METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PARENTAL CONTROL

摘要

A method for operating an apparatus having parental controls includes steps of providing access to the parental controls (203) of the apparatus, determining whether at least one setting of the parental controls is changed during the access (206), and providing a notification (205) to a user when at least one setting of the parental controls is changed during the access. According to an exemplary embodiment, the notification is provided to the user via an electronic mail message and/or is provided via a message stored in a memory of the apparatus which is retrievable by the user.