User physical attribute based device and content management system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9798385-B1
Application number	US-201615169195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 31, 2016
Priority date	May 31, 2016
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

Systems and methods for device and content management include determining a user is viewing virtual reality content from a user device, and receiving, through a network from the user device, body information associated with the user while the user is viewing the virtual reality content. A user device management configuration associated with the body information is determined. A user device management action is retrieved using the user device management configuration. A notification associated with the user device management action that causes the user device to perform the user device management action and modify the virtual reality content being viewed by the user is sent through the network to the user device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a non-transitory memory; and
one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the system to perform operations comprising:
determining a user is viewing virtual reality content from a user device;
receiving, through a network from the user device, body information associated with the user while the user is viewing the virtual reality content;
determining a user device management configuration associated with the body information;
retrieving a user device management action using the user device management configuration; and
sending, through the network to the user device, a notification associated with the user device management action that causes the user device to perform the user device management action and modify the virtual reality content being viewed by the user.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the body information includes facial information associated with eyes of the user, wherein the facial information indicates eye strain.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the facial information includes one selected from the group consisting of eye blinking rate information, eye redness information, and eye dryness information.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the eye dryness information is using thermal images of tear films of the user, wherein the thermal images are generated by an infrared sensor of the user device.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the body information includes gesture information associated with a gesture, wherein the gesture indicates head pain.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user device management action is an action to display a break reminder on the user device to remind the user to take a break from using the user device.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user device management action is selected from the group consisting of switching off a display of the user device, changing brightness with one or more images of the virtual reality content, changing sizes of texts and images of the virtual reality content, and changing a speed of image transitions of the virtual reality content.

8. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a system provider device through a network from a user device associated with a user, body information associated with the user;
determining, by the system provider device, a user device management configuration associated with the body information;
retrieving, by the system provider device, a user device management action using the user device management configuration; and
sending, by the system provider device through the network to the user device, a notification associated with the user device management action that causes the user device to perform the user device management action.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving, through the network from a medical history provider device associated with a medical history provider, medical history information associated with the user;
determining, by the system provider device, the user device management configuration based on the medical history information;
receiving, by the system provider device through the network from the user device, user device usage information associated with the user; and
retrieving, by the system provider device, the user device management action based on the user device usage information using the user device management configuration.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the user device management configuration is associated with a viewing distance between a display of the user device and the user's eyes.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the display is a head-mounted display configured to be worn on the user's head.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the user device management configuration includes a continuous usage session length threshold and a break length,
wherein the determining the user device management action includes:
determining that a continuous usage session length of the user device usage information is equal to or greater than the continuous usage session length threshold, and

wherein the user device management action includes a break action associated with the break length.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the medical history information includes a lens prescription selected from the group consisting of an eyeglasses prescription and a contact lens prescription.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the determining the user device management configuration associated with the medical history information includes:
generating a pre-existing eye health condition associated with the user using the lens prescription; and
providing the continuous usage session length threshold and the break length based on the pre-existing eye health condition.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by a system provider device through a network from a user device associated with a user, body information associated with the user;
determining, by the system provider device, a user device management configuration associated with the body information;
retrieving, by the system provider device, a user device management action using the user device management configuration; and
sending, by the system provider device through the network to the user device, a first notification associated with the user device management action that causes the user device to perform the user device management action.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
retrieving, by the system provider device, a content management configuration associated with the body information;
retrieving, by the system provider device, a content management action using the content management configuration; and
sending, by the system provider device through the network to the user device, a second notification associated with the content management action that causes changes to content displayed on the user device.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the content include an online course provided by a content provider device.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the body information is associated with user engagement information associated with the content.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the body information includes gesture information associated with a gesture indicating a request to ask questions from the user, and
wherein the content management action causes a question submission screen to be displayed on the user device that allows the user to submit questions.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving, by the system provider device, the questions from the user device; and
sending, by the system provider device through the network to the user device, a content change notification that causes changes to content displayed on the user device, wherein the changes are automatically determined based on the questions.

Assignees

• Paypal Inc

Inventors

• Das Ananya
• Warman Shaun
• Luk Bryant
• Ziaja Jason
• O'Toole Christopher Diebold

Classifications

• G02B2027/0138

  comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera · CPC title

• A61B3/101

  for examining the tear film · CPC title

• A61B5/0077

  Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens · CPC title

• H04L67/06

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title

• G02B27/0172

  characterised by optical features · CPC title