Detecting and preventing false positives

A system for detecting and preventing false positives in a handheld controller, the system comprising:

• a media system comprising:
• memory for storing information regarding indicia of false positive input associated with a handheld controller used to control media usage;
• and
• a handheld controller, the handheld controller comprising:
• one or more input components for receiving input from a user,
• a plurality of sensors for monitoring sensor information, and
• a communication interface for communicating the monitored input;
• and
• a processor for executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:
• detects that the monitored sensor information matches one or more indicia of false positive input;
• nullifies subsequent input received from the handheld controller, wherein the nullified input is not registered and does not result in control changes to the associated media;
• detects that the monitored sensor information no longer matches one or more indicia of false positive input;
• and
• ends nullification, wherein subsequent input received from the handheld game controller is registered and results in control changes to the associated media.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for detecting and preventing false positives in a handheld controller, the method comprising:

• storing information regarding indicia of false positive input associated with a handheld controller used to control media usage;
• monitoring sensor information at a handheld controller;
• detecting that the monitored sensor information matches one or more indicia of false positive input;
• nullifying subsequent input received from the handheld controller, wherein the nullified input is not registered and does not result in control changes to the associated media;
• detecting that the monitored sensor information no longer matches one or more indicia of false positive input;
• and
• ending nullification, wherein subsequent input received from the handheld game controller is registered and results in control changes to the associated media.