Separable presentation control rules with distinct control effects
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1. A method, including steps of designating a set of control rules, those control rules being designated at least in part at that substantially local site;
- designating a set of control effects, those control effects being designated at least in part at a substantially remote site;
enforcing those control rules, at least in part at the substantially local site;
applying those control effects in response to a result of those steps of enforcing.
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Abstract
Parental control rules are logically separated from a set of parental control effects. Control rules are responsive to detectible circumstances, including: business relationships between the DVD owner and its content owner, particular presentation location or device, actual viewers present, date or time. Control effects include ways to edit or suppress inappropriate content, including: defacing via sound or video blanking, skipping scenes, presenting alternative scenes, warning of inappropriate scenes, and similar behavior for associated metadata.
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1. A method, including steps of
designating a set of control rules, those control rules being designated at least in part at that substantially local site; -
designating a set of control effects, those control effects being designated at least in part at a substantially remote site;
enforcing those control rules, at least in part at the substantially local site;
applying those control effects in response to a result of those steps of enforcing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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