Access controls for known content

摘要

Personalized access controls associated with digital media are provided. The system records access controls associated with specific digital media assets in a digital library and creates policy decisions regarding use of the asset based on these settings. Data management for the access controls is also specified, including on an individual and group basis.

主权项

1. An apparatus for setting rating based access controls for known digital content to be played on a video playback device having a V-chip, the apparatus comprising: a rating policy management module for selectively setting rating based access control on a per media and per user basis for digital content of a digital library thereby overriding a policy set by the V-chip for access to the digital content from the video playback device; and a rating policy enforcement module for enforcing rating based access to the individual digital content for a plurality of users separate from and in addition to an administrator, wherein at least a first user and a second user of the plurality of users have different media rating requirements and have different media ratings associated with a same specific digital content, wherein a first of the two users is allowed to access the specific digital content based upon a first authentication code and a second of the two users is blocked from access to the specific digital content based upon a second authentication code, wherein the first authentication code comprises a personal identification number (PIN), wherein the different ratings associated with the specific digital content are enforced using the first and second authentication codes, and wherein the first of the two users is allowed to access the specific digital content in response to determining that a content identifier of the specific digital content matches a user identifier of the first user and the personal identification number of the first user is successfully authenticated.