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US 2008/0178210 A1Published application
Television schedule system with access control
OwnerMarcy Casement, Andrew Burgess +1inventors
InventorsMarcy Casement, Andrew Burgess, David Folker
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a television schedule system with a user interface which allows a user to control access to television programs by time, rating, content, and/or channel. Furthermore, the user may set a limit on pay-per-view (PPV) spending to limit the purchase of PPV programs.
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A method of exercising television access control, the method comprising:
- receiving a viewer request to schedule a television program for recording, wherein the television program is scheduled for transmission on a channel;
- receiving a viewer request to block the channel;
- displaying a warning, in response to receiving the viewer request to block the channel, to warn the viewer that the television program is scheduled for recording on the channel to be blocked;
- and
- blocking the channel in response to receiving the viewer request to block the channel, wherein the blocking does not block the scheduled recording of the television program.
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A system for exercising television access control, the system comprising:
- a display screen;
- an input device configured to receive a viewer request to schedule a television program for recording, wherein the television program is scheduled for transmission on a channel, and to receive a viewer request to block the channel;
- a display processor configured to display a warning, in response to receiving the viewer request to block the channel, to warn the viewer that the television program is scheduled for recording on the channel to be blocked;
- and
- a processor configured to block the channel in response to receiving the viewer request to block the channel, wherein the blocking does not block the scheduled recording of the television program.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.