Patent ID: 9043819
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A broadcasting receiver comprising: a receiving portion receiving a broadcast signal; a determination portion deciding whether or not a user to be subject to parental control of the broadcast signal has entered a prescribed range; and a control portion enabling parental control corresponding to a user determined to have entered the prescribed range in a case where the parental control corresponding to the user determined to have entered the prescribed range is disabled when the determination portion decides that the user to be subject to parental control has entered the prescribed range; wherein: the determination portion decides whether or not the user to be subject to parental control has entered the prescribed range on the basis of positional information of the user to be subject to parental control acquired by an external device with GPS, the control portion enables the parental control of parental control information in which the parental control is set for each time period, in a case where the parental control is set to be disabled when the determination portion decides that the user to be subject to parental control has entered the prescribed range, the control portion is capable of switching between an on-state and an off-state of GPS and enables the parental control of parental control information in which the parental control is set for each time period, in a case where the parental control is set to be disabled and GPS is set to be the on-state when the determination portion decides that the user to be subject to parental control has entered the prescribed range, and the parental control is settable to be enabled or disabled for each time period and for each user.