Approval Screen Generation for Flexible Parental Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current parental control systems in information processing apparatuses, such as game machines, are inflexible as they restrict children from playing all games with target ages exceeding their own, making it difficult for parents to allow access to specific games after verifying the content, even if they want to.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that includes a screen generation section to create an approval screen for parents to remove use restrictions, allowing them to approve or verify the content of processing targets, enabling individual removal of restrictions for specific games.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If parental control restricts children from playing all games with target ages exceeding their own, then safety and appropriateness of content are ensured, but flexibility and ease of operation deteriorate as parents cannot easily allow access to specific games
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an approval screen as an intermediary interface between the parental control system and the child's game access requests. When a child attempts to play a restricted game, the system presents an approval screen to the parent that displays game information (title, rating, description) and provides an approval button. This intermediary mechanism allows parents to make informed decisions about specific games while maintaining the overall restriction framework, thus resolving the contradiction between content safety and operational flexibility.
2Extent of automation
If parental control systems prohibit all games above a certain age rating, then automated content filtering is achieved, but adaptability deteriorates as individual game approvals become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic parental control system where restrictions are not static but can be adjusted on-demand. The system automatically filters games based on age ratings, but when a child requests a restricted game, the approval screen dynamically appears, allowing the parent to temporarily override the restriction for that specific game. This dynamic approach maintains automated filtering efficiency while providing adaptability for individual game approvals, resolving the contradiction between automation and versatility.
3Reliability
If comprehensive parental control is implemented to ensure content safety, then device complexity increases, but ease of operation deteriorates due to cumbersome approval processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the parental control functionality into distinct modular components: automatic age-based filtering, on-demand approval screens, and individual game approval tracking. Each component handles a specific aspect of content control independently. The approval screen itself is segmented to display only relevant information (game title, rating, description, approval button) without overwhelming the parent with unnecessary details. This segmentation reduces perceived complexity while maintaining comprehensive control effectiveness.
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AI summary
A request acceptance section 160 accepts a use restriction removal request from a user restricted from using a processing target. A screen generation section 164 generates an approval screen for approving the removal request. The screen generation section 164 generates the approval screen including either information regarding an approval of the removal request or information for verifying content of the processing target.