Patent ID: 9043825
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: accessing a ratings identifier encoded as a universally unique identifier (UUID) in a fragmented MPEG-4 (f-MP4) fragment, where the UUID has a plurality of bits, where a first subset of the plurality of bits is associated with violence, where a second subset of the plurality of bits is associated with language, where a third subset of the plurality of bits is associated with nudity, and where a fourth subset of the plurality of bits is associated with subject matter, and selectively accepting or rejecting the fragment as a function of the ratings identifier, where the ratings identifier is accessed from a corresponding instance of the fragment received on a second video input stream different from a first video input stream from which the fragment is to be accepted or rejected, where the second video input stream and the first video input stream carry the same content at different quality levels, the second video input stream carrying the content at a lower quality level than the first video input stream from which the fragment is to be accepted or rejected.