Computer network and method of operating same to preload content of selected web pages

A method of caching web pages on a local network memory, wherein the local network memory is to connect at least one user device on a local area network to the internet, said method comprising:

• receiving instructions from a client that define a set of web addresses associated with the web pages to be cached,
• receiving instructions from the client identifying a set of users whose access to the internet is to be denied;
• storing said set of web addresses and the identified set of users on the local network memory;
• receiving instructions that include a time at which the local network memory is to download the web pages on to the local network memory, and storing said time in the local network memory;
• caching content from the set of web addresses into the local network memory at said time stored in the local network memory;
• receiving a request for access to a web address in the set of web addresses from the at least one user device;
• determining whether a user of the at least one user device is in the identified set of users;
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• providing access to the cached content associated with the requested web address to the at least one user device in response to a determination that the user is in the identified set of users.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is embedded a computer program, said computer program implementing a method for storing content of web pages on a local network memory, wherein the local network memory is to connect at least one user device on a local area network to the internet, said computer program comprising computer readable code to:

• receive instructions from a client that define a set of web addresses associated with the web pages to be stored on the local network memory,
• receive instructions from the client that identify a set of users whose access to the internet is to be denied;
• store said set of web addresses and the identified set of users on the local network memory;
• receive instructions that include a time at which the local network memory is to download the web pages on to the local network memory, and store said time in the local network memory;
• cache content from the set of web addresses into the local network memory at said time stored in the local network memory;
• receive a request for access to a web address in the set of web addresses from the at least one user device;
• determine whether a user of the at least one user device is listed in the identified set of users;
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• provide access to the cached content associated with the requested web address to the at least one user device in response to a determination that the user is in the identified set of users.