Content display controls based on environmental factors

摘要

Approaches are described for controlling and filtering the display of content by computing devices. In particular, a mobile computing device can adjust the playing of media content (e.g., audio, video, images, games, ringtones) according to situational appropriateness and other environmental factors occurring around the device. For example, a mobile computing device such as a smart phone could use image and audio information captured by its sensors to determine that minors are present within the vicinity of the mobile phone, and filter certain portions of media content that would be deemed inappropriate for those minors. The environmental information can be determined based on data gathered by various sensors of the mobile device, including but not limited to cameras, microphones, global positioning system (GPS) devices, light sensors and others.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for controlling content presentation, the method comprising:
under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions, receiving an instruction to present media content via a mobile computing device; capturing at least one of: image data using a camera of the mobile computing device or audio data using a microphone of the mobile computing device; analyzing the at least one of the image data or the audio data to determine at least one environmental attribute, the environmental attribute including at least information about a location of the mobile computing device and one or more persons within a vicinity of the mobile computing device; determining that a portion of the media content being presented by the mobile computing device is inappropriate based at least in part on the environmental attribute; and controlling presentation of the media content by the mobile computing device based at least in part on a profile associated with the environmental attribute by presenting alternative content in place of the portion of the media content determined to be inappropriate.