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Details

Inventors: Kim, Do Hyun; Kang, Myeong Joon;
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, KR)
Primary Examiner: Faile; Andrew
Assistant Examiner: Nalevanko; Christopher
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

An apparatus and method for controlling viewing of video programs. The apparatus includes a signal unit for receiving and processing a video signal, a decoding unit for decoding a grade code of a video program contained in the video signal, a key input unit for receiving control data from a user wherein the control data includes a secret number, a storage unit for prestoring a grade code and a secret number, and a control unit for comparing the decoded grade code with the prestored grade code, comparing the secret number inputted to the key input unit with the prestored secret number if the decoded grade code matches the prestored grade code, and outputting the video signal to the user if the secret numbers match.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention has been provided to solve the problems of conventional methods.
An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for controlling viewing of a video signal using a grade system for video programs.
These and other objects of the present application will become more readily apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter.
However, it should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from this detailed description.

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