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Details

Inventors: Schneidewend, Daniel Richard;
Assignee: Thomson Licensing S.A. (Boulogne-Cedex, FR)
Primary Examiner: Chin; Wellington
Assistant Examiner: Duong; Frank
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Tripoli; J. S., Kurdyla; R. H., Navon; J. M.

A system processes packetized program information, from different broadcast sources, containing programs and program specific information including associated content rating data. A program specific parameter of a desired program is selected based on its source from equivalent parameters from alternative broadcast sources. The desired program is processed for display, recording or playback using the selected program specific parameter. The selected program specific parameter may comprise a content rating that is mapped to a different program content rating system and used in multi-level validation of authorization to access the desired program.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A system processes packetized program information, from different broadcast sources, containing programs and program specific information including associated content rating data.
A program specific parameter of a desired program is selected based on its source from equivalent parameters from alternative broadcast sources.
The desired program is processed for display, recording or playback using the selected program specific parameter.
The selected program specific parameter may comprise a content rating that is mapped to a different program content rating system and used in validating authorization to access the desired program.

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