COLLABORATIVE PARENTAL CONTROL OF STREAMING MEDIA

摘要

A network device receives a request for a selected video from a first user at a client device, and determines similarities between a second user associated with the first user and other parents in a collaborative community, wherein the similarities are determined based on the second user's, and the other users', prior censoring of videos. The network device obtains all exclusions applied by the second user, and the other users, in the collaborative community to the selected video, wherein each of the exclusions comprises a portion of the selected video identified for censoring by one of the users in the collaborative community. The network device further selectively applies each of the determined exclusions to the selected video based on the determined similarities, and sends the selected video, with the selectively applied exclusions, to the requesting first user at the client device.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a network device, a request for a selected item of media from a first user at a client device; determining, at the network device, similarities between a second user associated with the first user and other users in a collaborative community of which the second user belongs, wherein the similarities are determined based on the second user's, and the other users', prior censoring of media; obtaining, at the network device, all exclusions applied by the second user, and the other users, in the collaborative community to the selected item of media, wherein each of the exclusions comprises a portion of the selected item of media identified for censoring by one of the users in the collaborative community; selectively applying, at the network device, each of the obtained exclusions to the selected item of media based on the determined similarities; and sending the selected item of media, with the selectively applied exclusions, from the network device to the client device of the requesting first user.