Community-based parental controls
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- maintaining rating groups, each rating group providing ratings that relate to at least one of the multiple pieces of content and that are compiled based on information received from multiple users evaluating the at least one of the multiple pieces of content;
receiving, from a first user, a selection of a first rating group, from among the rating groups, to be applied to a set of users associated with the first user;
receiving a request for a piece of content from a user;
determining whether the user from which the request was received belongs to the set of users associated with the first user;
in response to a determination that the user belongs to the set of users associated with the first user, accessing information associated with the first rating group and determining whether the first rating group includes a rating for the requested piece of content; and
determining whether or not to provide information to the requesting user conditioned on the indication or absence of a rating for the requested piece of content within the first rating group.
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Abstract
According to a general aspect, a method includes maintaining rating groups, each rating group providing a rating for content compiled based on information received from a user evaluating the content. The method also includes receiving, from a first user, a selection of a first rating group, from among the rating groups, to be applied to a set of users associated with the first user. The method also includes receiving, from a user, a request for a piece of content from the content. The method also includes determining that the user from which the request was received belongs to the set of users associated with the first user. The method also includes, based upon the determination that the user belonged to the set of users associated with the first user, accessing information associated with the first rating group and determining whether the first rating group includes a rating for the requested piece of content. The method also includes determining whether or not to provide information to the requesting user conditioned on the indication or absence of a rating for the requested piece of content within the first rating group.
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22 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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maintaining rating groups, each rating group providing ratings that relate to at least one of the multiple pieces of content and that are compiled based on information received from multiple users evaluating the at least one of the multiple pieces of content;
receiving, from a first user, a selection of a first rating group, from among the rating groups, to be applied to a set of users associated with the first user;
receiving a request for a piece of content from a user;
determining whether the user from which the request was received belongs to the set of users associated with the first user;
in response to a determination that the user belongs to the set of users associated with the first user, accessing information associated with the first rating group and determining whether the first rating group includes a rating for the requested piece of content; and
determining whether or not to provide information to the requesting user conditioned on the indication or absence of a rating for the requested piece of content within the first rating group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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maintaining a rating group that includes ratings for multiple pieces of content, each of the ratings being a compiled score based on submitted ratings from multiple users;
receiving a request for a piece of content from a user;
accessing a rating for the requested piece of content from the rating group; and
determining whether to grant access to the requested piece of content based on the accessed rating. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method comprising:
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maintaining, in an online rating system, rating groups that each provide ratings for multiple pieces of content, each of the ratings relating to at least one of the multiple pieces of content and being compiled based on ratings submitted from multiple users, the submitted ratings evaluating the at least one of the multiple pieces of content;
receiving, in the online rating system, an electronic request from a user of the online rating system to form a new rating group for providing ratings for several pieces of content, each rating relating to at least one of the pieces of content and being a compiled rating based on ratings submitted from multiple users, the submitted ratings evaluating the at least one of the pieces of content;
receiving an identification of required characteristics of potential members of the new rating group;
forming the new rating group based on receiving the request group;
adding the new rating group to the rating groups;
receiving a request from a second user to be a member of the new rating group;
verifying that the second user satisfies the required characteristics; and
adding the second user to the new rating group based on verification that the second user satisfies the required characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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maintaining rating groups, each rating group providing a rating for content compiled based on information received from a user evaluating the content;
receiving, from a first user, a selection of a first rating group, from among the rating groups, to be applied to a set of users associated with the first user;
receiving, from a user, a request for a piece of content from the content;
determining that the user from which the request was received belongs to the set of users associated with the first user;
based upon the determination that the user belonged to the set of users associated with the first user, accessing information associated with the first rating group and determining whether the first rating group includes a rating for the requested piece of content; and
determining whether or not to provide information to the requesting user conditioned on the indication or absence of a rating for the requested piece of content within the first rating group.
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