WO2007103154B1 - Customizing dvr functionality - Google Patents

Customizing dvr functionality

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WO2007103154B1
WO2007103154B1 PCT/US2007/005314 US2007005314W WO2007103154B1 WO 2007103154 B1 WO2007103154 B1 WO 2007103154B1 US 2007005314 W US2007005314 W US 2007005314W WO 2007103154 B1 WO2007103154 B1 WO 2007103154B1
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identities
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James Barton
Brian Beach
Margret Schmidt
Robert F Poniatowski
Shelly Glennon
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Tivo Inc
James Barton
Brian Beach
Margret Schmidt
Robert F Poniatowski
Shelly Glennon
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Priority to CN2007800148350A priority Critical patent/CN101433084B/en
Priority to AU2007224180A priority patent/AU2007224180C1/en
Priority to JP2008557388A priority patent/JP5161116B2/en
Priority to CA2641843A priority patent/CA2641843C/en
Priority to EP07752041A priority patent/EP1994741A4/en
Publication of WO2007103154A2 publication Critical patent/WO2007103154A2/en
Publication of WO2007103154A3 publication Critical patent/WO2007103154A3/en
Publication of WO2007103154B1 publication Critical patent/WO2007103154B1/en
Priority to HK09108592.6A priority patent/HK1130979A1/en

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Abstract

Techniques described herein enable parents to establish a child-protective 'kids zone' on a DVR. According to one technique, a DVR receives, from a parent, identities of content items that the parent does not want children to view. The DVR maps the identities to a kids zone. During times that the DVR is set to operate in the kids zone operational mode, the DVR prevents itself from presenting any content items that are associated with the identities. However, during these times, the DVR still may obtain and store these content items. At other times, during which the DVR is not set to operate in the kids zone operational mode, the DVR may allow itself to present the content items that are associated with the identities, including content items that the DVR obtained and stored during times that the DVR was set to operate in the kids zone operational mode.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMSreceived by the International Bureau on 2008 April 21
1. A method comprising: receiving identities of content items; and during times that a device is in a first operational mode, (a) preventing the device from presenting particular content items that are associated with the identities, while (b) allowing the device to obtain and store any of the particular content items; wherein preventing the device from presenting the particular content items comprises: during times that the device is in the first operational mode, and while the device is recording any of the particular content items, preventing the device from j sending, to a display, broadcast signals that represent any of the particular content items that the device is currently recording.
2. A method as recited in Claim 1, wherein the identities are titles or unique identifiers of viewable content items.
3. A method as recited in Claim 1 , further comprising: allowing the device to present the particular content items during times that the device is in a second operational mode that differs from the first operational mode.
4. A method as recited in Claim 1, wherein allowing the device to obtain and store the particular content items comprises: during times that the device is in the first operational mode, (a) allowing the device to record any of the particular content items while (b) preventing the device from playing recorded instances of any of the particular content items.
5. (Canceled)
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6. A method as recited in Claim 1 , further comprising: during times that the device is in the first operational mode, preventing the device from scheduling a recording of content that has not already been scheduled, and during times that the device is not in the first operational mode, allowing the device to schedule a recording of content that has not already been scheduled.
7. A method as recited in Claim 1, further comprising: during times that the device is in the first operational mode, in response to a command to tune to a particular channel, determining whether a particular content item currently being presented on the particular channel satisfies restriction criteria that are associated with the first operational mode, and if the particular content item does not satisfy the restriction criteria, then, instead, tuning to a different channel on which a content item that satisfies the restriction criteria is currently being presented.
8. A method as recited in Claim 7, wherein tuning to the different channel comprises tuning to the different channel without identifying the different channel to a viewer of the channel and without revealing that the device did not tune to the particular channel in response to the command to tune to the particular channel.
9. A method as recited in Claim 1, further comprising: during times that the device is in the first operational mode, in response to a command to present program guide information, preventing display, in the program guide information, of information that pertains to subject matter that fails to satisfy restriction criteria that are associated with the first operational mode.
10. A method as recited in Claim 1, further comprising: during times that the device is in the first operational mode, in response to a command to present information regarding content items that are stored on the device, presenting a list of stored content items that satisfy restriction criteria that are associated with the first operational mode; wherein the list does not identify stored content items that do not satisfy the restriction criteria; wherein the list identifies a subset of the content items that are stored on the device.
11. A method as recited in Claim 1 , further comprising: presenting a list of content items from which a user can select one or more allowable content items; and in conjunction with at least one content item in the list, presenting a rating that is based on information received from a party other than the user.
12. A method as recited in Claim 1, further comprising: during times that the device is in the first operational mode, in response to a command to schedule a recording of a first content item, determining whether the recording of the first content item will conflict with a previously scheduled recording of a second content item; in response to determining that the recording of the first content item will conflict with the recording of the second content item, determining whether the recording of the second content item was scheduled during a time that the device was not in the first mode; and in response to determining that the recording of the second content item was scheduled during a time that the device was not in the first mode, preventing the recording of the first content item from being scheduled.
