Patent ID: 7472424

Claim:
In an entertainment system for playing entertainment content, a method of controlling a user's access to a directory associated with particular entertainment content using a security group particular to the particular entertainment content, the method comprising acts of: executing the particular entertainment content on the entertainment system; in response to the execution of the particular entertainment content: creating a security group for the particular entertainment content; storing the security group in association with the particular entertainment content; applying a full access deny to a directory associated with the particular entertainment content, wherein the full access deny is associated with the security group; reading an entertainment content definition file that defines a rating level and one or more content descriptors for the particular entertainment content; reading user access settings for a particular user that define a rating level and one or more content descriptors for the user, the particular user belonging to the group of users having access controls; reading an updatable rating definition file that defines a rating hierarchy and content descriptors for one or more levels within the rating hierarchy; based on the hierarchy defined in the rating definition file, executing instructions that compare the rating level and content descriptors for the particular entertainment content to the rating level and content descriptors for the particular user in determining if the user is authorized access to the particular entertainment content; and adding the particular user as a member of the security group if the particular user is not authorized to access the particular entertainment content; and denying access to the directory associated with the particular entertainment content based on the security group created for the particular entertainment content and the full access deny permission applied to the directory: wherein the entertainment content comprises a game.