CN1685298A - Method for accessing an additional content with parental control - Google Patents

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CN1685298A
CN1685298A CNA038232782A CN03823278A CN1685298A CN 1685298 A CN1685298 A CN 1685298A CN A038232782 A CNA038232782 A CN A038232782A CN 03823278 A CN03823278 A CN 03823278A CN 1685298 A CN1685298 A CN 1685298A
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彭扬
D·凯利
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Abstract

The invention applies relates to the access to an additional content related to a main content from a player having an Internet access and being designed so as to allow the setting of parental levels.In a preferred embodiment the main content is stored on a disc edited withwith links toward the additional contents. When the disc is in place in the player, such a link can be established to access to the additional content.The invention applies when such an access is subject to a user identification. The invention consists in adding to the user identification process a step for recovering the parental level applicable to the user and adapting the offer made to the user depending on the recovered parental level.

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Be used to visit the method for additional content with father and mother's control
Invention field
The present invention relates to a kind of method that is used to control to the user capture of additional content, additional content is with relevant from the main contents of a player, and player is designed to allow to be provided with at least one parent-level (parental level).
The invention still further relates to a kind of portable carrier and a kind of server, this portable carrier and server store a program that comprises a plurality of instructions, are used for carrying out when carrying out described program by processor this user capture control method.
The invention still further relates to a kind of player that comprises treating apparatus, these treating apparatus are used to carry out a program that comprises a plurality of instructions, are used for carrying out when the portable carrier that stores described program appears at described player this user capture control method.
The invention still further relates to a kind of system, this system comprises a player, a transmission network and a server, described player comprises setting device and dispensing device, setting device is used to set at least one parent-level, dispensing device is used for by described transmission network user's request being sent to described server, with the visit additional content relevant with main contents.
The present invention is convenient to be applied to the disclosed video disc with being connected to number of site, and these websites provide and the relevant additional content of that particular plate (disc).It also is applied to being stored in additional content on this dish and disclosed video disc.
Background of invention
Japanese abstract 11-225324 has described a kind of system, comprises a player of wherein setting parent information, a dish and a webserver.When this dish was in player, player can be connected to the webserver, to obtain the webpage relevant with this dish.The content of webpage adapts with the parent-level that is arranged in the player.
An object of the present invention is to propose a kind of method, in the context that will discern the user, control visit additional content according to parent information.
Summary of the invention
User capture control method according to the present invention comprises a User Recognition step and an access control step, the User Recognition step is used to discern described user, described User Recognition step comprises that a parent-level recovers (recovery) step, the parent-level recovering step is used for a parent-level recovering to be set in described player and can be applicable to described user, and the access control step is used for controlling described user capture according to the parent-level that recovers.
According to the present invention, can in player, set different parent-levels for different users, and when a user attempts to visit an additional content relevant with main contents (for example, relevant with the content in being stored in a dish that comes across in this player), recovery can be applicable to that specific user's a parent-level, and uses it for the control user capture.
According to the present invention, the parent-level recovering step is the part of User Recognition process.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, described method can be applicable to the registered user, for this reason a user identifier of storage and a parent-level in a User Information Database.When a user provided a user identifier, customer-furnished user identifier recovered to be applied to that user's parent-level in described User Information Database.
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Further specify these and other aspect of the present invention with reference to following accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram according to a system of the present invention,
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram according to first embodiment of a user capture control method of the present invention,
Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram according to second embodiment of a user capture control method of the present invention,
Preferred embodiment is described
Described among Fig. 1 according to a system of the present invention.It comprises a subscriber equipment 10, a transmission network 20 and a server 30.
In a preferred embodiment, transmission network 20 is the Internets.This is nonrestrictive.
Subscriber equipment comprises player 40, display unit 42 and user interaction unit 44.For example display unit 42 is televisors.And user interaction unit 44 is telechiric devices.
Player 40 comprises at least one microprocessing unit 50, storage unit 51, detecting unit 54, a demoder 56 and a transmission unit 58.
Detecting unit 54 is used for the signal of detection record on a portable carrier 60.Demoder 56 is used for the signal handling detecting unit 54 detected signals or read in storage unit 51.The output of demoder 56 is applied to display unit 42, is used for showing.
