US 12,114,033 B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for presentation management of media content
Stephen Strong, Dunwoody, GA (US)
Assigned to DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/726,359.
Application 16/153,058 is a division of application No. 13/115,729, filed on May 25, 2011, granted, now 10,097,875, issued on Oct. 9, 2018.
Application 17/726,359 is a continuation of application No. 16/777,753, filed on Jan. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,323,762.
Application 16/777,753 is a continuation of application No. 16/153,058, filed on Oct. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,555,029, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0248078 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A61H 19/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/4402 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/42201 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4331 (2013.01); H04N 21/440281 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); A61H 19/00 (2013.01); A61H 19/44 (2013.01); A61H 2201/501 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5058 (2013.01); A61H 2230/00 (2013.01); A61H 2230/065 (2013.01); A61H 2230/105 (2013.01); A61H 2230/505 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A media device for controlling presentation of an erotica-related media content event, comprising:
a user sensor interface configured to receive information from a user sensor,
wherein the user sensor is configured to sense at least one physical characteristic of a user viewing the erotica-related media content event,
wherein the at least one physical characteristic includes a pupil dilation of the user,
wherein the information corresponds to a magnitude of the at least one physical characteristic;
a presentation device interface configured to communicate the erotica-related media content event to a visual display device, wherein the erotica-related media content event is presentable by the visual display device to the viewing user;
a haptic device configured to provide a physical sensation to the viewing user; and
a processor system communicatively coupled to the user sensor interface, the haptic device, and the presentation device interface, and configured to:
determine that the viewing user is entering into a highly excited state based on the received information from the user sensor while the user is viewing a currently presented erotic scene of the erotica-related media content event, wherein the viewing user is entering into the highly excited state is determined when the magnitude of the at least one physical characteristic changes from a value that is less than a predefined threshold to a magnitude that is greater than the predefined threshold; and
operate the haptic device in response to determining that the viewing user has entered the highly excited state.