Patent attributes
Techniques for adjusting the streaming of content by a media player device based on a user's location, orientation, or attention relative to the media player device are provided. Such techniques may include, while streaming media content to a media player device, modifying one or more characteristics of the streaming media content based on an indication of user attention levels. The indication of user attention levels may be determined by receiving a signal from a personal computing device associated with a user, and using such signal to determine an indication of the attention of the user to the media player device (e.g., based upon the user's proximity or orientation relative to the media player device). Modifying the characteristics of the streaming media may include adjusting the quality of the streaming media content to reduce data transfer when the user is not paying attention to the media player device.
