Automatically modifying presentation of mobile-device content

A system comprising:

• a processing unit;
• and
• a mobile device content modification module operable to, via the processing unit,
• present content on a mobile device using one or more first settings for presentation of the content,
• in response to presentation of the content on the mobile device, analyze one or more recorded images that depict a user of the mobile device and a background associated with the user,
• detect, based on analysis of the one or more recorded images, a visible condition of an environment depicted in the background that has an appearance of movement relative to the background,
• access a data store associated with the mobile device, wherein the data store indicates one or more activities that, if performed, would distract the user from the content, wherein the data store includes a description of an activity from the one or more activities indicated in the data store,
• detect a value associated with the visible condition of the environment depicted in the background, wherein the value associated with the visible condition of the environment is associated with the description of the activity,
• determine, based on the detection of the value associated with the description of the activity in the data store, that the user performs the activity, wherein the activity, when performed, distracts the user from perceiving the content when presented using the one or more first settings,
• select from the data store one or more second settings for presentation of the content via the mobile device, wherein the one or more second settings are associated with the value, and
• present the content via the mobile device in accordance with the one or more second settings.

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory, computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to,
• present content via a mobile device,
• analyze an appearance of a user and a background depicted in one or more images obtained via the mobile device,
• based on analysis of the appearance of the user and the background, detect a visible condition of an environment depicted in the background that has an appearance of movement,
• access a data store associated with the mobile device, wherein the data store indicates a description of an activity that, if performed, would distract the user from presentation of the content via the mobile device,
• detect a value in the data store associated with the visible condition of the environment depicted in the background, wherein the value associated with the visible condition of the environment is associated with the description of the activity,
• select from the data store one or more settings for presentation of the content via the mobile device, wherein the one or more settings are associated with one or more of the value and the description of the activity in the data store, and
• change the presentation of the content according to the one or more settings.