Transmission unit 58 is used for by transmission network 20 transmitting/receiving datas.
Player is designed and is carried out father and mother's control (parental control) functional part.The content of father and mother's control is especially well-known with the DVD CD.It is one or more parent-levels that indication is associated with one or more inclusive segments in dish, and provides option to set one or more parent-levels in player.Must set at least one default parent-level.For example, can set different parent-levels for different users.When certain user did not set specific parent-level, default parent-level was applied to that user.When a parent-level can be used, if this parent-level relevant with this content is less than or equal to this applicable parent-level, player will only allow to play that content so.More advantageously, require one by one people's identity number (PIN code) to set and change parent-level.
Server 30 comprises at least one microprocessing unit 70, storage unit 71 and transmission unit 76, and transmission unit 76 is used for by transmission network 20 transmitting/receiving datas.
The present invention relates to a kind of method, be used to control the user capture additional content relevant with main contents.
In a preferred embodiment, main contents are recorded on the portable carrier, for example on dish 60.But this is nonrestrictive.Main contents also can be stored in the storage unit 51 of player 40.
The additional content relevant with main contents be recorded in the dish 60 on and/or remote storage in the storage unit 71 of server 30.An additional content can comprise data of different types, particularly audio frequency, video, image, text, font, animation, business data ...For example additional content can be the redaction of a navigation menu, with a supplementary images/text/animations that main video content is synchronous, and additional stream-type video (streamed video) or subtitle (subtitle) ...
Preferably, main contents comprise a plurality of links that can pass through the additional content of interactive unit 44 selections to the user.
When the visit to an additional content is subjected to a user ID control, use the present invention.A kind of like this user ID is useful in many application, for example in commerce is used (with storage station address and/or credit card information), in the multi-user uses or be used for the content protecting purpose.For example, discern each user by a user identifier IDu and a user cipher PWu.
The present invention adds a parent-level controlled step in the User Recognition process, when a user attempts to visit an additional content, carries out this User Recognition process.
Describe a kind of first embodiment of method referring now to Fig. 2, this method is used to control to a user capture of additional content.In this first embodiment, additional content is arranged in server 30.
According to Fig. 2, at step S0, the dish 60 that carries main contents is inserted in the player 40.The main contents that dish carries comprise a menu, and this menu comprises the link LK0 of the site home page of a publisher that points to this dish.On the display unit 42 of subscriber equipment 10, show this menu.At step S1, the user selects to link LK0 by using interactive unit 44.At step S2, a connection request CRQ sends to server 30 from player 40.At step S3, server 30 is answered by a homepage LP is sent it back player 40.Homepage LP comprises a link LK1 and a link LK2, and link LK1 points to user's registrer application APPL-R, and link LK2 points to a User Recognition application A PPL-I.
User's registrer application APPL-R and User Recognition application A PPL-I both are stored in the storage unit 71 of server 30.
When selecting link LK1 (step S4), player 40 sends a register requirement RRQ to server 30 (step S5).When receiving a register requirement RRQ, server 30 is carried out user's registrer application APPL-R.This comprises:
-prompting user imports his user identifier IDu and user cipher PWu (step S10);
-requirement is by the parent-level PLu (step S20) of player 40 current application;
Among-the customer data base UDB-S in the storage unit 71 that is stored in server 30, recording user identifier IDu, user cipher PWu and applicable parent-level PLu (step S30).
When selecting link LK2 (step S40), player 40 sends an identification request IRQ to server 30 (step S50).When receiving an identification request IRQ, server 30 is carried out User Recognition application A PPL-I.This comprises:
-prompting user imports his user identifier IDu and user cipher PWu (step S60);
-by consulting customer data base UDB-S, check user identifier IDu and user cipher PWu (step S70);
-in customer data base UDB-S, recover parent-level PLu (step S80) corresponding to user identifier IDu;
-sending one by one, people's page or leaf PP provides additional content C to player 40 to this user i(i is an integer), additional content C iWith the parent-level that recovers adapt (step S90).
Describe a kind of second embodiment of method referring now to Fig. 3, this method is used to control to a user capture of additional content.In this second embodiment, additional content is stored on the dish 60.
