Method for Utilizing a Media Adapter for Controlling a Display Device to Display Information of Multimedia Data Corresponding to a User Access Information

• US 20070186232A1
• Filed: 10/24/2006
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Chang-Hung, Chen, Shu-Yi
• Application Number:
  US11/552,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20070186232A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/25
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00086 Circuits for prevention of unauthorised reproduction or copying, e.g. piracy indicating unauthorised use of record carriers in general G11B23/28; scrambling for television signal recording H04N5/913; network architectures or network protocols for network security H04L63/00; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for secret or secure communication H04L9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 20/00159 Parental control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/329 on a disc [VTOC]
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42646 for reading from or writing on a non-volatile solid state storage medium, e.g. DVD, CD-ROM
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/85 on discs or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 using transform coding

Abstract

A method includes inputting a user access information to a media adapter; a plurality of multimedia sources transmits category information of the multimedia data stored in the plurality of multimedia sources to the media adapter; the media adapter classifies the multimedia data transmitted from the plurality of multimedia sources according to the category information of the multimedia data received; the media adapter compares a classification result with the user access information; the media adapter outputs the comparison result to the display device; and lastly the display device displays a frame corresponding to the comparison result. The method assists parents in restricting and filtering the multimedia data that is considered unsuitable for young children or teenagers.

Claims

1. A method for utilizing a media adapter for controlling a display device to display information of multimedia data corresponding to user access information, the method comprising following steps:

(a) inputting the user access information to the media adapter;

(b) a plurality of multimedia sources respectively transmitting category information of multimedia data stored in the plurality of multimedia sources to the media adapter;

(c) the media adapter classifying the multimedia data transmitted from the plurality of multimedia sources according to the category information of the multimedia data received in step (b);

(d) comparing a classification result of step (c) with the user access information;

(e) the media adapter outputting data corresponding to a comparison result of step (d) to the display device; and

(f) the display device displaying a frame corresponding to the comparison result.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

(g) setting the categories of the multimedia data stored in the plurality of multimedia sources.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein step (g) comprises setting the categories of the multimedia data stored in the plurality of multimedia sources through the plurality of multimedia sources.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein step (g) comprises setting the categories of the multimedia data stored in the plurality of multimedia sources through the media adapter.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein step (g) comprises setting classifications of the multimedia data stored in the plurality of multimedia sources.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein step (d) comprises comparing a classification result of step (g) with the user access information.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting a multimedia source from the plurality of multimedia sources to transmit multimedia data to the display device.

8. A media adapter capable of controlling a display device to display information of multimedia data corresponding to user access information, the media adapter comprising:

an input interface for inputting the user access information;

a receiving module for receiving multimedia data and category information of the multimedia data transmitted from a plurality of multimedia sources;

a decoding module for decoding data received by the receiving module to generate signals receivable by the display device;

an output module for outputting the signals generated by the decoding module to the display device; and

a control module for classifying the multimedia data transmitted from the plurality of multimedia sources according to the category information of the multimedia data received by the receiving module, for comparing a classification result with the user access information, and for controlling the output module to output signals generated by the decoding module to the display device according to the comparison result.

9. The media adapter of claim 8 wherein the input interface is an on screen display (OSD).

10. The media adapter of claim 8 wherein the input interface is further utilized for setting the category information of the multimedia data stored in the plurality of multimedia sources.

11. The media adapter of claim 8 wherein the input interface is further utilized for setting classifications of the multimedia data stored in the plurality of multimedia sources.

12. The media adapter of claim 10 wherein the control module is capable of comparing the classifications of the multimedia data with the user access information.

13. The media adapter of claim 8 wherein the input interface is further utilized for selecting a multimedia source from the plurality of multimedia sources to transmit multimedia data to the display device.

14. The media adapter of claim 13 wherein the selected multimedia source is a computer.

15. The media adapter of claim 13 wherein the selected multimedia source is a DVD player.