| 摘要 |
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, generating parental control information for each of a plurality of users according to options selected from a plurality of media program tags retrieved from a library, detecting a first user of the plurality of users according to biometric information of the first user, identifying the parental control information associated with the first user, tuning to a first media channel responsive to receiving a first request, receiving in the first media channel a first media program tag associated with a first media program, and enabling presentation of the first media program at a presentation device responsive to detecting from the parental control information associated with the first user that the first media program tag is included in a first list of unrestricted media program presentations. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a set-top box comprising a processor, a library comprising a plurality of media program tags associated with a plurality of media programs, wherein a first media program is associated with a first media program tag and a second media program tag of the plurality of media program tags, wherein the first media program tag is associated with a first media channel of a plurality of tunable channels, wherein the second media program tag is associated with a second media channel of the plurality of tunable channels, wherein the first media program tag differs from the second media program tag, and wherein the first media channel differs from the second media channel; presenting, by the set-top box, selectable options from the plurality of media programs of the library; detecting, by the set-top box, assignments of the plurality of media programs to a restricted list or to an unrestricted list, the assignments based on selective drag-and-drop operations via a graphical user interface; generating, by the set-top box, parental control information for each of a plurality of users according to the assignments; receiving, by the set-top box, biometric information to identify each of the plurality of users; receiving, by the set-top box, a first request to utilize the set-top box for viewing media programs at a presentation device coupled to the set-top box; detecting, by the set-top box, a first user of the plurality of users initiating the first request according to the biometric information of the first user; identifying, by the set-top box, the parental control information associated with the first user; tuning, by the set-top box, to the first media channel responsive to receiving a second request; receiving, by the set-top box, in the first media channel the first media program tag associated with the first media program, wherein the first media program tag is included in the plurality of media program tags of the library; detecting in the first media channel a second media program without an associated media program tag; selecting a custom media program tag from a list of unused media program tags stored in the set-top box; associating the second media program with the custom media program tag, so that the custom media program tag uniquely identifies the second media program; and enabling, by the set-top box, presentation of the first media program at the presentation device responsive to detecting from the parental control information associated with the first user that the first media program tag is included in a first list of unrestricted media program presentations. |
