Patent ID: 9148698
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a presentation of media content, comprising: receiving a user interface from a remote server via a communication network; presenting the user interface to a user; receiving, via the user interface from the user, information including a first threshold of time, a second threshold of time, and an identification of a child-friendly character; transmitting the information to the remote server; retrieving, from the remote server, a profile, wherein the profile specifies at least the first threshold, the second threshold, and the child-friendly character; causing the presentation of the media content to begin; measuring, using a hardware processor, an elapsed time of the presentation of the media content; determining whether the first threshold and the second threshold are applicable to the presentation of the media content based on at least one of: a characteristic of a current point in time and a characteristic of the media content; in response to determining that the first threshold and the second threshold are applicable to the presentation of the media content, determining if the elapsed time of the presentation has met the first threshold; in response to determining that the elapsed time of the presentation has met the first threshold, causing a warning that the presentation will soon end to be presented using the child-friendly character; determining if the elapsed time of the presentation has met the second threshold; and ending the presentation in response to determining that the elapsed time of the presentation has met the second threshold.