Multimedia Content Filtering
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating automated user-specific filtering of multimedia content, comprising:
- receiving a content identifier indicative of a program of multimedia content (PMC) desired by a user;
identifying an index file associated with the identified PMC, wherein the index file includes information indicative of portions of the PMC containing potentially objectionable content;
retrieving content filtering (CF) settings associated with the user, the CF settings defining at least one type of content objectionable to the user;
applying the CF settings to the index file to identify a portion of the PMC containing content objectionable to the user; and
sending content location information, indicative of the identified portion of the PMC, to a multimedia handling device.
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Abstract
A disclosed method for facilitating automated and user-specific filtering of multimedia content includes a backend server receiving a content identifier from a user'"'"'s multimedia handling device (MHD), e.g., a set top box. The content identifier indicates of a program of multimedia content (PMC) requested or otherwise desired by a user. The disclosed method includes identifying or otherwise locating an index file associated with the requested PMC. The index file includes data that indicates portions of the PMC containing potentially objectionable content. Content filtering (CF) settings associated with the user are retrieved or otherwise accessed. The CF settings define at least one type of content that is objectionable to the user. The CF settings are applied to the index file to identify a portion of the PMC containing content objectionable to the user. Content location information that indicates the identified portion of the PMC is then sent to the MHD.
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1. A method for facilitating automated user-specific filtering of multimedia content, comprising:
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receiving a content identifier indicative of a program of multimedia content (PMC) desired by a user; identifying an index file associated with the identified PMC, wherein the index file includes information indicative of portions of the PMC containing potentially objectionable content; retrieving content filtering (CF) settings associated with the user, the CF settings defining at least one type of content objectionable to the user; applying the CF settings to the index file to identify a portion of the PMC containing content objectionable to the user; and sending content location information, indicative of the identified portion of the PMC, to a multimedia handling device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A multimedia handling device (MHD) including a processor and storage media accessible to the processor, the MHD comprising:
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a network interface to receive multimedia content from a content delivery server via an access network; a decoder configured to process the multimedia content and to provide decoded content to a multimedia display device; a remote control interface to process remote control signals from a remote control; processor executable instructions, embedded in the storage media including instructions to; respond to detecting a remote control signal selecting a multimedia content object by sending a content identifier to a server via the access network; and respond to receiving content location information indicative of a selected portion of the multimedia content object by modifying the multimedia content object to prevent at least one of an audio component and a video component of the selected portion from playing on the multimedia display device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A content filtering service offered to a user in conjunction with a multimedia content distribution service, the content filtering service comprising:
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enabling the user to create filter settings defining at least one type of multimedia content objectionable to the user; enabling the user to request a program of multimedia content (PMC); providing content location information to customer premise equipment (CPE) of the user, wherein the content location information is indicative of a portion of the PMC containing content objectionable to the user; enabling the CPE to modify the PMC based at least in part on the content location information, wherein the modified PMC suppresses at least one of an audio component and a video component of the portion of the PMC indicated by the content location information. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of processing multimedia content, comprising:
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receiving a stream corresponding to a predetermined program of multimedia content (PMC); receiving content location information indicative of a portion of the PMC containing objectionable content; and decoding the stream to produce decoded content including an audio component and a video component and modifying the decoded content by modifying at least one of the audio component and the video component of the objectionable portion of the PMC. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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