Patent ID: 9703846
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for presenting content based on a generic content rating, the method comprising: receiving one or more search results corresponding to a search query; determining country-specific content ratings associated with the one or more received search results; converting, using a hardware processor, the country-specific content ratings to generic content ratings associated with the one or more search results; determining that at least one search result is to be blocked based on the generic content ratings associated with the one or more search results and a user-selected generic content rating restriction; in response to determining that at least one search result is to be blocked, removing the at least one search result from the one or more search results to create modified search results; causing the modified search results to be presented; receiving a selection of content from the presented modified search results; determining a country-specific content rating associated with the selected content; converting the country-specific content rating to a generic content rating associated with the selected content; determining that the selected content is not to be blocked based at least in part on the generic content rating associated with the selected content and the user-selected generic content rating restriction; and in response to determining that the selected content is not to be blocked, causing the selected content to be presented.