Method and system for monitoring and filtering data transmission

• US 20040103137A1
• Filed: 07/14/2003
• Published: 05/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cricket Media Services Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Cricket Media, Inc. (Cricket Media Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Mulligan, Steve, Irving, John, Bursztein, Marcello, Lajeunesse, Patrick
• Granted Patent: US 8,838,622 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/00 Electrically-operated teaching apparatus or devices working with questions and answers mechanically operated G09B3/00; computing arrangements G06F

Abstract

The present invention is a method and apparatus for monitoring and filtering data transmission for providing the creation of a secure “virtual classroom” though which teachers can use the Internet to link their students to other classes and work collaboratively and create a “shared learning” environment. A collaborative community is created by a teacher or administrator who submits initial input data to a central storage and clearance center. A first filter system is employed to ascertain and control the entrance of class data in order to ensure that the entering party is duly authorized. Once the initial input data is accepted, a search engine permits the teacher to search for compatible shared classrooms. The dynamic filtering permits security to be controlled by a central location and ties the individual classrooms into a network. The dynamic filtering level component permits each classroom and each student to be monitored to a degree designated by the teacher and appropriate for the student. A flagging filter component scans all incoming and outgoing messages to permit review prior to release.

Claims

1. An apparatus for monitoring and filtering data transmission to screen unwanted material comprising a first filter for initially screening data to create a community of input data, a dynamic search engine to permit those members of the community to search the data initially screened, a second dynamic filter controlled by a central location to permit monitoring and filtering of the data transmitted and a flagging filter component to scan messages and data prior to delivery.