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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2011
C. Shane Evans, Duvall, WA (US);
Kareem A. Choudhry, Redmond, WA (US);
Roderick M. Toll, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Hildebrandt, Seattle, WA (US);
C. Shane Evans, Duvall, WA (US);
Kareem A. Choudhry, Redmond, WA (US);
Roderick M. Toll, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Hildebrandt, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Parental controls for entertainment digital media are provided that allow a parent to restrict multiple user's access to entertainment content. One or more updatable rating definition files with dynamic data are used to define rating levels and content descriptors for a regional rating system. Entertainment content definition files define the rating level and content descriptors for entertainment content. User permission settings define a particular user's access rating level and content descriptors. The rating definition file can be used to compare the entertainment content definition file and user permission settings in determining if a user is allowed access to particular entertainment content.