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Content reproducing apparatus, and television receiving apparatus

  • US 7,765,565 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2007
  • Issued: 07/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A television receiver capable of imposing parental control on a received program based on a rating that is set, the television receiver comprising:

  • a rating information storage unit storing a plurality of types of rating information based on different standards of parental control, each standard including levels corresponding to an approved viewer'"'"'s age, with levels capable of being commonly set among the plurality of types of rating information being associated with each other;

    a control unit for setting common levels as parental control settings based on the association; and

    an interface configured to display a message indicating that no parental control setting is set in a first standard when the received program exceeds a corresponding level set as a parental control setting in a second standard.

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