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System and method of supervisory control

  • US 10,218,706 B2
  • Filed: 06/10/2016
  • Issued: 02/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of supervisory control, comprising the steps of:

  • setting, at a remote device, a first usage control parameter for a first account associated with access to content on a class of entertainment devices;

    monitoring, at an entertainment device of belonging to the class of entertainment devices, which one or more account or accounts that are active on the entertainment device;

    detecting in a first instance, by one or more processors, one or both of a number of input peripherals that are coupled to the entertainment device and a type of the input peripherals coupled to the entertainment device;

    detecting in a second instance, by one or more processors, a type of the input peripherals that are coupled to the entertainment device;

    obtaining, at the entertainment device, the first usage control parameter set for the first account; and

    restricting, by one or more processors, usage of content on the entertainment device responsive to the first usage control parameter;

    wherein, in the first instance, the first usage control parameter for the first account restricts usage of content based on one or both of the detected number of the input peripherals or the detected type of the input peripherals coupled to the entertainment device, andwherein, in the second instance, the first usage control parameter for the first account restricts usage of content based on the detected type of the input peripherals that are coupled to the entertainment device.

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