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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2007
Nicolas Beaunoir, Suresnes, FR;
Marc Juteau, Trembley en France, FR;
Christophe Rault, Montainville, FR;
Thierry Furet, Rambouillet, FR;
Laurent Chauvier, Paris, FR;
Nicolas Beaunoir, Suresnes, FR;
Marc Juteau, Trembley en France, FR;
Christophe Rault, Montainville, FR;
Thierry Furet, Rambouillet, FR;
Laurent Chauvier, Paris, FR;
NDS Technologies France, Moulineaux, FR;
Abstract
A parental control method, including receiving a channel selection command from a user to select from a plurality of channels for playing, each of the channels having a plurality of programming content, performing a parental control procedure prior to allowing playing of the programming content of one of the channels, during at least one specific timeslot, and allowing playing of the programming content prior to performing a parental control procedure for at least one of the following the one channel outside of the at least one specific timeslot, and another one of the channels. Related apparatus and methods are also described.