Resource management for video streaming with inattentive user

A device, comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
• determining attentiveness of a user to a presentation of content at a display of an audiovisual presentation device, wherein the content is delivered to the audiovisual presentation device over a network, wherein the presentation begins at an initial video quality level and with an initial brightness of the display, wherein the determining is performed at intervals during the presentation, and wherein the intervals are varied during presentation of the content in accordance with a level of resources required to deliver a current portion of the content;
• responsive to a determination that the user is not attentive to the presentation, initiating a first procedure at the audiovisual presentation device to reduce resource consumption by the audiovisual presentation device;
• and
• subsequent to the first procedure and responsive to a determination that the user is attentive to the presentation, initiating a second procedure at the audiovisual presentation device to restore resource consumption by the audiovisual presentation device,
• wherein the second procedure comprises one or more of:
• continuing the presentation at the initial video quality level, and
• continuing the presentation with the initial brightness of the display.

A machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• determining attentiveness of a user to a presentation of content at a display of an audiovisual presentation device, based on a presence of a predefined facial feature of the user in a real-time image of the user, wherein the content is delivered to the audiovisual presentation device over a network, wherein the presentation begins at an initial video quality level and with an initial brightness of the display, wherein the determining is performed at intervals during the presentation, and wherein the intervals are varied during presentation of the content in accordance with a level of resources required to deliver a current portion of the content;
• responsive to a determination that the user is not attentive to the presentation, initiating a first procedure at the audiovisual presentation device to reduce resource consumption by the audiovisual presentation device;
• and
• subsequent to the first procedure and responsive to a determination that the user is attentive to the presentation, initiating a second procedure at the audiovisual presentation device to restore resource consumption by the audiovisual presentation device,
• wherein the second procedure comprises one or more of:
• continuing the presentation at the initial video quality level, and
• continuing the presentation with the initial brightness of the display.