Method and apparatus for dynamically filtering network content
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorMichael Man-Hak Tso
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Abstract
A method for dynamically filtering a data object to be rendered on a client device includes the steps of scanning the data object for content satisfying a predetermined selection criterion, and selectively providing the data object to the client device in accordance with a predetermined filtering preference if the predetermined selection criterion is satisfied.
Claims14
A method for dynamically filtering content in a data object to be rendered on a client device, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request for a user-specified data object from a client device;
- retrieving the user-specified data object in response to the request from the client device;
- scanning the user-specified data object for content satisfying a predetermined selection criterion;
- modifying content in the user-specified data object in accordance with a predetermined filtering preference if said predetermined selection criterion is satisfied;
- and
- providing the modified user-specified data object to the client device.
A storage medium including a set of instructions for execution by a computer, the computer being coupled to a device for rendering a data object to a user, said set of instructions comprising instructions for:
- receiving a request for a user-specified data object from a client device;
- retrieving the user-specified data object in response to the request from the client device;
- scanning the user-specified data object for content satisfying a predetermined selection criterion;
- modifying content in the user-specified data object in accordance with a predetermined filtering preference if said predetermined selection criterion is satisfied;
- and
- providing the modified user-specified data object to the client device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.