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Methods and systems for applying parental-control policies to media files

  • US 9,330,274 B2
  • Filed: 03/13/2009
  • Issued: 05/03/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • intercepting, by a file-system driver, a file-system call associated with a media file, the file-system driver being configured to intercept file-system calls issued by multiple applications through which a child is capable of attempting to access the media file;

    determining, in response to the file-system driver intercepting the file-system call, whether the file-system call comprises an attempt to access a file that includes media content by checking whether a file extension of the media file identified by the file-system call matches a file extension included within a set of certain file extensions for at least one of e-book files, audio files, and video files;

    determining, in response to determining that the file extension of the media file identified by the file-system call matches a file extension included within the set of certain file extensions for at least one of e-book files, audio files, and video files, an attribute of the media file;

    identifying a parental-control policy associated with the attribute of the media file;

    applying the parental-control policy to the media file.

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