METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VIEWING OF MEDIA CONTENT

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; presenting, by the set-top box, selectable options from the plurality of media programs of the library; generating, by the set-top box, parental control information for each of a plurality of users according to options selected from the plurality of media programs of the library; 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 a first media channel responsive to receiving a second request; receiving, by the set-top box, in the first media channel a first media program tag associated with a first media program, wherein the first media program tag is included in the plurality of media program tags of the library; 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.