Patent ID: 8695028
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device associated with a first user, a first message from a content processing device, the first message requesting access by a second user to restricted media content by way of the content processing device; presenting, by the computing device, the first message together with a first selectable button configured to allow the first user to grant access to the restricted media content by the second user by way of the content processing device and a second selectable button configured to allow the first user to deny access to the restricted media content by the second user by way of the content processing device; sending, by the computing device, a second message to the content processing device, the second message being provided by the first user in response to the first message and capable of being read by the second user; receiving, by the computing device, a third message from the content processing device, the third message provided by the second user in response to the second message; presenting, by the computing device, the third message together with the first and second selectable buttons; detecting, by the computing device subsequent to the presenting of the third message, a selection by the first user of either the first or second selectable buttons to either grant or deny access by the second user to the restricted media content by way of the content processing device; and sending, by the computing device in response to the selection of either the first or second selectable buttons, an instruction to the content processing device to either grant or deny access by the second user to the restricted media content by way of the content processing device.