Patent ID: 8893232

Claim:
A system effective to control access to media, the system comprising: a monitored device; a monitoring device different from and configured to be in communication with the monitored device; wherein the monitored device is effective to generate a request to access media on the monitored device; send the request to a third party media vendor processor different from the monitored device and the monitoring device; make the media inaccessible on the monitored device; send an authorization request to access the media from the monitored device to the monitoring device; wherein the monitoring device is effective to receive the authorization request; generate a decision as to whether to allow access to the media by the monitored device; generate an authorization response based on the decision; send the authorization response to the monitored device; the monitored device further effective to receive the authorization response from the monitoring device; and in response to the authorization response, make the media accessible on the monitored device; wherein to generate the decision as to whether to allow access to the media by the monitored device, the monitoring device is effective to: determine whether a response to the authorization request is received at a user interface within a threshold amount of time; and generate the decision by a comparison of a rating for the media with a default rating setting in response to a determination that no response is received within the threshold amount of time, wherein the default rating setting specifies which rating levels are allowed on the monitored device.