Media Authorization Registry for Parental Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current media players lack effective mechanisms to control access to media content independently of its rating, as parental control features are often complex and not utilized, leading to potential exposure of children to inappropriate content, even if rated appropriately.
Innovation Solution
A media system that registers specific media content and requires authorization for playback, utilizing a reader, processor, and storage to maintain a registry of registered media, ensuring only authorized content is played, regardless of its rating.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If parental control features are implemented based on media ratings, then content filtering capability is improved, but device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to setup complexity and broad rating categories
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the media library into registered and unregistered portions, with registered media requiring authorization. This segmentation allows parents to selectively control specific titles rather than managing broad rating categories, simplifying the control mechanism while maintaining reliable content filtering.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary registration of media titles that require authorization before playback. This preliminary action creates a controlled list of restricted content, eliminating the need for complex real-time rating analysis during setup and providing reliable filtering from the outset.
2Reliability
If parental control features are implemented based on media ratings, then content filtering capability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to broad rating categories
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting control to the individual title level through registration, the system provides precise control without requiring users to navigate broad rating categories. Parents can simply register specific problematic titles, making the system easy to operate while maintaining reliable filtering.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows parents to self-select and register specific media titles that require authorization. This self-service approach eliminates the need to configure complex parental control settings based on ratings, making operation straightforward while ensuring reliable content filtering for selected titles.
3Measurement precision
If a registry of registered media is maintained, then media access control precision is improved, but device complexity increases due to additional storage and processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The registry of registered media is created through preliminary action before playback occurs. By pre-registering titles that require authorization, the system achieves precise media access control without adding complex real-time processing, as the authorization status is determined in advance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses a simplified copy of media identification information (title, not full content analysis) stored in the registry. This copying approach achieves precise control over media access without requiring complex storage and processing of detailed media content, keeping device complexity manageable.
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AI summary
The disclosed methods and systems provide for the registry and authorization of media on a media player. The method involves maintaining a registry of registered media. Media to be played by the media player is compared to the maintained registry of registered media. If media is registered, authorization it then required to play the registered media.