Privacy-aware personalized content for the smart home

A method of operating a computing system, comprising:

• obtaining, via a network interface located within a local area network, a set of content items from a content server located remotely from the computing system and the local area network;
• storing, in a storage element located within the local area network, the set of content items;
• determining, via a processor located within the local area network, first data relating to people, objects, or some combination thereof;
• selecting, via the processor and within the local area network, at least one content item from the set of content items based at least in part on the first data relating to people, objects, or some combination thereof without communicating the first data to the content server or any other computing device outside of the local area network;
• and
• communicating the selected at least one content item to a user of the computing system.

One or more tangible, non-transitory machine-readable media of a computing system comprising instructions to cause a processor to:

• obtain, via a network interface located within a local area network, a set of content items from a content server located remotely from the computing system and the local area network;
• store, in a storage element located within the local area network, the set of content items;
• determine, via a processor located within the local area network, first data relating to people, objects, or some combination thereof;
• select, via the processor and within the local area network, at least one content item from the set of content items based at least in part on the first data relating to people, objects, or some combination thereof without communicating the first data to the content server or any other computing device outside of the local area network;
• and
• communicating the selected at least one content item to a user of the computing system.