Media content rating management with pattern matching

• US 9,473,816 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Aissi, Selim, Prakash, Gyan, Bodio, James F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Holmes, Michael B
• Application Number:
  US13/991,439
• Publication Number:
  US 20150100535A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,845 Days
• Field of Search: 706/48
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/02 Knowledge representation; Symbolic representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/266 Channel or content management, e.g. generation and management of keys and entitlement messages in a conditional access system, merging a VOD unicast channel into a multicast channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4394 involving operations for analysing the audio stream, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in audio streams arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of audio in broadcast systems H04H60/58
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/441 Acquiring end-user identification , e.g. using personal code sent by the remote control or by inserting a card
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/454 Content or additional data filtering, e.g. blocking advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4542 Blocking scenes or portions of the received content, e.g. censoring scenes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/45457 applied to a time segment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4756 for rating content, e.g. scoring a recommended movie

Abstract

A method according to one embodiment includes the operations of determining a requested playback media content rating; selecting a pattern matching database associated with the requested playback media content rating; scanning one or more frames of media content; and comparing the scanned frames of media content to the pattern matching database to determine matched frames for omission from playback based on the requested playback media content rating.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining a requested playback media content rating;

selecting a pattern matching database associated with said requested playback media content rating;

scanning one or more frames of media content; and

comparing said scanned frames of media content to said pattern matching database to determine matched frames for omission from playback based on said requested playback media content rating.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising omitting said matched frames from a playback of said media content.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a media content rating file associated with said media content, wherein said media content rating file indicates said matched frames for omission from playback based on said requested playback media content rating.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said playback of said media content is buffered such that said playback of said media content is continuous while said matched frames are omitted.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said requested playback media content rating is determined based on a user input to a media player.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising performing an integrity check on said media player, and wherein said user input is a secure user input.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said integrity check is a verification of a digital certificate associated with said media player and said secure user input is a verification of a user password.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said requested playback media content rating is determined based on a configuration of a playback platform, said configuration maintained in a secure storage of said playback platform.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said comparing is based on at least one of audio content, video content or subtitle information.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said scanning further comprises decrypting said media content.

11. A method, comprising:

selecting a playback media content rating;

providing a media content rating file associated with media content, wherein said media content rating file indicates frames for omission from playback based on a playback media content rating; and

omitting frames from a playback of said media content based on said media content rating file and said selected playback media content rating.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising decrypting said media content.

13. A system, comprising:

a pattern matching database;

a media rating determination module configured to determine a requested playback media content rating; and

a processor coupled to said pattern matching database and said media rating determination module, said processor configured to scan one or more frames of received media content, wherein said scanning comprises comparing said frames of received media content to said pattern matching database to determine matched frames for omission from playback based on said requested playback media content rating.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said processor is further configured to omit said matched frames from a playback of said received media content.

15. The system of claim 14, further comprising buffer circuitry configured to buffer said playback of said received media content such that said playback of said received media content is continuous while said matched frames are omitted.

16. The system of claim 13, further comprising a secure storage module, wherein said secure storage module is configured to maintain said pattern matching database, said received media content and a platform media rating policy, said platform media rating policy provided to said media rating determination module.

17. The system of claim 13, further comprising a decryption module configured to decrypt said received media content prior to said scanning.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon which when executed by a processor result in the following operations comprising:

determining a requested playback media content rating;

selecting a pattern matching database associated with said requested playback media content rating;

scanning one or more frames of media content; and

comparing said scanned frames of media content to said pattern matching database to determine matched frames for omission from playback based on said requested playback media content rating.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein said operations further comprise omitting said matched frames from a playback of said media content.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein said operations further comprise generating a media content rating file associated with said media content, wherein said media content rating file indicates said matched frames for omission from playback based on said requested playback media content rating.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein said playback of said media content is buffered such that said playback of said media content is continuous while said matched frames are omitted.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein said requested playback media content rating is determined based on a user input to a media player.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein said operations further comprise performing an integrity check on said media player, and wherein said user input is a secure user input.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein said integrity check is a verification of a digital certificate associated with said media player and said secure user input is a verification of a user password.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein said requested playback media content rating is determined based on a configuration of a playback platform, said configuration maintained in a secure storage of said playback platform.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein said comparing is based on at least one of audio content, video content or subtitle information.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein said scanning further comprises decrypting said media content.