Selecting content for co-located devices

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitive computer-readable medium including instructions, that when executed, cause one or more processors to:

• identify a first user device for presenting content to a user;
• identify a second co-located user device that is co-located at a same geographic location as the first user device, wherein the one or more processors are at a location that differs from the same geographic location;
• determine, based on one or more criteria, whether to provide content to the first user device or the second co-located user device based on a speaker status of the first user device, including:
• identify a token that is to be emitted as a sound by the first user device;
• provide a notification to the second co-located user device to listen for the sound of the token emitted by the first user device;
• provide the token for playing on the first user device;
• receive, from the second co-located user device, in response to the notification an indication of whether the sound of the token was detected by a microphone of the second co-located user device;
• determine whether a speaker of the first user device is in a muted state based on the received indication, wherein a muted state indicates a status of the speaker is active and sound is disabled, and a non-muted state indicates a status of the speaker is active and sound is enabled;
• provide the content for presentation to the first user device based on the determination that the speaker of the first user device is in a non-muted state;
• and
• provide the content for presentation to the second co-located user device rather than the first user device based on the determination that the speaker of the first user device is in a muted state.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory elements including instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to:
• identify a first user device for presenting content to a user;
• identify a second co-located user device that is co-located at a same geographic location as the first user device, wherein the one or more processors are at a location that differs from the same geographic location;
• determine, based on one or more criteria, whether to provide content to the first user device or the second co-located user device based on a speaker status of the first user device, including:
• identify a token that is to be emitted as a sound by the first user device;
• provide a notification to the second co-located user device to listen for the sound of the token emitted by the first user device;
• provide the token for playing on the first user device;
• receive, from the second co-located user device, in response to the notification an indication of whether the sound of the token was detected by a microphone of the second co-located user device;
• determine whether a speaker of the first user device is in a muted state based on the received indication, wherein a muted state indicates a status of the speaker is active and sound is disabled, and a non-muted state indicates a status of the speaker is active and sound is enabled;
• provide the content for presentation to the first user device based on the determination that the speaker of the first user device is in a non-muted state;
• and
• provide the content for presentation to the second co-located user device rather than the first user device based on the determination that the speaker of the first user device is in a muted state.