadcasting system to provide the second audio/video content to the user in place of the first audio/video content; and providing the second audio/video content to a presentation device.