Management of media content ratings information communicated discretely from media content
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1. A method of managing the use of media content ratings information by a media content receiver, the method comprising:
- communicating in-band media content for a particular program to a media content receiver of an end-user for presentation of the media content for the particular program by the media content receiver of the end-user; and
communicating non-in-band media content ratings information for the particular program to the media content receiver of the end-user, the non-in-band media content ratings information for the particular program being communicated to the media content receiver of the end-user discretely from the media content for the particular program in a separate communication,wherein the media content receiver of the end-user is configured to be programmed to;
block playback of the media content for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user according to any in-band media content ratings information for the particular program contained in the media content for the particular program, andblock playback of the media content for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user according to the non-in-band media content ratings information for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user in the separate communication.
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Abstract
A method, system and/or computer program product for managing the use of media content ratings information by a media content receiver, including communicating media content for presentation by a media content receiver; communicating media content ratings information for the media content, the media content ratings information being communicated discretely from the media content. The communicating operations include one or both of transmitting and receiving the content and/or ratings information.
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1. A method of managing the use of media content ratings information by a media content receiver, the method comprising:
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communicating in-band media content for a particular program to a media content receiver of an end-user for presentation of the media content for the particular program by the media content receiver of the end-user; and communicating non-in-band media content ratings information for the particular program to the media content receiver of the end-user, the non-in-band media content ratings information for the particular program being communicated to the media content receiver of the end-user discretely from the media content for the particular program in a separate communication, wherein the media content receiver of the end-user is configured to be programmed to; block playback of the media content for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user according to any in-band media content ratings information for the particular program contained in the media content for the particular program, and block playback of the media content for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user according to the non-in-band media content ratings information for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user in the separate communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program storage medium readable by a computing device and encoding a computer program for managing the use of media content ratings information by a media content receiver, the computer program storage medium comprising computer-readable instructions for the computer program that, when executed, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
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communicating an in-band media content signal to a media content receiver of an end-user for presentation of media content for a particular program by the media content receiver of the end-user; and communicating a non-in-band media content ratings information signal for the particular program to the media content receiver of the end-user, the non-in-band media content ratings information signal for the particular program being communicated to the media content receiver of the end-user discretely from the media content signal in a separate communication, wherein the media content receiver of the end-user is configured to be programmed to; block playback of the media content for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user according to any in-band media content ratings information for the particular program contained in the media content for the particular program, and block playback of the media content for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user in the media content signal according to the non-in-band media content ratings signal for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user in the separate communication. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A system for the use of parental ratings information comprising:
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a media content receiver of an end-user for receiving in-band media content for a particular program for presentation by the media content receiver of the end-user and for receiving non-in-band media content ratings information for the particular program, the non-in-band media content ratings information for the particular program being received discretely from the media content for the particular program in a separate communication, wherein the media content receiver of the end-user is configured to be programmed to; block playback of the media content for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user according to any in-band media content ratings information for the particular program contained in the media content for the particular program, and block playback of the media content for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user according to the non-in-band media content ratings information for the particular program that has been received by the media content receiver of the end-user in the separate communication. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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