Apparatus and method for managing parental control
AssigneeSteelseries Hq
InventorsMICHAEL ARONZON, BRUCE HAWVER, KIM ROM, ARNIE GREVER
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device that can receive a parental control signal that designates undesired content, determine when a restricted user is interacting with a gaming software application, and modify a presentation of the gaming software application to remove the undesired content when the restricted user is interacting with the gaming software application. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Claims25
A computing device for receiving a removable storage medium having a gaming software application stored thereon, the computing device comprising a controller to:
- store a user profile;
- receive a parental control signal that designates undesired content;
- adjust the user profile based on the parental control signal;
- determine when a restricted user associated with the user profile is interacting with the gaming software application;
- and
- modify a presentation of the gaming software application to remove the undesired content based on the user profile when the restricted user is interacting with the gaming software application.
A gaming accessory in communication with a computing device, the gaming accessory comprising a controller to:
- transmit a parental control signal to the computing device, wherein the parental control signal designates undesired content associated with a gaming software application of the computing device;
- obtain identification information from a user of the gaming accessory;
- transmit the identification information to the computing device, wherein the identification information is used to determine when the user is a restricted user;
- and
- transmit game control signals to the computing device for user interaction with the gaming software application, wherein a presentation of the gaming software application is modified by the computing device to remove the undesired content when the user is the restricted user.
A method comprising:
- storing a user account in a computing device;
- receiving a parental control signal at the computing device that designates undesired content;
- adjusting the user account based on the parental control signal;
- determining when a restricted user associated with the user account is utilizing a gaming software application of the computing device;
- and
- modifying a presentation of the gaming software application to remove the undesired content based on the user account when the restricted user is utilizing the gaming software application.
A computer-readable storage medium operating in a computing device, the storage medium comprising computer instructions to present a video game, wherein undesired content is replaced with desired content based on a user profile associated with a restricted user when a determination is made that the restricted user is interacting with the video game.
A method comprising:
- determining undesired content associated with a gaming software application;
- removing the undesired content during presentation by a first computing device of the gaming software application when a determination is made that a user of the first computing device is a restricted user interacting with the gaming software application;
- and
- presenting the undesired content of the gaming software application on a second computing device, wherein the presentation of the gaming software application by the first and second computing devices is in temporal proximity and wherein the first and second computing devices interact with the gaming software application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.