Patent ID: 7689920

Claim:
A client computing device adapted to execute an application program that presents a graphical user interface on a display device of the client computing device, the application program having capability to subscribe to, receive and playback media content from a plurality of media sources, said graphical user interface comprising: an application program window generated by the application program, said application program window presents user-selectable parental controls, said application program window concurrently including at least: a list of selectable program utility items including at least a selectable parental utility item, a list of selectable parental control items available to configure disablement of media sources, and a selectable locking item for disabling unauthorized access to the list of selectable parental control items, wherein the list of selectable parental control items includes a plurality of selectable media source items for selectively disabling any of a plurality of media sources, and wherein the plurality of selectable media source items includes at least a disable podcast selectable item for selectively disabling reception of podcasts, and a disable music store selectable item for disabling access to or viewing of an online music store.