13. A method as recited in Claim 1 , further comprising: during times that the device is in the first operational mode, determining whether a channel to which the device is currently tuned is currently providing a particular content item that does not satisfy restriction criteria that are associated with the first mode; and in response to determining that the channel to which the device is currently tuned is currently providing a particular content item that does not satisfy the restriction criteria, preventing the device from presenting the particular content item, and preventing the device from presenting any information about the content item.
14. A method comprising : receiving a set of criteria while in a first operational mode of a device; receiving identities of content items while in the first operational mode of the device; receiving user input while in the first operational mode of the device; in response to receiving the user input, setting the device to be in a second operational mode; and during times that [[a]]_the device is in a first the second operational mode, (a) preventing the device from presenting first content items that (1) have attributes that satisfy the set of criteria and (2) are not associated with any of the identities, while (b) allowing the device to present second content items that (1) have attributes that satisfy the set of criteria and (2) are associated with at least one of the identities; wherein, while the device is in the first operational mode, the criteria and the identities do not apply to how the device determines which content items will be presented.
15. A method as recited in Claim 14, wherein the at least one of the identities is an identity of a specific episode of a multiple-episode series, wherein at least one of the first content items is a different episode of the multi-episode series, and wherein at least one of the second content items is the specific episode of the multi-episode series.
16. A method as recited in Claim 14, further comprising: receiving recommended suggestions that were specified by an entity other than an owner or post-purchase operator of the device; determining a set of suggested content items based on the recommended suggestions; and during times that the device is in the [[first]] second operational mode, allowing the device to present suggested content items in the set of suggested content items.
17. A method as recited in Claim 16, further comprising: receiving, from an operator of the device, input that indicates the operator's selection of the entity from a set of suggestion-recommending entities; and obtaining the recommended suggestions that were specified by the entity in response to the operator's selection of the entity.
18. A method comprising: receiving input that indicates user selection of a viewer category; and during times that a device is in a first operational mode, (a) preventing the device from presenting particular content items that do not satisfy criteria that are mapped to the viewer category, while (b) allowing the device to obtain and store the particular content items.
19. A method as recited in Claim 18, wherein the criteria that are mapped to the viewer category are specified by an entity other than an owner or post-purchase operator of the device.
20. A method comprising: placing a digital video recorder (DVR) into a children's mode; receiving identities of content items; identifying content items that are viewable by a specific age range related to the children's mode using the received identities; [[and]] displaying only content items that are viewable by the specific age range related to the children's mode- and displaying a recorded content item that the DVR previously recorded and that is viewable by the specific age range related to the children's mode when there are no content items being currently broadcast that are viewable by the specific age range related to the children's mode.
21. A method as recited in Claim 20, wherein the specific age range is determined by a user.
22. A method as recited in Claim 20, further comprising: recording only content items that are viewable by the specific age range related to the children's mode.
23. (Canceled)
24. A method as recited in Claim 20, wherein information contained within the received identities regarding whether a content item is viewable to a certain age range are determined by a trusted party.
25. A method as recited in Claim 24, wherein a user instructs the DVR to receive the trusted party's content item identities.
26. An apparatus comprising: a module for receiving identities of content items; and an operations module that, during times that the apparatus is in a first operational mode, (a) prevents the apparatus from presenting particular content items that are associated with the identities, while (b) allows the apparatus to obtain and store any of the particular content items.
27. An apparatus as recited in Claim 26, wherein the identities are titles or unique identifiers of viewable content items.
28. An apparatus as recited in Claim 26, further comprising: a module for allowing the apparatus to present the particular content items during times that the apparatus is in a second operational mode that differs from the first operational mode.
29. An apparatus as recited in Claim 26, wherein the operations module, during times that the apparatus is in the first operational mode, (a) allows the apparatus to record any of the particular content items while (b) prevents the apparatus from playing recorded instances of any of the particular content items.
30. An apparatus as recited in Claim 26, wherein the operations module, during times that the apparatus is in the first operational mode, prevents the apparatus from sending, to a display, broadcast signals that represent any of the particular content items.
31. An apparatus as recited in Claim 26, wherein the operations module, during times that the apparatus is in the first operational mode, prevents the apparatus from scheduling a recording of content that has not already been scheduled, and during times that the apparatus is not in the first operational mode, allows the apparatus to schedule a recording of content that has not already been scheduled.
32. An apparatus as recited in Claim 26, wherein the operations module, during times that the apparatus is in the first operational mode, in response to a command to tune to a particular channel, determines whether a particular content item currently being presented on the particular channel satisfies restriction criteria that are associated with the first operational mode, and if the particular content item does not satisfy the restriction criteria, then, instead, tunes to a different channel on which a content item that satisfies the restriction criteria is currently being presented.
