Television receiver and home automation system and methods to associate data with nearby people

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9628286
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15050958

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The disclosure relates to systems and methods for identifying a person using a home automation system, and using data collected from a television distribution system and data collected by sensors in a home automation system to identify a person. An example method or system includes receiving television programming from a television service provider, detecting target data in the television programming associated with a virtual person, identifying characteristics of the virtual person, detecting home automation data associated with a local person, identifying characteristics of the local person, comparing the characteristics of the virtual person and the characteristics of the local person, and transmitting a portion of the target data and a portion of the home automation data to an electronic device for displaying.

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  • ECHOSTAR TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bruhn, Christopher William Aurora, US 44 512
Nguyen, Phuc H Parker, US 39 424

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