Methods and apparatus for providing parental or guardian control and visualization over communications to various devices in the home
First Claim
1. A method of operating a home network monitoring device located in a home including:
- setting content restrictions for a first user;
detecting, in the home network monitoring device, delivery of content to one or more users in the home, said first user being one of said one or more users;
storing, in the home, portions of content delivered to said first user via a home network along with information about the content and its consumption;
detecting a request, from a person responsible for setting user content restrictions applicable to said first user, to review content delivered to said first user;
presenting, following said request, some of the stored portions of content to the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user, said presenting some of the stored portions of content to the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user being performed after the delivery of the content to the first user;
updating the content restrictions for the first user; and
subjecting further content delivery to the first user via the home network to the updated restrictions established by the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing a supervisor such as a parent or guardian with a way to monitor and control the delivery of content, e.g., video and audio programs, to users of devices within a home. Exemplary embodiments include methods and apparatus for operating a home network monitoring device located in a home including detecting delivery of content to one or more users in the home, storing, in the home, portions of content delivered to a first user, presenting some of the stored portions of content to a person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user, and subjecting further content delivery to the first user via the home network to restrictions established by the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user. Some embodiments also detect and report potential attacks, e.g., cyber attacks, on the home network.
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22 Claims
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1. A method of operating a home network monitoring device located in a home including:
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setting content restrictions for a first user; detecting, in the home network monitoring device, delivery of content to one or more users in the home, said first user being one of said one or more users; storing, in the home, portions of content delivered to said first user via a home network along with information about the content and its consumption; detecting a request, from a person responsible for setting user content restrictions applicable to said first user, to review content delivered to said first user; presenting, following said request, some of the stored portions of content to the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user, said presenting some of the stored portions of content to the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user being performed after the delivery of the content to the first user; updating the content restrictions for the first user; and subjecting further content delivery to the first user via the home network to the updated restrictions established by the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A home network monitoring device comprising:
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a content restriction module configured to set content restrictions for a first user; a monitoring module in a home, configured to detect delivery of content to one or more users in the home via a home network, said first user being one of said one or more users; memory in the home including stored portions of content delivered to the first user along with information about the content and its consumption; a presentation module configured to present, in response to a request from a person responsible for setting user content restrictions applicable to said first user to review content delivered to said first user, some of the stored portions of content to the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user; and wherein said content restriction module is further configured to subject further content delivery to the first user via the home network to updated restrictions established by the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user, said content restriction module blocking content which satisfies a content restriction setting from being delivered to the first user. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A non-transitory computer readable medium having machine executable instructions stored thereon for controlling a processor in a home network monitoring device located in a home, the non-transitory computer readable medium including:
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code for controlling the processor to set content restrictions for a first user; code for controlling the processor to detect delivery of content to one or more users in the home via a home network, said first user being one of said one or more users; code for controlling the processor to store in memory located in the home, portions of content delivered to the first user along with information about the content and its consumption; code for controlling the processor to detect a request, from a person responsible for setting user content restrictions applicable to said first user, to review content delivered to said first user; code for controlling the processor to present, following said request, some of the stored portions of content to the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user; code for controlling the processor to update the content restrictions for the first user; and code for controlling the processor to subject further content delivery to the first user via the home network to updated restrictions established by the person responsible for setting content restrictions applicable to the first user.
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