Multimedia mobile personalization system

Abstract

A multimedia mobile personalization system provides a remote control that detects a user's electronic tag, e.g. an RFID tag. The remote control notifies a multimedia device of the user's identity. The multimedia devices tailors it operations to the user's preferences stored locally. Multimedia content such as broadcast or recorded television programs, music play lists, and the like could be sorted, displayed, or restricted, depending on the user identifier.

1 - 21 . (canceled) 
     
     
         22 . A method for providing parental control access privilege on multimedia devices, comprising:
 receiving, by a multimedia device, an identifier identifying a command from a remote control, wherein the identifier comprises user preference information;   associating, by the multimedia device, the user preference information with a particular user of a plurality of users of the multimedia device;   determining, by the multimedia device, whether the user preference information for the particular user provides access privilege for the command; and   responsive to the determination that the user preference information for the particular user provides access privilege for the command, performing, by the multimedia device, the command for the particular user.   
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the multimedia device configures its operations to the user based on the user preference information stored at the multimedia device that are associated with the identifier identifying the remote control. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the multimedia device displays multimedia content based on the user's preferences stored on the multimedia device. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the access privilege for the command comprises parental controls. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the user preference information comprises at least one of: parental control configurations, channel lineups, programmable button functions, graphical user interface preferences, and room lighting. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the access privilege for the command comprises administrative privilege. 
     
     
         28 . An apparatus for a multimedia personalization system for providing parental control access privilege on multimedia devices, comprising:
 a subsystem, at a multimedia device, that receives an identifier identifying a command from a remote control, wherein the identifier comprises user preference information;   a subsystem, at a multimedia device, that associates the user preference information with a particular user of a plurality of users of the multimedia device;   a subsystem, at a multimedia device, that determines whether the user preference information for the particular user provides access privilege for the command; and   a subsystem, at a multimedia device, that responsive to the determination that the user preference information for the particular user provides access privilege for the command, performs the command for the particular user.   
     
     
         29 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , wherein the multimedia device configures its operations to the user based on the user preference information stored at the multimedia device that are associated with the identifier identifying the remote control. 
     
     
         30 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , wherein the multimedia device displays multimedia content based on the user's preferences stored on the multimedia device. 
     
     
         31 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , wherein the access privilege for the command comprises parental controls. 
     
     
         32 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , wherein the user preference information comprises at least one of: parental control configurations, channel lineups, programmable button functions, graphical user interface preferences, and room lighting. 
     
     
         33 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , wherein the access privilege for the command comprises administrative privilege. 
     
     
         34 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for a multimedia personalization system for providing parental control access privilege on multimedia devices, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform the steps of:
 receiving, by a multimedia device, an identifier identifying a command from a remote control, wherein the identifier comprises user preference information;   associating, by the multimedia device, the user preference information with a particular user of a plurality of users of the multimedia device;   determining, by the multimedia device, whether the user preference information for the particular user provides access privilege for the command; and   responsive to the determination that the user preference information for the particular user provides access privilege for the command, performing, by the multimedia device, the command for the particular user.   
     
     
         35 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 34 , wherein the multimedia device configures its operations to the user based on the user preference information stored at the multimedia device that are associated with the identifier identifying the remote control. 
     
     
         36 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 34 , wherein the multimedia device displays multimedia content based on the user's preferences stored on the multimedia device. 
     
     
         37 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 34 , wherein the access privilege for the command comprises parental controls. 
     
     
         38 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 34 , wherein the user preference information comprises at least one of: parental control configurations, channel lineups, programmable button functions, graphical user interface preferences, and room lighting. 
     
     
         39 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of  claim 34 , wherein the access privilege for the command comprises administrative privilege.