# US 12,114,033 B2 · Apparatus, systems and methods for presentation management of media content > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,114,033 B2 - Document ID: US12114033B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/726,359 - Filed: 2022-04-21 - Published: 2022-08-04 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2011-05-25 - Assignees: DISH Technologies L.L.C. - Applicants: DISH Technologies L.L.C. - Inventors: Stephen Strong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114033B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/42201: {biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user (input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015)} - H04N 21/4331: {Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback} - H04N 21/440281: {by altering the temporal resolution, e.g. by frame skipping (television signal recording using magnetic recording on tape for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate H04N5/783)} - H04N 21/44218: {Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV programme (methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45)} - A61H 19/00: Massage for the genitals; {Devices for improving sexual intercourse (penis erection devices A61F5/41; vibration or percussion related aspects A61H23/00)} - A61H 19/44: {Having substantially cylindrical shape, e.g. dildos} - A61H 2201/501: connected to external computer devices or networks - A61H 2201/5058: Sensors or detectors - A61H 2230/00: Measuring physical parameters of the user - A61H 2230/065: used as a control parameter for the apparatus - A61H 2230/105: used as a control parameter for the apparatus - A61H 2230/505: used as a control parameter for the apparatus - H04N 21/8456: {by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - A61H: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy or ultrasound therapy A61N) ## Abstract Systems and methods are operable to control presentation of an erotica-related media content event. An exemplary embodiment is a media device that receives information from a user sensor that is configured to sense a physical characteristic of a user viewing the erotica-related media content event, and automatically changes presentation of the erotica-related media content event based on the received information corresponding to the sensed physical characteristic of the viewing user. ## Claims ### Claim 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The media device of claim 1, wherein the haptic device is synchronized with the presentation of the erotic scene of the erotica-related media content event. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The media device of claim 1, wherein the processor system is further configured to determine that the viewing user is leaving the highly excited state based on the received information from the user sensor and present a different erotic scene in response to determining that the viewing user has left the highly excited state prior to conclusion of the currently presented erotic scene of the erotica-related media content event. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The media device of claim 1, wherein the user sensor is configured to sense a heart pulse rate of the viewing user, and wherein the processor system is further configured to monitor the heart pulse rate of the viewing user, wherein the information from the user sensor corresponds to the sensed heart pulse rate of the viewing user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The media device of claim 1, wherein the user sensor is configured to sense a sweating of the viewing user, and wherein the processor system is further configured to monitor sweating of the viewing user, wherein the information from the user sensor corresponds to the sensed sweating of the viewing user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The media device of claim 1, wherein the user sensor is configured to sense a body temperature of the viewing user, and wherein the processor system is further configured to monitor the body temperature of the viewing user, wherein the information from the user sensor corresponds to the sensed body temperature of the viewing user. ### Claim 7 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; operate the haptic device in response to determining that the viewing user has entered the highly excited state; establish a communication link to a remote device over a communication network after presentation of the currently presented erotic scene of the erotica-related media content event begins; retrieve a different erotic scene from the remote device; and present the different erotic scene after an end of the currently presented erotic scene of the erotica-related media content event in response to determining that the viewing user remains in the highly excited state. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The media device of claim 7, wherein the haptic device is synchronized with the presentation of the erotic scene. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The media device of claim 7, wherein the different erotic scene is from a different erotica related media content event. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The media device of claim 7, wherein the remote device comprises an internet site. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The media device of claim 7, wherein the processor system is further configured to determine that the viewing user is leaving the highly excited state based on the received information from the user sensor and present the different erotic scene in response to determining that the viewing user has left the highly excited state prior to the end of the currently presented erotic scene of the erotica-related media content event. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The media device of claim 7, wherein the user sensor is configured to sense a heart pulse rate of the viewing user, and wherein the processor system is further configured to monitor the heart pulse rate of the viewing user, wherein the information from the user sensor corresponds to the sensed heart pulse rate of the viewing user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The media device of claim 7, wherein the processor system is further configured to monitor the pupil dilation of the viewing user, wherein the information from the user sensor corresponds to the sensed pupil dilation of the viewing user. ### Claim 14 A media device for controlling presentation of an erotica-related media content event, comprising: a teledildonic interface configured to receive information from a user sensor that is integrated into a teledildonic device, 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, and wherein the teledildonic device includes a haptic device; 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; and a processor system communicatively coupled to the teledildonic interface 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. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The media device of claim 14, wherein the teledildonic device is synchronized with the presentation of the erotic scene. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The media device of claim 14, wherein the processor system is further configured to determine that the viewing user is leaving the highly excited state based on the received information from the user sensor and present a different erotic scene in response to determining that the viewing user has left the highly excited state, and wherein the different erotic scene is from a different erotica related media content event. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The media device of claim 14, wherein the processor system is further configured to determine that the viewing user is leaving the highly excited state based on the received information from the user sensor and present a different erotic scene in response to determining that the viewing user has left the highly excited state prior to conclusion of the currently presented erotic scene of the erotica-related media content event. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The media device of claim 14, wherein the user sensor is configured to sense a heart pulse rate of the viewing user, and wherein the processor system is further configured to monitor the heart pulse rate of the viewing user, wherein the information from the user sensor corresponds to the sensed heart pulse rate of the viewing user. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The media device of claim 14, wherein the user sensor is configured to sense a sweating of the viewing user, and wherein the processor system is further configured to monitor sweating of the viewing user, wherein the information from the user sensor corresponds to the sensed sweating of the viewing user. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The media device of claim 14, wherein the user sensor is configured to sense a brain activity of the viewing user, and wherein the processor system is further configured to monitor the brain activity of the viewing user, wherein the information from the user sensor corresponds to the sensed brain activity of the viewing user.