Patent ID: 8627454

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a processor and from a first user, dynamic restriction rules associated with use of an entertainment device by a second user through a calendar-based interface, the first user and the second user being different, and the calendar-based interface including a highlighted specification of a time period on a calendar during which the second user may watch an amount of video programming above a base quota, the amount being displayed, in the calendar-based interface, in association with the highlighted specification of the time period; determining, by the processor and based on the dynamic restriction rules, a plurality of quotas associated with amounts of time that the second user may use the entertainment device, the plurality of quotas corresponding to respective amounts of time that the second user may use the entertainment device to access a plurality of different genres of video programming; biometrically authenticating, by the processor, the second user when the second user attempts to use the entertainment device; and controlling, by the processor and based on biometrically authenticating the second user, a use of the entertainment device, by the second user, using the plurality of quotas, the controlling the use of the entertainment device by the second user including: suggesting, to the second user, a program to be accessed through the entertainment device based on a function of at least weights associated with use of the entertainment device by the second user and explicit weights assigned to categories of programming by the first user.