System and method for facilitating and controlling selection of TV programs by children

摘要

In one embodiment, a system for an electronic program guide comprises a regular guide subsystem and a child-oriented guide subsystem. The system may periodically download child-friendly graphics, animation, and audio for display by the child-oriented guide subsystem. A child-oriented remote control that has fewer and larger buttons may be used to provide commands to the child-oriented guide subsystem. The system may include a text-to-speech conversion module utilized by the child-oriented guide subsystem to produce audible speech renderings of selective text information. A ratings-based blocking module under parental control may be used for automatically blocking objectionably-rated broadcast programs from being viewable by way of the child-oriented guide subsystem.