Method and apparatus for managing multiple media services

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a group of facial objects detected from an image captured by a camera coupled with a media device where the facial objects correspond to a plurality of users, determining authentication information for each of the plurality of users based on the facial objects, and providing the authentication information to a group of content service systems for enabling the media device to access aggregated media services from the group of content service systems. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A server comprising:
a memory that stores computer instructions; and a processor coupled with the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising:
obtaining a group of facial objects detected from an image captured by a camera coupled with a media device, wherein the image captures a viewing area of the media device, wherein the viewing area includes a plurality of users, and wherein the facial objects correspond to the plurality of users;determining identification information for each of the plurality of users based on the facial objects;accessing a history of past content service systems that were authenticated at the media device;identifying a subset of a group of content service systems to which authentication information will be provided based on the identification information and the history of past content service systems, the group of content service systems being managed by service providers that provide a group of media services to the plurality of users according to subscription plans for the plurality of users;determining authentication information for each of the plurality of users based on the identification information;providing the authentication information to the subset of the group of content service systems for enabling access to the subset of the group of media services from the group of content service systems;filtering out redundant media services among the subset of the group of media services to generate aggregated media services, wherein the filtering out of the redundant media services includes choosing a selected redundant media service from among the redundant media services for inclusion in the aggregated media services based on satisfying a quality of service threshold; andenabling the media device to access the aggregated media services.