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US 2010/0146536 A1Published application
Parental media palettes
OwnerMichael Craner, Tia D. Petersoninventors
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Abstract
Systems and methods for viewing media content are provided. Sets of permitted media content and/or channels that have been screened in advance by parents are created. Content suggestions may also be made. In response to media set creation and activation, permitted programming in the media set may be tuned and presented to a viewer while access to other media content is restricted.
Claims27
A method for controlling the presentation of media content on user equipment, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of media descriptors for inclusion in a set of media descriptors, wherein each media descriptor represents an individual permitted media content accessible by a user between a set start time and a set stop time;
- receiving a user request for media content between the set start time and set stop time;
- and
- presenting at least one of the individual permitted media content in response to receiving the user request.
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An apparatus for controlling the presentation of media content on user equipment, the apparatus comprising:
- memory for storing at least one set of media descriptors;
- and
- control circuitry for presenting media content, wherein the control circuitry is configured to:
- receive a plurality of media descriptors for inclusion in the at least one set of media descriptors, wherein each media descriptor represents an individual permitted media content accessible by a user between a set start time and a set stop time;
- receive a user request for media content between the set start time and the set stop time;
- and
- present at least one of the individual permitted media content in response to receiving the user request.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.