Patent ID: 8856818

Claim:
A video services control system, comprising: a set top box operatively coupled to a television; a video services network communicatively coupled to the set top box and configured to provide video services to the television via the set top box; wherein the video services network includes an application program operable to develop and implement individualized usage restriction profiles for two or more users of the set top box to control video services provided to the users, wherein the two or more users include one or more non-designated users and a designated administrator, wherein the application program is configured to provide the designated administrator with authority to dictate the usage restriction profile for each non-designated user, wherein each individualized usage restriction profile includes one or more restrictions on video services provided to the set top box by the video services network for the corresponding user, wherein the application program is configured to receive information input by the designated administrator, develop each usage restriction profile based on the input information unique to each user, and implement each usage restriction profile to control video services provided to the users, and; wherein the application program is further configured to receive supplemental information comprising: feedback regarding the video services content, from a first user other than the designated administrator; wherein the first and second users are the persons who are subject to a usage restriction profile; identification of video services content by the application program that is similar to the video services content dictated in the usage restriction profile by the designated administrator as allowable for viewing by the first user other than the designated administrator; and feedback regarding the content of the video services content, from a second user other than the designated administrator, wherein the usage restriction profile for the first user other than the designated administrator is modified based upon the supplemental information; and wherein each user is assigned individualized access information, wherein upon receiving the individualized access information for one of the users, the application program is operable to implement the corresponding usage restriction profile and transmit an authorization of video rights to the set to box in accordance with the usage restriction profile.