33. An apparatus as recited in Claim 32, wherein the operations module tunes to the different channel without identifying the different channel to a viewer of the channel and without revealing that the apparatus did not tune to the particular channel in response to the command to tune to the particular channel.
34. An apparatus as recited in Claim 26, wherein the operations module, during times that the apparatus is in the first operational mode, in response to a command to present program guide information, does not display in the program guide information, information that pertains to subject matter that' fails to satisfy restriction criteria that are associated with the first operational mode.
35. An apparatus as recited in Claim 26, wherein the operations module, during times that the apparatus is in the first operational mode, in response to a command to present information regarding content items that are stored on the apparatus, presents a list of stored content items that satisfy restriction criteria that are associated with the first operational mode, wherein the list does not identify stored content items that do not satisfy the restriction criteria, and wherein the list identifies a subset of the content items that are stored on the apparatus.
36. An apparatus as recited in Claim 26, further comprising: a module for presenting a list of content items from which a user can select one or more allowable content items and presents a rating that is based on information received from a party other than the user for at least one content item in the list.
37. An apparatus as recited in Claim 26, wherein the operations module, during times that the apparatus is in the first operational mode, in response to a command to schedule a recording of a first content item, determines whether the recording of the first content item will conflict with a previously scheduled recording of a second content item, wherein the operations module, upon determining that the recording of the first content item will conflict with the recording of the second content item, determines whether the recording of the second content item was scheduled during a time that the apparatus was not in the first mode, and wherein the operations module, upon determining that the recording of the second content item was scheduled during a time that the apparatus was not in the first mode, prevents the recording of the first content item from being scheduled.
38. An apparatus as recited in Claim 26, wherein the operations module, during times that the apparatus is in the first operational mode, determines whether a channel to which the apparatus is currently tuned is currently providing a particular content item that does not satisfy restriction criteria that are associated with the first mode, and wherein the operations module, upon determining that the channel to which the apparatus is currently tuned is currently providing a particular content item that does not satisfy the restriction criteria, prevents the apparatus from presenting the particular content item and any information about the content item.
39. An apparatus comprising: a module for receiving a set of criteria; a module for receiving identities of content items; and an operations module that, during times that the apparatus is in a first operational mode, (a) prevents the apparatus from presenting first content items that (1) have attributes that satisfy the set of criteria and (2) are not associated with any of the identities, while (b) allows the apparatus to present second content items that (1) have attributes that satisfy the set of criteria and (2) are associated with at least one of the identities.
40. An apparatus as recited in Claim 39, wherein the at least one of the identities is an identity of a specific episode of a multiple-episode series, wherein at least one of the first content items is a different episode of the multi-episode series, and wherein at least one of the second content items is the specific episode of the multi-episode series.
41. An apparatus as recited in Claim 39, further comprising: a module for receiving recommended suggestions that were specified by an entity other than an owner or post-purchase operator of the apparatus; a module for determining a set of suggested content items based on the recommended suggestions; and a module for allowing the apparatus to present suggested content items in the set of suggested content items during times that the apparatus is in the first operational mode.
42. An apparatus as recited in Claim 16, further comprising: a module for receiving, from an operator of the apparatus, input that indicates the operator's selection of the entity from a set of suggestion-recommending entities; and a module for obtaining the recommended suggestions that were specified by the entity in response to the operator's selection of the entity.
43. An apparatus comprising: a module for receiving input that indicates user selection of a viewer category; and an operations module that, during times that the apparatus is in a first operational mode, (a) prevents the apparatus from presenting particular content items that do not satisfy criteria that are mapped to the viewer category, while (b) allows the apparatus to obtain and store the particular content items.
44. An apparatus as recited in Claim 43, wherein the criteria that are mapped to the viewer category are specified by an entity other than an owner or post-purchase operator of the apparatus.
45. An apparatus comprising: a module for placing a digital video recorder (DVR) into a children's mode; a module for receiving identities of content items; a module for identifying content items that are viewable by a specific age range related to the children's mode using the received identities; and a module for displaying only content items that are viewable by the specific age range related to the children's mode.
46. An apparatus as recited in Claim 45, wherein the specific age range is determined by a user.
47. An apparatus as recited in Claim 45, further comprising: a module for recording only content items that are viewable by the specific age range related to the children's mode.
48. An apparatus as recited in Claim 47, further comprising: a module for displaying a recorded content item that is viewable by the specific age range related to the children's mode when there are no content items being currently broadcast that are viewable by the specific age range related to the children's mode.
49. An apparatus as recited in Claim 45, wherein information contained within the received identities regarding whether a content item is viewable to a certain age range are determined by a trusted party.
50. An apparatus as recited in Claim 49, wherein a user instructs the DVR to receive the trusted party's content item identities.
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