Parental Controls
Problem Statement
HOTT provides on-demand and LIVE programming to its subscribers - content consists of a wide range of pro- gramming that spans from children to adult content (i.e. consists of nudity/fowl language/etc.).
There is no mechanism in place to suppress content that is not appropriate for specific age groups from being viewed and/or recommended as part of the ser- vice.
Ratings across different international regions for both TV and Movie programming vary (or do not exist) from one region to the next (i.e. Rated G in the US may mean something different in Brazil) - mapping the "Rat- ings" to create a universal ratings a parent can under- stand is critical.
Parental controls vary from very simple to very complex depending on the service - either not providing enough or too complex set of features.