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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2006
Ross F. Hewit, Sammamish, WA (US);
John Bradstreet, Sammamish, WA (US);
Bryan A. Woodruff, Redmond, WA (US);
Ross F. Hewit, Sammamish, WA (US);
John Bradstreet, Sammamish, WA (US);
Bryan A. Woodruff, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method, system and/or computer program product for managing the use of media content ratings information by a media content receiver, including communicating media content for presentation by a media content receiver; communicating media content ratings information for the media content, the media content ratings information being communicated discretely from the media content. The communicating operations include one or both of transmitting and receiving the content and/or ratings information.