Dynamic content rating management across a variety of television input sources

An apparatus comprising:

• an audience detection module configured to identify a viewer in a viewing area of a display configured to display received media content;
• a media scanning module configured to determine a media content rating associated with a portion of a media content received from at least one of a local content source and a remote content source;
• and
• a media player configured to adapt display of the portion of the received media content based on a policy when the associated media content rating corresponds to inappropriate content for the identified viewer.

A system, comprising:

• an apparatus comprising:
• an audience detection module configured to identify a viewer in a viewing area of a display configured to display received media content,
• a media scanning module configured to determine a media content rating associated with a portion of a media content received from at least one of a local content source and a remote content source, and
• a media player configured to adapt display of the portion of the received media content based on a policy when the associated media content rating corresponds to inappropriate content for the identified viewer;
• and
• a remote service configured to communicate with the apparatus via a network, the remote service comprising a processor, communication circuitry coupled to the processor, and a remote service memory.

A method comprising:

• identifying a viewer in a viewing area of a display configured to display received media content;
• determining a media content rating associated with a portion of a media content received from at least one of a local content source and a remote content source;
• and
• adapting display of the portion of the received media content based on a policy when the associated media content rating corresponds to inappropriate content for the identified viewer.

A system comprising one or more storage mediums having stored thereon, individually or in combination, instructions that when executed by one or more processors result in the following operations comprising:

• identifying a viewer in a viewing area of a display configured to display received media content;
• determining a media content rating associated with a portion of a media content received from at least one of a local content source and a remote content source;
• and
• adapting display of the portion of the received media content based on a policy when the associated media content rating corresponds to inappropriate content for the identified viewer.