According to Fig. 3, at step S100, the dish 60 that carries main contents and an additional content is inserted in the player 40.The main contents of carrying on that dish comprise a menu, and this menu comprises a link LK1 ' and a link LK2 ', and link LK1 ' points to user's registrer application APPL-R ', and link LK2 ' points to a User Recognition application A PPL-I '.
User's registrer application APPL-R ' and User Recognition application A PPL-I ' are stored on the dish 60.
When the user had selected link LK1 ' (step S101), player 40 read user's registrer application APPL-R ' (step S102) on dish 60.At step S103, player 40 is carried out user's registrer application APPL-R ' subsequently.This comprises:
-prompting user imports his user identifier IDu and user cipher PWu (step S110);
-require the current parent-level PLu in the player 40, that be used for that user (step S120) that is set in;
Among-the customer data base UDB-P in the storage unit 51 that is stored in player 40, recording user identifier IDu, user cipher PWu and applicable parent-level PLu (step S130).
When the user had selected link LK2 ' (step S201), player read User Recognition application A PPL-I ' (step S202) on dish 60.At step S203, player is carried out User Recognition application A PPL-I ' subsequently.This comprises:
-prompting user imports his user identifier IDu and user cipher PWu (step S210);
-by consulting customer data base UDB-P, check user identifier IDu and user cipher PWu (step S220);
-in customer data base UDB-P, recover parent-level PLu (step S230) corresponding to user identifier IDu;
-on display unit 42, show people's page or leaf PP one by one, provide additional content C to this user i' (i is an integer), additional content C i' with the parent-level that recovers adapt (step S240).
According to described system, player, server and user capture control method, without departing from the scope of the invention many modifications and improvement can proposed.Thereby the invention is not restricted to the embodiment that provided.
Particularly in reference Fig. 2 and 3 embodiment that describe, on one page, propose to point to the link of registrer application and the link of directed towards user recognition application.This is not enforceable.In interchangeable embodiment, these two links can not propose in the same page.
In reference Fig. 2 and 3 embodiment that describe, select these links by the user.But need not user's selection and set up a link to additional content automatically, also is possible.
Word " comprises " does not get rid of element or the step of claim outside listed.

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1, a kind of method that is used to control to a user capture of an additional content, additional content is relevant with main contents from a player, this player is designed to allow to set at least one parent-level, described method comprises a User Recognition step and an access control step, the User Recognition step is used to discern described user, described User Recognition step comprises a parent-level recovering step, the parent-level recovering step is used for a parent-level recovering to be set in described player and can be applicable to described user, and the access control step is used for controlling described user capture according to the parent-level that recovers.
2, the described a kind of user capture control method of claim 1, described method is applied to the registered user, for this reason a user identifier of storage and a parent-level in a User Information Database.Described method comprises step:
-receive the user identifier input that provides by a user and
-by search described user identifier input in described User Information Database, recovery will be applied to described user's parent-level.
3, a kind of portable carrier stores a program that comprises many instructions, is used for carrying out as the described a kind of user capture control method in one of claim 1 or 2, and carry out described program by a processor this moment.
4, a server comprises memory storage, stores a program that comprises many instructions, is used for carrying out as the described a kind of user capture control method in one of claim 1 or 2, and carry out described program by a processor this moment.
5, a player comprises treating apparatus, is used to carry out the program that comprises many instructions, is used to carry out a kind of user capture control method as claimed in claim 1, and the portable carrier that store described program this moment appears in the described player.
6, player, comprise treating apparatus and memory storage, User Information Database of described memory device stores, when execution comprises that a program of many instructions realizes a kind of user capture control method as claimed in claim 2, use this User Information Database, carry out described program by described treating apparatus this moment.
7, a system, comprise a player, a transmission network and a server, described player comprises setting device and dispensing device, setting device is used to set at least one parent-level, dispensing device is used for by described transmission network user's request being sent to described server, with the visit additional content relevant with main contents, described server comprises customer identification device and access control apparatus, customer identification device is used to discern that user who sends user's request, described customer identification device comprises the parent-level recovery device, the parent-level recovery device is used for a parent-level recovering to be set in described player and can be applicable to described user, and access control apparatus is used for controlling described user capture according to the parent-level that recovers.
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