Apparatus and method for blocking a link to an unwholesome site in internet
First Claim
1. An apparatus for blocking an unwholesome site comprising:
- a central control center for specifying and providing control lists of unwholesome sites to be blocked and managing subscribers;
a plurality of remote control units disposed between Internet Service Providers(ISP) and subscribers for blocking an access to the unwholesome sites on the basis of the control lists to be blocked supplied from the central control center when the subscriber attempts to access to an unwholesome site; and
a link control network for controlling the connection of the plurality of remote control units and the central control center.
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Abstract
An unwholesome site blocking apparatus and method for blocking access to unwholesome information by central control at a network provider'"'"'s side according to the subscriber'"'"'s requests, thereby reduces the time and expenditure for managing the access in the subscriber'"'"'s side and allows using the Internet safely. The apparatus comprises a central control center for specifying and providing a control list of unwholesome sites to be blocked and managing subscribers, a plurality of remote control units disposed between Internet Service Providers(ISP) and subscribers for blocking an access to the unwholesome sites on the basis of the control list to be blocked supplied from the central control center when the subscriber attempts to access to unwholesome sites, and a link control network for controlling the connection of the plurality of remote control units and the central control center. When the subscriber attempts to connect to a certain Internet site, the remote control unit compares the lists of the unwholesome sites specified by the central control center with the destination URL and determines whether the subscriber attempts to connect to an unwholesome information site. If it is determined that the subscriber attempts to connect to a unwholesome information site, then the remote control unit transmits a message of non-allowance. Otherwise, the remote control unit transmits a connecting information to the Internet Service Provider(ISP) in which the customer subscribed and allows the desired Internet connection.
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8 Claims
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1. An apparatus for blocking an unwholesome site comprising:
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a central control center for specifying and providing control lists of unwholesome sites to be blocked and managing subscribers;
a plurality of remote control units disposed between Internet Service Providers(ISP) and subscribers for blocking an access to the unwholesome sites on the basis of the control lists to be blocked supplied from the central control center when the subscriber attempts to access to an unwholesome site; and
a link control network for controlling the connection of the plurality of remote control units and the central control center. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of blocking the connection to an unwholesome site when a subscriber attempts to connect to the unwholesome site, comprising:
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a first step of, when a Internet user subscribes to a link block service, registering information regarding to the user and providing the information to a remote control unit;
a second step of, when the registered subscriber attempts to access to a certain site through the Internet, comparing the lists of the unwholesome sites constituted by the central control center and a destination URL, and determining whether the subscriber attempts to access to unwholesome information sites;
a third step of, when the access address of the subscriber is contained in the lists of the unwholesome sites, determining that the subscriber attempts to access to the unwholesome sites, and transmitting a message indicating non-allowable site to the subscriber'"'"'s terminal; and
a fourth step of, when the access address of the subscriber is not contained in the lists of the unwholesome sites, providing a message of allowance to an Internet Service Provider to which the subscriber is registered, and establishing a link between the Internet Service Provider and the subscriber'"'"'s terminal, wherein the second step to the fourth step are repeated whenever the subscriber attempts to access on the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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