Method and apparatus for selecting rating limits in a parental control system
First Claim
1. A method for selecting rating limits in a program content filtering system, wherein said rating limits define whether programs are to be blocked or are deemed to be acceptable, comprising:
- reproducing information about a rating example;
supplying at least one recommended rating assigned to said rating example;
detecting an user indication about the acceptability of said rating example;
assigning said user indication to said recommended rating; and
deriving a rating limit in response to assigning said user indication to said recommended rating.
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Abstract
Rating limits, which define whether programs are to be blocked or are deemed to be acceptable, are selected in a program content filtering system. For that purpose information about a rating example is reproduced and at least one recommended rating assigned to the rating example is supplied. An user indication about the acceptability of said rating example is detected and assigned to the recommended rating. A rating limit is derived in response to the user indication. The above steps can be repeated if needed to provide sufficient data to enable deriving one or more rating limits from the user indications assigned to the ratings.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for selecting rating limits in a program content filtering system, wherein said rating limits define whether programs are to be blocked or are deemed to be acceptable, comprising:
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reproducing information about a rating example;
supplying at least one recommended rating assigned to said rating example;
detecting an user indication about the acceptability of said rating example;
assigning said user indication to said recommended rating; and
deriving a rating limit in response to assigning said user indication to said recommended rating. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving programming including rating information; and
control means responsive to the rating information and to a rating limit for providing content filtering of the programming;
wherein the control means comprises;
means for providing information about a rating example; and
means for deriving the rating limit in response to an indication from a user about the acceptability of the rating example. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. Television apparatus with a parental control system, comprising:
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a processor for executing a rating limits application, wherein said rating limits application provides rating examples and processes user indication about the acceptability of said rating examples in order derive rating limits from said user indications;
an OSD generator for generating screen displays reproducing information about said rating examples;
a display for displaying said screen displays;
an input interface for detecting user indications about the acceptability of said rating examples; and
a memory for storing said derived rating limits.
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