SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER MONITORING AND INTENT DETERMINATION

摘要

Sensing interfaces associated with a home entertainment system are used to automate a system response to events which occur in a viewing area associated with the home entertainment system. Data derived from such sensing interfaces may also be used to enhance the response readiness of one or more system components. Still further, user presence data derived from such sensing interfaces may be used to capture and report user viewing habits and/or preferences.

主权项

1. A method for collecting information indicative of usage of at least one component device in a home entertainment system comprised of a plurality of component devices, comprising:
receiving event data via at least one of an image sensing interface, a sound sensing interface, and a networked device sensing interface; determining from the received event data at least one of a number of and identity of viewers in a viewing area associated with the home entertainment system; and causing an event record to be created in which is stored data indicative of a time at which the event record is created, a state of at least one of the plurality of component devices in the home entertainment system at the time, and at least one of the number of and identity of viewers determined to be in the viewing area associated with the home entertainment system at the time.