Supporting multiple attention-based, user-interaction modes

A first media-consumption device configured for supporting multiple user-interaction modes in a communications environment where a user has access to both the first device and to a second media-consumption device, the two devices distinct, the first device comprising:

• a configurable user interface;
• a transceiver configured for receiving second information associated with an amount of attention paid to the second device;
• and
• a processor operatively connected to the configurable user interface and to the transceiver and configured for:
• receiving first information associated with an amount of attention paid to the first device;
• based, at least in part, on the received first and second attention information, setting a user-interaction parameter for the first device;
• and
• configuring the user interface, the configuring based, at least in part, on the user-interaction parameter.

In a communications environment where a user has access to both a first media-consumption device and to a second media-consumption device, the two devices distinct, a method for the second device to support multiple user-interaction modes, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the second device from a device distinct from the second device, a user-interaction parameter;
• and
• configuring, by the second device, a user interface, the configuring based, at least in part, on the received user-interaction parameter;
• wherein the distinct device is selected from the group consisting of:
• the first device and a server.

A second media-consumption device configured for supporting multiple user-interaction modes in a communications environment where a user has access to both a first media-consumption device and to the second device, the two devices distinct, the second device comprising:

• a configurable user interface;
• a transceiver configured for receiving, from a device distinct from the second device, a user-interaction parameter;
• a processor operatively connected to the configurable user interface and to the transceiver and configured for:
• configuring the user interface, the configuring based, at least in part, on the received user-interaction parameter;
• wherein the distinct device is selected from the group consisting of:
• the first device and a server.