Patent ID: 8024753

Claim:
A television converter device adapted to receive multiple television programs and content information concerning the multiple programs and deliver television programs to at least one television, the television converter device comprising: a processor for controlling the operation of the television converter device; at least one selector, capable of selecting at least one television program from the multiple television programs received and delivering the selected at least one television program to the at least one television; a means for converting a first type of blocking code associated with the at least one television program to a second type of blocking code based on a set of user modifiable correspondences between blocking codes of the first type of blocking code and blocking codes of the second type of blocking code and adding the second type of blocking code into the at least one television program prior to delivery; and a means for transmitting the at least one television program to the at least one television, the second type of blocking code configured to block the at least one television program after delivery to the at least one television and the first type of blocking code not operable to block the at least one television program after delivery to the at least one television.