APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATION, DELIVERY AND UTILIZATION OF RECOMMENDED MULTIMEDIA FILTER SETTINGS
First Claim
1. A method for presenting multimedia comprising:
- accessing a multimedia presentation;
accessing a recommended subset of a plurality of filters for the multimedia, the plurality of filters configured to alter the presentation of the multimedia presentation; and
applying the recommended subset of the plurality of the filters to alter the presentation of the multimedia presentation.
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Abstract
An apparatus, such as a DVD player, system (client-server, etc.) and method for creating and deploying recommended filter arrangements for a multimedia presentation, such as a movie set forth on a DVD type optical disc. The recommended filter arrangements are selected from some number of possible filter arrangements for a particular multimedia presentation. The recommended filters settings are stored in the memory of the DVD player, in one particular example. During play of the multimedia presentation, the recommended filters are assessed and appropriate filtering action is taken, such as skipping, muting, cropping, blurring, and beeping, certain portions of the multimedia with content involving violence, sex and nudity, profanity, as well as other forms of content objectionable to some audiences.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for presenting multimedia comprising:
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accessing a multimedia presentation;
accessing a recommended subset of a plurality of filters for the multimedia, the plurality of filters configured to alter the presentation of the multimedia presentation; and
applying the recommended subset of the plurality of the filters to alter the presentation of the multimedia presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A media player comprising:
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a memory arrangement storing a plurality of filters for a multimedia presentation, the memory further storing a recommendation of a subset of the plurality of filters to apply to the multimedia presentation to alter the presentation of the multimedia presentation; and
at least one processor configured to apply the subset of the plurality of filters to the multimedia player. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product including a recommended multimedia filter arrangement comprising:
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a computer useable medium and computer readable code embodied on the computer useable medium comprising;
one or more filter files associated with the multimedia presentation, the filter files each identifying a portion of the multimedia presentation, each filter file further identifying a filtering action for the portion of the multimedia presentation; and
an indication of a pre-established subset of the plurality of filter files to be applied to a multimedia presentation to alter presentation of the multimedia presentation. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A method of generating a recommended filter selection for a multimedia presentation comprising:
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evaluating a plurality of filters for a multimedia presentation against a criteria, the plurality of filters configured to alter the presentation of the multimedia presentation; and
providing a recommended subset of the plurality of filters as a function of the operation of evaluating the plurality of filters against a criteria. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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