Content restriction compliance using reverse dns lookup
OwnerGary Stephen Shusterinventor
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Abstract
A method for alerting Internet content providers of the age or other personal information of a computer user, which includes receiving a reverse DNS lookup query from an Internet content provider; and providing the age information of the computer user, in addition to a host name, from a reverse map zone file in response to the request. The personal information may be used by the content provider to select appropriate content for the requesting host, for example for complying with content restrictions. A system of alerting an Internet content provider of the age or other personal information of a computer user is also provided.
Claims22
1-13. (canceled)
A method for conditionally providing content over a computer network, comprising:
- in response to receiving a content request from a client, determining an IP address for the client at a host server;
- providing a query from the host server to a reverse DNS lookup server seeking information from a DNS zone file, the query comprising the IP address;
- and
- permitting the content to be transmitted to the client only if the information from the DNS zone file indicates that the client is not ineligible to receive the content, thereby transforming user input causing the content request to be generated into an output conditioned on the information recorded in the DNS zone file.
A computer-readable medium, comprising instructions for conditionally providing content over a computer network:
- instructions to determine an IP address for a client at a host server, in response to receiving a content request from a client;
- instructions to provide a query from the host server to a reverse DNS lookup server seeking information from zone file, the query comprising the IP address, in response to receiving the content request;
- and
- instructions permitting the content to be transmitted to the client only if the information from the DNS zone file indicates that the client is not ineligible to receive the content.
A method for configuring a zone file of a DNS system to encode data for determining eligibility of a network node to receive requested content, the method comprising:
- maintaining a network connection for a node having a defined network address;
- determining at least one user parameter indicating eligibility to receive content at the network address via the network connection;
- and
- encoding the at least one user parameter in a zone file for the network address.
A computer-readable medium, comprising instructions for configuring a zone file of a DNS system to encode data for determining eligibility of a network node to receive requested content, comprising:
- instructions to maintain a network connection for a node having a defined network address;
- instructions to determine at least one user parameter indicating eligibility to receive content at the network address via the network connection;
- and
- instructions to encode the at least one user parameter in a zone file for the network address.
The computer-readable medium of claim 33, further comprising instructions to request the at least one user parameter for determining eligibility to receive content from the person via the network connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.