The application/oipfParentalControlManager embedded object
Support in HbbTV
Available since: HbbTV 1.0 (ETSI TS 102 796 V1.1.1, OIPF DAE V1.1)
The parentalRatingSchemes property shall be supported. Other properties and methods are not included.
If an OITF supports parental controls as indicated by value “true” for element <parentalcontrol> (as defined by section 9.3.5) in its capability profile, the OITF SHALL support the application/oipfParentalControlManager object with the following interface.
The following example shows a possible usage scenario for the application/oipfParentalControlManager, i.e. to add a new parental rating scheme to the parentalRatingSchemes collection:
The following example shows a possible usage scenario for the application/oipfParentalControlManager, i.e. to temporarily unblock a blocked content item (e.g. after asking the user to enter the parental control pin):
Properties
| readonly ParentalRatingSchemeCollection parentalRatingSchemes |
| A reference to the collection of rating schemes known by the OITF. |
| readonly Boolean isPINEntryLocked |
| The lockout status of the parental control PIN. If the incorrect PIN has been entered too many times in the configured timeout period, parental control PIN entry SHALL be locked out for a period of time determined by the OITF. |
Methods
| Boolean getParentalControlStatus() | |
Description | Returns a flag indicating the temporary parental control status set by setParentalControlStatus(). Note that the returned status covers parental control functionality related to all rating schemes, not only the rating scheme upon which the method is called. |
| Boolean getBlockUnrated() | |
Description | Returns a flag indicating whether or not the OITF has been configured by the user to block content for which a parental rating is absent. |
| Integer setParentalControlPIN( String oldPcPIN, String newPcPIN ) | ||||||||||
Description | Set the parental control PIN. This operation SHALL be protected by the parental control PIN (if PIN entry is enabled). The return value indicates the success of the operation, and SHALL take one of the following values:
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Arguments | oldPcPIN | The current parental control PIN. | ||||||||
newPcPIN | The new value for the parental control PIN. | |||||||||
| Integer unlockWithParentalControlPIN( String pcPIN, Object target ) | ||||||||||||
Description | Unlock the object specified by target for viewing if pcPIN contains the correct parental control PIN. The object type of target can be one of the following: · video/broadcast object, in which case the content being presented through this object SHALL be unlocked until a new channel is selected. · A/V Control object, in which case the content being presented through this object SHALL be unlocked until a new item of content is played using this object Otherwise an Invalid Object error SHALL be returned. The return value indicates the success of the operation, and SHALL take the following values:
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Arguments | pcPIN | The parental control PIN. | ||||||||||
target | The object to be unlocked.. | |||||||||||
| Integer verifyParentalControlPIN( String pcPIN ) | ||||||||||
Description | Verify that the PIN specified by pcPIN is the correct parental control PIN. This method will return one of the following values:
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Arguments | pcPIN | The parental control PIN to be verified. | ||||||||
| Integer setBlockUnrated( String pcPIN, Boolean block ) | ||||||||||
Description | Set whether programmes for which no parental rating has been retrieved from the metadata client nor defined by the service provider should be blocked automatically by the terminal. This operation SHALL be protected by the parental control PIN (if PIN entry is enabled). The return value indicates the success of the operation, and SHALL take one of the following values:
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Arguments | pcPIN | The parental control PIN. | ||||||||
block | Flag indicating whether programmes SHALL be blocked. | |||||||||