Methods and systems for automatically adjusting parental controls
AssigneeRovi Guides, Inc.
InventorsVikram Makam Gupta, Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that provides advanced parental control features. As described herein, these advanced parental control features may allow parents to establish parental controls in a dynamic and individualized manner. Moreover, the media guidance application may relieve a first user (e.g., a parent) of the burden of continually monitoring the statistical analysis (e.g., a ratio) of the programming choices of a second user (e.g., a child) by establishing one or more threshold analyses (e.g., a threshold ratio) that the media guidance application may automatically compare to the statistical analysis of the programming choices of the second user.
Claims21
A method for automatically adjusting parental controls, the method comprising:
- determining a statistical analysis of a relationship between a first program type and a second program type for a first user;
- accessing a social network;
- locating a user group on the social network associated with the first user;
- determining a threshold analysis of a relationship between the first program type and the second program for an average user of the user group;
- comparing the statistical analysis to the threshold analysis;
- and
- blocking the first program type based on the comparison.
A system for automatically adjusting parental controls, the system comprising:
- storage circuitry configured to store a relationship between a first program type and a second program type for a first user;
- communications circuitry configured to access a social network;
- and
- control circuitry configured to:
- determine a statistical analysis of the relationship between a first program type and a second program type for a first user;
- locate a user group on the social network associated with the first user;
- determine a threshold analysis of a relationship between the first program type and the second program for an average user of the user group;
- compare the statistical analysis to the threshold analysis;
- and
- block the first program type based on the comparison.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.