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Method and apparatus for controlling reproduction of an audiovisual work

  • US 6,973,461 B1
  • Filed: 03/16/2000
  • Issued: 12/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of controlling reproduction of an audiovisual work comprising:

  • receiving rating input comprising a selection of one of a plurality of ratings choices;

    reviewing an audiovisual work on a first storage medium to determine if the first storage medium includes a rated version of the audiovisual work which bears a predetermined relationship to the rating input; and

    if the first storage medium includes the rated version, playing the rated version; and

    if the first storage medium does not include the rated version;

    accessing a database stored on a second storage medium, the database containing, for each of the plurality of ratings choices, a secondary database comprising information identifying at least a portion of a scene of the work having an assigned content ratings level which bears a predetermined relationship to the ratings choice; and

    reproducing scenes of the work in accordance with the information in the secondary database corresponding to the rating input.

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