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Parental monitoring in a home gateway environment

A technology of gateway equipment and website, applied in the field of home gateway, which can solve the problem of not being able to explain what content is displayed, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-01-21
THOMSON LICENSING SA
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Although this method can give general information about which websites are visited, it does not tell what content is displayed on the visited websites
In addition, due to the volatile nature of the content accessed, what a child views when viewing a website may differ from what appears on that website when reviewing a historical log of the website the child has visited

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[0014] The methods, systems and teachings disclosed herein can be implemented in a gateway device capable of monitoring content accessed through the gateway device. Capture the screen content of the accessed content, and generate a log of the accessed content according to the captured screen content. The log can then be displayed to a user who can use a remote control device to navigate through the log to view screen captures of the content at different times.

[0015] In the examples described herein, the term "gateway" is used to denote a device that can act as a central distribution hub for services offered by a service provider, which are in turn distributed to other devices in communication with the gateway device. in other devices. For example, a gateway device may be used to distribute television, telephone, and Internet services provided over a broadband connection to other devices (eg, display devices, set-top boxes, personal computers, and telephones) that communica...

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The methodologies, systems and teachings disclosed herein can be embodied in gateway device that is capable of monitoring content accessed through the gateway device. Captures of screen content of the content accessed are obtained and a log of the content accessed is generated from the captured screen content. The log can then be displayed to a user who can use a remote control to navigate through the log to view the captured screen content at different instances of time.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of home gateways. More specifically, the present invention relates to the ability to monitor activity through a residential gateway. Background technique [0002] With the abundance of movie and music content available through delivery mechanisms such as the Internet, it can be difficult for parents to know what content their children are watching and listening to. Some of the material children access may be sexual or violent in nature, so parents do not want their children to be exposed to such material. Additionally, parents may wish to restrict their children's access to websites and other communication media that expose them to inappropriate material. [0003] One current solution involves filtering or blocking objectionable content. These solutions typically rely on ratings or listings of keywords or websites. The problem with this type of solution is that filtering is static and reactive. Once set up, filte...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N21/442H04N21/61H04N21/6587G06Q30/02
CPCH04N21/44222H04L12/28H04N21/440236H04N21/8549G06Q30/0201H04N21/43615H04L12/2834H04L2012/2849H04N21/44224H04N21/2402H04N21/42204H04N21/4334H04N21/43622H04N21/44204H04N21/44209H04N21/44227H04N21/4532H04N21/454H04N21/4667H04N21/6587
Inventor 马克·弗朗西斯·鲁姆里奇
Owner THOMSON LICENSING SA