Filtering streamed content by content-display device

A content-playing device, comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• a content player to play content;
• and
• a content transmitter to:
• receive, from a content-display device, an indication that the content-display device supports filtering of streamed content based on rating information;
• stream content which can be played by the content-playing device to the content-display device to display the streamed content;
• and
• transmit content rating information about the streamed content to the content-display device to facilitate control of display of the streamed content.

A method, comprising:

• accepting, by a content-display device, from a content-playing device, a connection request to stream content from the content-playing device;
• receiving, by the content-display device, from the content-playing device, streamed content which can be rendered on the content-playing device, and content-rating information of the streamed content;
• and
• controlling, by the content-display device, display of streamed content by the content display module based on the received content-rating information.

One or more computer-readable media containing instructions written thereon that, in response to execution on a content-display device, cause the content-display device to:

• accept, from a content-playing device, a connection request to stream content from the content-playing device;
• receive, from the content-playing device, streamed content which can be rendered on the content-playing device, and content-rating information of the streamed content;
• and
• control display of streamed content by the content display module based on the received content-rating information.