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US 11,693,984 B2Granted
Methods and systems for implementing parental controls
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsVikram Makam Gupta, Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah
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Abstract
Methods and systems for a media guidance application that provides advanced parental control features such as allowing parents to establish parental controls in a dynamic and individualized manner and allowing parents to track and/or limit the amount of time that a child views media content of a particular type.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- receiving, via a first computing device providing access to a primary profile associated with a user account, a selection of a content rating threshold for a secondary profile associated with the user account, wherein the user account authorizes streaming of content from a content provider server over a communication network, wherein entry of a primary profile credential enables selection of the content rating threshold for the secondary profile, the primary profile is accessible via each of a plurality of computing devices upon entry of the primary profile credential, and the secondary profile is accessible via each of the plurality of computing devices upon entry of a secondary profile credential;
- causing display of a criteria entry field at the first computing device providing access to the primary profile, and receiving an entry in association with the criteria entry field;
- and
- in response to receiving the selection of the content rating threshold and receiving the entry:
- storing the content rating threshold and the received entry in memory in association with the secondary profile, and
- applying the content rating threshold and the received entry to the secondary profile by:
- permitting, for the secondary profile, display of content items having content ratings at or below the stored content rating threshold and that do not correspond to the received entry,
- preventing, for the secondary profile, display of content items having content ratings above the stored content rating threshold, and
- preventing, for the secondary profile, display of a content item having a content rating at or below the stored content rating threshold in response to determining that the content item corresponds to the received entry.
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A system comprising:
- a memory storing instructions;
- and
- control circuitry configured to execute the instructions to:
- receive, via a first computing device providing access to a primary profile associated with a user account, a selection of a content rating threshold for a secondary profile associated with the user account, wherein the user account authorizes streaming of content from a content provider server over a communication network, wherein entry of a primary profile credential enables selection of the content rating threshold for the secondary profile, the primary profile is accessible via each of a plurality of computing devices upon entry of the primary profile credential, and the secondary profile is accessible via each of the plurality of computing devices upon entry of a secondary profile credential;
- causing display of a criteria entry field at the first computing device providing access to the primary profile, and receiving an entry in association with the criteria entry field;
- and
- in response to receiving the selection of the content rating threshold and receiving the entry via the user account:
- store the content rating threshold and the received entry in memory in association with the secondary profile, and
- apply the content rating threshold and the received entry to the secondary profile by:
- permitting for the secondary profile, display of content items having content ratings at or below the stored content rating threshold and that do not correspond to the received entry,
- preventing, for the secondary profile, display of content items having content ratings above the stored content rating threshold, and
- preventing, for the secondary profile, display of a content item having a content rating at or below the stored content rating threshold in response to determining that the content item corresponds to the received entry.
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A system comprising:
- means for receiving, via a first computing device providing access to a primary profile associated with a user account, a selection of a content rating threshold for a secondary profile associated with the user account, wherein the user account authorizes streaming of content from a content provider server over a communication network, wherein entry of a primary profile credential enables selection of the content rating threshold for the secondary profile, the primary profile is accessible via each of a plurality of computing devices upon entry of the primary profile credential, and the secondary profile is accessible via each of the plurality of computing devices upon entry of a secondary profile credential;
- means for causing display of a criteria entry field at the first computing device providing access to the primary profile, and means for receiving an entry in association with the criteria entry field;
- and
- means for in response to receiving the selection of the content rating threshold:
- storing the content rating threshold and the received entry in memory in association with the secondary profile, and
- applying the content rating threshold and the received entry to the secondary profile by:
- permitting, for the secondary profile, display of content items having content ratings at or below the stored content rating threshold and that do not correspond to the received entry,
- preventing, for the secondary profile, display of content items having content ratings above the stored content rating threshold, and
- preventing, for the secondary profile, display of a content item having a content rating at or below the stored content rating threshold in response to determining that the content item corresponds to the received entry.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.