Abrégé

A method, apparatus, computer program product (10A) and computer accessible code configured to link or otherwise associate content filters with a multimedia presentation, e.g., a movie. The content filter data includes an identifier value ( 12) with an aspect ratio identifier or as a function of an aspect ratio (16) for a particular multimedia presentation associated with the filter information. In one implementation, association between a filter set and a multimedia presentation involves a filtering application that searches a particular multimedia presentation to locate aspect ratio (16) information and further searches filter information for a matching aspect ratio identifier.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 9/00 - TRANSMISSION D'IMAGES, p.ex. TÉLÉVISION - Détails des systèmes de télévision en couleurs
• H04N 11/00 - Systèmes de télévision en couleurs
• H04N 9/79 - Traitement des signaux de télévision en couleurs en combinaison avec l'enregistrement
• H04N 5/76 - Enregistrement du signal de télévision
• H04N 7/00 - Systèmes de télévision
• H04N 5/00 - TRANSMISSION D'IMAGES, p.ex. TÉLÉVISION - Détails des systèmes de télévision

Abrégé

A media player (10) configured with a first removable memory reader, such as a DVD drive (16), and a second removable memory reader, such as a flash memory reader (16), adapted to communicate with a removable memory containing filter data (30). The media player ( 10) is configured to allow filtered playback of a multimedia presentation, such as a movie. Filtered playback causes certain portions of the multimedia presentation to be skipped, muted, blurred, cropped, or otherwise modified to eliminate or reduce potentially objectionable scenes, language, or other content. The second memory reader (10) provides a convenient medium for the loading of filter information, whether data files, executable program code, or the like, to local memory of the media player to employ during filtered playback. Alternatively, the filters may be accessed from the removable storage media during playback rather than loading to local memory.

Classes IPC  ?

• H04N 5/445 - Circuits de réception pour visualisation d'information additionnelle

Abrégé

A client server arrangement for downloading media content filters from a server device (16) to a client device (12). The media content filters define portions of a separate audio visual presentation containing potentially objectionable subject matter. Depending on user selections, identified portions of the audio/visual presentation may be skipped and/or muted during play. In one particular implementation, the client device, e.g., a DVD player, is configured to initiate a connection with a server device. Upon successful connection, the server device transmits one or more media content filters to the client device. The client device may be configured to determine whether a particular media content filter is available, to facilitate deletion of some existing media content filters in order secure adequate memory space, and t ensure that the media player has an active account, before initiating a connection with the server device. The server device may be configured to determine whether the media player is associated with an active user account, whether requested filter is available, and whether adequate memory space is available at the media player, before transmitting media content filters to the client device.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 15/16 - Associations de plusieurs calculateurs numériques comportant chacun au moins une unité arithmétique, une unité programme et un registre, p.ex. pour le traitement simultané de plusieurs programmes