Selective and multiple programmed settings and passwords for web browser content labels
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRandolph Michael Forlenza, Herman Rodriguez
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed that regulate browsing of web content or content labels and that provide selective and multiple programmed settings and passwords for web content labels. In one embodiment, at least some of the web pages accessible to a web browser are assigned content labels. Programmed settings are established for the content labels that are to be password protected. A content password is assigned to each of the programmed settings. Access to web pages without any content labels is strictly denied by the web browser. Access to web pages with content labels that are not being regulated is allowed. Access to web pages with content labels that are password protected is regulated.
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A method of regulating and password protecting access and display of web pages by a web browser, wherein at least some of the web pages are assigned particular ones of a plurality of content labels each identifying a particular type of content in the web pages, said method comprising:
- associating each of a plurality of different content passwords with a respective set of the plurality of content labels to be password protected, wherein the sets of content labels associated with at least two of the plurality of different content passwords are different,
- permitting the web browser to access and display a web page having a particular content label that is password protected in response to entry of a content password associated with a set of content labels including the particular content label,
- allowing the web browser to access and display of web pages having content labels that are not password protected, and
- restricting display by the web browser of the web pages with no content labels.
A data processing system that regulates access to and display of web pages having particular types of content, said data processing system comprising:
- a processor,
- a display system coupled to said processor,
- an input/output interface coupled to a network for communication therewith,
- data storage coupled to said input/output interface and to said processing resources,
- a web browser within said data storage and executable by said processor for causing said data processing system to access and display web pages stored remotely within said network, wherein at least some of the web pages are assigned particular ones of a plurality of content labels each identifying a particular type of content in the web pages, wherein said web browser includes:
- means for associating each of a plurality of different content passwords with a respective set of the plurality of content labels that are to be password protected, wherein the sets of content labels associated with at least two of the plurality of different content passwords are different,
- means for permitting access to and display of a web page having a particular content label that is password protected in response to entry of a content password associated with a set of content labels including the particular content label,
- means for allowing access to and display of web pages having content labels that are not password protected, and
- means for restricting access to and display of web pages with no content labels.
The method of clam 1, wherein said restricting comprises preventing display by the web browser of the web pages with no content labels.
A program product that regulates access display of web pages having particular types of content, said program product comprising:
- a computer usable medium;
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- a web browser encoded within said computer usable medium and executable by a data processing system to cause the data processing system to access and display web pages, wherein at least some of the web pages are assigned particular ones of a plurality of content labels each identifying a particular type of content in the web pages, wherein said web browser includes:
- means for associating each of a plurality of different content passwords with a respective set of the plurality of content labels that are to be password protected, wherein the sets of content labels associated with at least two of the plurality of different content passwords are different,
- means for permitting access to and display of a web page having a particular content label that is password protected in response to entry of a content password associated with a set of content labels including the particular content label,
- means for allowing access to and display of web pages having content labels that are not password protected, and
- means for restricting access to and display of web pages with no content labels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.