Content control
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorMinna Viitaharju
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Abstract
The invention relates to content which can be accessed via a user device 20. In order to allow preventing users of a user device in an efficient and flexible way from consuming content to which they should not have access, a second device 26 stores an indication 29 of at least one attribute associated to a user, which is accessible by the user device 20. When an access to content is requested, the user device compares the available rating information with the available attribute indication, the user device 11 determines whether a user is allowed to access the requested content, and allows or prevents an access to the content accordingly.
Claims26
Processing module (23) for a user device (20),
- which processing module (23) is adapted to compare at least one attribute associated to a user of said user device (20), an indication (29) of which at least one attribute is stored in a second device (26) and is accessible by said user device (20), with information on a rating of content, when content is requested to be accessed and when information on a rating of said content is available in said user device (20);
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- which processing module (23) is adapted to determine based on said comparison whether said content is allowed to be to be accessed by said user.
Method for controlling in a user device (20) an access to content, said method comprising:
- comparing at least one attribute associated to a user of said user device (20), an indication (29) of which at least one attribute is stored in a second device (26) and is accessible by said user device (20), with information on a rating of content, when content is requested to be accessed, and when information on a rating of said content is available in said user device (20);
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- determining based on said comparison whether said content is allowed to be accessed by said user.
A software code for controlling in a user device (20) an access to at least one of a use of content, wherein, said software code realizing the following steps when running in a processing module of a user device (20):
- comparing at least one attribute associated to a user of said user device (20), an indication (29) of which at least one attribute is stored in a second device (26) and is accessible by said user device (20), with information on a rating of content, when content is requested to be accessed and when information on a rating of said content is available in said user device (20);
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- determining based on said comparison whether said content is allowed to be accessed by said user.
Processing module (13) for a network element (11) of a communication network (10), which communication network (10) enables a user device (20) to download content, wherein said processing module (13) is adapted to provide for content requested by a user device (10) for download information on a content dependent rating, which rating indicates whether users are to be allowed by a user device (20) to access said content, depending on at least one attribute associated to a user, an indication of which at least one attribute is stored in a second device (26) accessible by a respective user device (20).
Method for supporting in a network element (11) of a communication network (10) a control by a user device (20) of an access to at least one of a use of content and a download of content, said method comprising providing for content requested by a user device (10) for download information on a content dependent rating, which rating indicates whether a user is to be allowed by said user device (20) to access said content, depending on at least one attribute associated to a user, an indication of which at least one attribute is stored in a second device (26) accessible by a respective user device (20).
A software code for supporting in a network element (11) of a communication network (10) a control by a user device (20) of an access to content, said software code realizing the following step when running in a processing module of a network element (11):
- providing for content requested by a user device (10) for download information on a content dependent rating, which rating indicates whether a user is to be allowed by a user device (20) to access said content, depending on at least one attribute associated to a user, an indication of which at least one attribute is stored in a second device (26) accessible by a respective user device (20).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.