Method and an apparatus for an audiovisual monitoring application for children

• US 20020184620A1
• Filed: 06/05/2001
• Published: 12/05/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Davies, Nigel Andrew Justin, Raverdy, Pierre-Guillaume
• Application Number:
  US09/875,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20020184620A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/25
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2805 Home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2827 Reporting to a device within the home network; wherein the reception of the information reported automatically triggers the execution of a home appliance functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44224 Monitoring of user activity on external systems, e.g. Internet browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44227 Monitoring of local network, e.g. connection or bandwidth variations; Detecting new devices in the local network configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; monitoring connectivity in data switched networks H04L43/0811
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/106 for domestic distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/163 by receiver means only

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for an audiovisual (AV) monitoring application for children are described. The AV monitoring system for children includes one or more child devices and a parent device coupled to a network. The parent device has an AV receiver configured to access AV content directed to the child device. The parent device monitors the AV content to determine if the AV content includes a specified content. If the AV content includes a specified content, the parent device generates a warning. The parent device has a display that may display both the warning and the AV content directed to the child device.

Claims

1. An audiovisual (AV) monitoring application for children on a parent controller device comprising an AV receiver on the parent controller device configured to access and receive AV content directed to at least one child device, the parent controller device configured to monitor and review the AV content directed to the child device to determine if the AV content includes at least one specified content, the parent controller device configured to generate a warning when the AV content including the specified content is being actively sent to the child device.

2. The AV monitoring application for children of claim 1 further comprising a display on the parent controller device configured to display both the warning and the AV content directed to the child device.

3. The AV monitoring application for children of claim 2 further comprising a user interface configured to allow a user to input the specified content.

4. The AV monitoring application for children of claim 3 wherein the specified content is chosen from the group consisting of:

explicit lyrics, explicit topics, or program titles.

5. The AV monitoring application for children of claim 1 wherein the AV receiver is configured to receive and display AV content directed to the parent controller device concurrently with AV content directed to the child device.

6. The AV monitoring application for children of claim 1 further comprising a network, the child device and the parent controller device coupled to the network.

7. The AV monitoring application for children of claim 6 wherein the network is a home audio/visual initiative (HAVI) network.

8. The AV monitoring application for children of claim 7 wherein the child device is a HAVI compliant device.

9. The AV monitoring application for children of claim 8 wherein the parent controller device is a HAVI compliant device.

10. The AV monitoring application for children of claim 9 wherein the parent controller device is a full audiovisual node (FAV) device.

11. The AV monitoring application for children of claim 1 further comprising:

at least one child device coupled to a home audio/visual initiative (HAVI) network; and

a HAVI compliant parent device coupled to the HAVI network and acting as the parent controller device.

13. The parent controller device of claim 12 wherein the display is configured to display both the warning and the AV content directed to the child device.

14. The parent controller device of claim 12 further comprising a user interface configured to allow a user to input the specified content.

15. The parent controller device of claim 14 wherein the specified content is chosen from the group consisting of:

explicit lyrics, explicit topics, or program titles.

16. The parent controller device of claim 12 wherein the AV receiver is configured to receive and display AV content directed to the parent controller device concurrently with AV content directed to the child device.

17. The parent controller device of claim 12 wherein the parent controller device and the child device are coupled to a network.

18. The parent controller device of claim 17 wherein the network is a home audio/visual initiative (HAVI) network.

19. The parent controller device of claim 18 wherein the child device is a HAVI compliant device.

20. The parent controller device of claim 19 wherein the parent controller device is a HAVI compliant device.

21. The parent controller device of claim 20 wherein the parent controller device is a full audiovisual node (FAV) device.

12. A parent controller device comprising:

an AV receiver configured to access AV content directed to at least one child device

an audiovisual (AV) monitoring application for children that allows the parent controller device to monitor the AV content directed to the child device to determine if the AV content includes at least one specified content; and

a display to generate a warning when the AV content including the specified content is being actively sent to the child device.

22. A method of monitoring audiovisual (AV) content on a child device using a parent controller device comprising:

accessing AV content directed to the child device by the parent controller device;

determining if the AV content includes a specified content; and

generating a warning on a display on the parent controller device when the AV content includes the specified content.

23. The method of claim 22 further comprising displaying the AV content directed to the child device on the display of the parent controller device.

24. The method of claim 23 further comprising the step of inputting the specified content on a user interface of the parent controller device.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein specified content is chosen from the group consisting of:

explicit lyrics, explicit topics, or program titles.

26. The method of claim 23 further comprising displaying AV content directed to the parent controller device on the display of the parent controller device concurrently with the AV content directed to the child device.

27. A computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed on a processor, perform a method for compressing data, the method comprising:

accessing AV content directed to the child device by the parent controller device;

determining if the AV content includes a specified content; and

generating a warning on a display on the parent controller device when the AV content includes the specified content.