Patent ID: 8223187
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving an audio-video stream from a source from a source; receiving metadata including censoring information for the audio-video stream; determining a first level of censoring for the audio-video stream using first censoring information, the first level associated with a first receiver; determining a second level of censoring for the audio-video stream, the second level associated with a second receiver; generating a first audio-video stream with a first censoring level for the first receiver based on the first censoring information; generating a second audio-video stream with a second censoring level for the second receiver based on the second censoring information; and sending the first audio-video stream to the first receiver and sending the second audio-video stream to the second receiver, the first audio-video stream with the first censoring level and the second audio-video stream with the second censoring level created from the audio-video stream received from the source.