Parental controls customization and notification

A computer-implementable method for enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions, comprising:

• receiving a request from the user to perform a blocked online action;
• determining if the administrator is present;
• if the administrator is present, receiving the administrator's identification;
• in response to receiving the administrator's identification, authenticating the administrator without denying the user's access to the network environment;
• after authenticating the administrator, presenting the user's request to the administrator and determining if the administrator accepts the user's request;
• and
• if the administrator accepted the user's request, updating the administrator controls for the user to allow the previously blocked action.

A computer-implementable method for enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions, comprising:

• tracking and storing the user's allowed and blocked online actions;
• generating a history summary report from the stored information;
• providing the history summary report to the administrator;
• receiving an administrator request to block the user from performing a first action indicated as being allowed in the history summary report;
• and
• updating the administrator controls for the user to include blocking the first action.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions, the instructions when executed perform a process comprising:

• (a) in response to receiving a user request to perform a blocked online action:
• (i) providing information about the pending request to an administrator;
• and
• (b) in response to receiving request resolution information from the administrator:
• (i) updating the administrator controls for the user in accordance with the request resolution information.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions, the instructions when executed perform a process comprising, in response to receiving a request from the user to perform a blocked online action:

• (a) determining if the administrator is present;
• and
• (b) if the administrator is present:
• (i) in response to receiving the administrator's identification, authenticating the administrator without denying the user's access to the network environment;
• (ii) after authenticating the administrator, presenting the user's request to the administrator and determining if the administrator accepts the user's request;
• and
• (ii) if the administrator accepted the user's request, updating the administrator controls for the user to allow the previously blocked action.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions, the instructions when executed perform a process comprising:

• (a) tracking and storing the user's allowed and blocked online actions;
• (b) generating a history summary report from the stored information;
• and
• (c) providing the history summary report to the administrator;
• and
• (d) in response to receiving an administrator request to block the user from performing a first action indicated as being allowed in the history summary report, updating the administrator controls for the user to include blocking the first action.

A computer-readable medium having a data structure stored thereon for use in enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions, the data structure comprising:

• a data element indicative of request identification information;
• a data element indicative of user identification information;
• a data element indicative of administrator identification information;
• a data element indicative of information about a blocked online action;
• a data element indicative of request status information;
• and
• the data structure being used to create an entry in a consent database for a request to modify administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions.

A computer system for enabling a user and an administrator in a network environment to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions, the computer system comprising:

• a setting database component for storing information about administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions;
• and
• an administrator control component environment and for:
• receiving a user request to perform a blocked online action;
• providing information about the pending request to an administrator;
• receiving request resolution information from the administrator;
• and
• updating the administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions stored in the setting database with the request resolution information.

A computer system for enabling a user and administrator of a network to interactively customize administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions, the computer system comprising:

• a setting database component for storing information about the administrator controls being used to filter the user's online actions;
• and
• a administrator control component for:
• receiving a request from the user to perform a blocked online action;
• determining if the administrator is present;
• if the administrator is present, receiving the administrator's identification;
• in response to receiving the administrator's identification, authenticating the administrator without denying the user's access to the network environment;
• after authenticating the administrator, presenting the user's request to the administrator and determining if the administrator accepts the user's request;
• and
• if the administrator accepted the user's request, updating the administrator controls for the user to allow the previously blocked action.

A computer system for enabling a user and administrator of a network to interactively customize the administrator controls used to filter the user's online actions, the computer system comprising:

• a setting database component for storing information about the administrators controls being used to filter the user's online actions;
• and
• an administrator control component for:
• tracking and storing the user's allowed and blocked online actions;
• generating a history summary report from the stored information;
• providing the history summary report to the administrator;
• receiving an administrator request to block the user from performing a first action indicated as being allowed in the history summary report;
• and
• updating the administrator controls for the user to include blocking the first action.