US 12,455,916 B2
Personalized censorship of digital content
Alexis Johnson, Glendale, CA (US); Sonia Doshi, Los Angeles, CA (US); Alexander Niedt, Loma Linda, CA (US); Rebecca Bever, Burbank, CA (US); Mara Lucien, Los Angeles, CA (US); Paige Townsend, La Crescenta, CA (US); and Lori L. Huck, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/996,857.
Prior Publication US 2022/0058215 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 16/435 (2019.01); G06F 16/438 (2019.01); G06F 16/483 (2019.01); H04N 21/454 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 16/437 (2019.01) [G06F 16/438 (2019.01); G06F 16/483 (2019.01); H04N 21/4542 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for personalizing censorship of digital content, the method comprising:
generating, based on a user characteristic, a censorship profile associated with a user, wherein the censorship profile identifies a censorship element, and the censorship element indicates at least one of an evaluation, rating, classification, flagging, tagging, restriction, exemption, or prohibition of content;
identifying one or more smart groups of users based on the user characteristic, wherein each smart group is created based on at least one of one or more rules or one or more criteria;
modifying one or more attributes of the censorship element based on a comparison with a corresponding censorship element in the one or more smart groups;
determining a censorship feature associated with the censorship element, wherein the censorship feature is to be activated during playback of digital content that includes the censorship element;
identifying, based on temporal boundaries data and temporal facet data associated with a digital content item, one or more portions of the digital content item that include at least one element matching the censorship element; and
activating the censorship feature during playback of the one or more portions of the digital content item.