METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT FILTERING

摘要

Method and apparatus for multimedia content filtering are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a network access device, in response to multimedia content transmitted from a source over a first network and destined to a destination over a second network, opens the multimedia content within the network access device interfacing the first and second networks. A content rating operation is performed on the opened multimedia content to determine whether the multimedia content should be transmitted to the destination over the second network. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

主权项

1. A method for multimedia content filtering, the method comprising:
receiving at a network access device, a stream of multimedia content transmitted from a source over a first network and destined for a destination over a second network; and executing instructions stored in memory of the network access device, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor:
extracts audio content from the multimedia content in real-time while the multimedia content is streaming,recognizes an audio pattern within the extracted audio content,determines that the stream of multimedia content should not be completed based on a policy associated with the recognized audio pattern, andterminates the stream of the multimedia content.