Systems and methods for providing parental control features in video mosaic environments
First Claim
1. A method for controlling the presentation of screen elements in a video mosaic screen, the method comprising:
- receiving a first user request for a video mosaic screen comprising a plurality of video assets;
presenting a first video mosaic screen with the plurality of video assets, based on the first user request;
receiving, from the first video mosaic screen, a second user request to change a parental control lock status of a first video asset in the plurality of video assets;
automatically generating a second video mosaic screen with the plurality of video assets, wherein generating the second video mosaic screen comprises at least one of masking and unmasking the first video asset based on the second user request; and
automatically presenting the second video mosaic screen.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing parental control support in video mosaic environment are disclosed. Upon receiving a request for a video mosaic page, screen data, which may include parental control information, is received. The screen data may identify the video assets in the video mosaic page. A determination is made whether the video assets in the video mosaic page are locked or unlocked by parental controls in force on the user equipment. Locked assets may be masked and individually unlocked upon verification of a parental control access code or PIN. Unlocked assets may be presented in cells, or windows, in the video mosaic page and may also be individually locked and subsequently masked. A separate set of parental control settings may be maintained for video mosaic pages or the mosaic parental control commands may be resolved with system parental control settings.
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1. A method for controlling the presentation of screen elements in a video mosaic screen, the method comprising:
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receiving a first user request for a video mosaic screen comprising a plurality of video assets; presenting a first video mosaic screen with the plurality of video assets, based on the first user request; receiving, from the first video mosaic screen, a second user request to change a parental control lock status of a first video asset in the plurality of video assets; automatically generating a second video mosaic screen with the plurality of video assets, wherein generating the second video mosaic screen comprises at least one of masking and unmasking the first video asset based on the second user request; and automatically presenting the second video mosaic screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus for controlling the presentation of screen elements in a video mosaic screen, the apparatus comprising:
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control circuitry to present a video mosaic screen, the control circuitry configured to; receive a first user request for the video mosaic screen, the video mosaic screen comprising a plurality of video assets; present a first video mosaic screen with the plurality of video assets, based on the first user request; receive, from the first video mosaic screen, a second user request to change a parental control lock status of a first video asset in the plurality of video assets; automatically generate a second video mosaic screen with the plurality of video assets by at least one of masking and unmasking the first video asset based on the second user request; and automatically present the second video mosaic screen. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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