Advanced parental control for digital content
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving incoming content including (i) main content being content originally intended as a scene of a program and (ii) replacement content being content for replacing the main content for the scene of the program;
determining if the scene of the program includes objectionable content; and
substituting the main content with the replacement content if the scene of the program includes objectionable content and the replacement content does not include the objectionable content.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method for replacing scenes of objectionable content comprises receiving incoming content, which includes main content and replacement content. The main content is the content originally intended as a scene of a program while the replacement content is content for replacing the main content for the scene of the program. Thereafter, a determination is made if the scene of the program includes objectionable content, and if so, substituting the main content with the replacement content provided the replacement content does not include the objectionable content.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving incoming content including (i) main content being content originally intended as a scene of a program and (ii) replacement content being content for replacing the main content for the scene of the program;
determining if the scene of the program includes objectionable content; and
substituting the main content with the replacement content if the scene of the program includes objectionable content and the replacement content does not include the objectionable content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A digital device comprising:
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a tuner/demodulation unit adapted to receive incoming content including (i) main content being content originally intended as a scene of a program and (ii) replacement content being content that may be used to replace the main content for the scene of the program; and
a data processing unit coupled to the tuner/demodulation unit, the data processing unit to (i) determine if the scene of the program includes objectionable content that exceeds a preset rating, and (ii) substitute the main content with the replacement content if the scene of the program includes objectionable content that exceeds the preset rating and the replacement content does not include the objectionable content that exceeds the preset rating. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A machine readable medium to store software that, if executed by logic, will cause a digital device to perform the following operations:
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determining if a scene of a program includes objectionable content, the scene of the program being a portion of a first stream of content received by the digital device from an external source; and
substituting the portion of the first stream of content with replacement content if the scene of the program includes objectionable content being content that exceeds a preset parental control limit and the replacement content does not include the objectionable content.
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22. A method comprising:
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receiving incoming content including main content being content originally intended as a scene of a program and replacement content being content for replacing the main content for the scene of the program;
determining if the replacement content includes content having a higher rating than the main content; and
substituting the replacement content for the main content if (i) the replacement content includes content having a higher rating than the main content, (ii) up-rating is desired, and (iii) the scene of the replacement content is assigned a rating no greater than preset parental control limits.
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