Methods, systems, and devices for providing a user experience associated with a pause in presenting media content

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, providing media content to a communication device. The communication device provides a playback of a presentation of the media content. Further embodiments can include receiving an indication from the communication device that indicates a pause in the presentation of the media content, and determining a plurality of attributes associated with the pause. Additional embodiments can include providing instructions according to the plurality of attributes associated with the pause to the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . 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, the operations comprising:
 providing media content to a communication device, wherein the communication device provides a playback of a presentation of the media content; 
 receiving an indication from the communication device that indicates a pause in the presentation of the media content; 
 determining that at least one person has joined a room in which the presentation of the media content is displayed, and determining an eye gaze of the at least one person; and 
 responsive to the determining that the at least one person has joined the room, instructing the communication device to provide a summary of the media content during the pause, based at least in part on the eye gaze of the at least one person. 
   
     
     
         2 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the instructing the communication device to provide the summary comprises instructing the communication device to modify the summary to include a visual advertisement. 
     
     
         3 . The device of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising determining a scene of the summary presented during the pause, wherein the instructing the communication device to provide the summary comprises providing instructions to the communication device to adjust a scene of the summary presented during the pause. 
     
     
         4 . The device of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 determining that a length of the pause exceeds a threshold; and   responsive to the determining that the length of the pause exceeds the threshold, providing instructions to the communication device to resume the media content to a time period prior to the pause.   
     
     
         5 . The device of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising:
 determining that the communication device is stationary; and   responsive to the determining that the communication device is stationary, instructing the communication device to display a visual advertisement.   
     
     
         6 . The device of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising determining an unprompted cause of the pause, and wherein the instructing the communication device to provide the summary comprises providing instructions to adjust a scene of the summary based on the unprompted cause. 
     
     
         7 . The device of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising determining a prompted cause of the pause, and wherein the instructing the communication device to provide the summary comprises providing instructions to adjust a scene of the summary based on the prompted cause. 
     
     
         8 . The device of  claim 1 , the operations further comprising providing instructions to the communication device to provide social media engagement regarding the media content to a user associated with the communication device. 
     
     
         9 . The device of  claim 1 , wherein the communication device comprises one of a set-top box, media processor, mobile device, wearable device, virtual reality device, augmented reality device, or combination thereof. 
     
     
         10 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
 providing media content to a communication device, wherein the communication device provides a playback of a presentation of the media content;   receiving an indication from the communication device that indicates a pause in the presentation of the media content;   determining that at least one person has joined a room in which the presentation of the media content is displayed, and determining an eye gaze of the at least one person; and   responsive to the determining that the at least one person has joined the room and based at least in part on the eye gaze of the at least one person, instructing the communication device to provide to provide a visual advertisement.   
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 10 , the operations further comprising instructing the communication device to provide a summary of the media content, wherein the visual advertisement is included in the summary of the media content. 
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 11 , the operations further comprising determining a scene of the summary presented during the pause, wherein the instructing the communication device to provide the summary comprises providing instructions to the communication device to adjust a scene of the summary presented during the pause. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 11 , the operations further comprising determining an unprompted cause of the pause, and wherein the instructing the communication device to provide the summary comprises providing instructions to adjust a scene of the summary based on the unprompted cause. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 11 , the operations further comprising determining a prompted cause of the pause, and wherein the instructing the communication device to provide the summary comprises providing instructions to adjust a scene of the summary based on the prompted cause. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
 determining that a length of the pause exceeds a threshold; and   responsive to the determining that the length of the pause exceeds the threshold, providing instructions to the communication device to resume the media content to a time period prior to the pause.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of  claim 10 , the operations further comprising:
 determining that the communication device is stationary, wherein the instructing the communication device to display the visual advertisement is responsive to the determining that the communication device is stationary.   
     
     
         17 . A method, comprising:
 providing, by a processing system including a processor, media content to a communication device, wherein the communication device provides a playback of a presentation of the media content;   receiving, by the processing system, an indication from the communication device that indicates a pause in the presentation of the media content;   determining, by the processing system, that at least one person has joined a room in which the presentation of the media content is displayed, and determining an eye gaze of the at least one person;   determining that the communication device is stationary; and   responsive to the determining that the at least one person has joined the room and to the determining that the communication device is stationary, instructing, by the processing system, the communication device to provide a summary of the media content during the pause, based at least in part on the eye gaze of the at least one person.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the instructing the communication device to provide the summary comprises instructing the communication device to modify the summary to include a visual advertisement. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising determining, by the processing system, a scene of the summary presented during the pause, wherein the instructing the communication device to provide the summary comprises providing instructions to the communication device to adjust a scene of the summary presented during the pause. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising:
 determining, by the processing system, that a length of the pause exceeds a threshold; and   responsive to the determining that the length of the pause exceeds the threshold, providing, by the processing system, instructions to the communication device to resume the media content to a time period prior to the pause.