Systems and methods for user defined network enabled content filtering
AssigneesAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., AT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsMark Austin, Shahab Azmoudeh, Joseph Dorsey, Jr., Victor Nilson, Christopher Sambar, Jerald Weber
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Abstract
A content filtering system and method includes receiving in a network device in a network from a user device, a user selected set of rules identifying a set of URLs to be blocked. The set of rules are loaded into the network device. The network device receives from the user device a request to access a specified URL. A determination is made at the network device whether the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules. If the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules, then the specified URL is blocked.
Claims11
A content filtering method comprising:
- providing N! domain name systems wherein each of the N! domain name systems provides N categories of content filtering comprising one or more of a malware filter, an objectionable content filter, or a privacy filter loaded as a browser plug-in a smart phone;
- making a selection in the smart phone of a selected filter from the N categories of content filtering through an application that facilitates the selection;
- receiving in a network device in a network from the smart phone, the selection;
- determining an applicable domain name system from the N! domain name systems that corresponds to the selection;
- receiving at the network device from the smart phone a request to access a specified URL;
- directing the request to the applicable domain name system;
- and
- applying the selected filter.
A content filtering system comprising:
- a network device;
- a memory coupled to the network device, the memory storing executable instructions that cause the network device to effectuate operations comprising:
- providing N! domain name systems wherein each of the N! domain name systems provides N categories of content filtering comprising one or more of a malware filter, an objectionable content filter, or a privacy filter loaded as a browser plug-in a smart phone;
- making a selection in the smart phone of a selected filter from the N categories of content filtering through an application that facilitates the selection;
- receiving in the network device in a network, from the smart phone the selection;
- determining an applicable domain name system from the N! domain name systems that corresponds to the selection;
- receiving at the network device from the smart phone a request to access a specified URL;
- directing the request to the applicable domain name system;
- and
- applying the selected filter.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that cause a network device executing the computer executable instructions to effectuate operations comprising;
- providing N! domain name systems wherein each of the N! domain name systems provides N categories of content filtering comprising one or more of a malware filter, an objectionable content filter, or a privacy filter loaded as a browser plug-in a smart phone;
- making a selection in the smart phone of a selected filter from the N categories of content filtering through an application that facilitates the selection;
- receiving in the network device in a network from the smart phone the selection;
- determining an applicable domain name system from the N! domain name systems that corresponds to the selection;
- receiving at the network device from the smart phone a request to access a specified URL;
- directing the request to the applicable domain name system;
- and
- applying the selected filter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.