Apparatus and methods for monitoring content requested by a client device

Abstract

Apparatus and methods for monitoring content requested by a user of a computing device. Logs of web browsing sessions may be generated and analyzed to determine if inappropriate content is being viewed by a monitored individual. With one exemplary embodiment, a user is registered with a service provider such that an indication as to whether or not logs of the user's web browsing sessions should be stored. Thereafter, when the user logs onto the service provider to obtain access to web sites, the service provider performs a lookup in the user database to determine if the user is to be monitored. If the user is to be monitored, when the user issues a content request using his/her web browser application, the content request is intercepted by the service provider and a copy of the content request is stored in a secure log on the service provider. The content request may then be completed in a normal fashion. In an alternative embodiment, when the content request is forwarded to the content provider, the content provider responds with the requested content which is then intercepted by the service provider. A copy of this content, e.g., the web page, may be stored in association with the log entry for later review by an authorized individual. The storing of such copies of the content may be performed for each content request or only for “questionable” content as determined using an analysis engine.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.