ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,360, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ORANGE (Issy-les-Moulineaux, France).

"System, device and method for activating a function of a content-rendering device" was invented by David Excoffier (Chatillon, France) and Franck Roudet (Chatillon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for activating a function of a first content-rendering device is described. The method includes obtaining at least one image of at least part of the eyes of a person detected in a presence region associated with the first rendering device. The method also includes determining, by analysing the at least one obtained image, that the person is looking...