Device internet resource access filtering system and method
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1. An Internet access filtering system, comprising:
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a client on a device wherein the client establishes a connection to the computer, the client further comprising a module that gathers information about a request to access a resource by the device and a module that communicates the gathered information to the computer; and
the computer further comprising a module that categorizes the resource access of the device based on the gathered information and a module that communicates, in real-time, a resource access decision to the client so that the client controls the access to the resource by the device based on the resource access decision of the computer.
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Abstract
A remote site filtering and monitoring system and method is described in which the Internet accesses of a remote device are monitored and categorized by a remote server in real-time. The system also provides for offline access logging and subsequent uploading, adjustable filtering sensitivities and particular HTTP port filtering.
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1. An Internet access filtering system, comprising:
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a computer;
a client on a device wherein the client establishes a connection to the computer, the client further comprising a module that gathers information about a request to access a resource by the device and a module that communicates the gathered information to the computer; and
the computer further comprising a module that categorizes the resource access of the device based on the gathered information and a module that communicates, in real-time, a resource access decision to the client so that the client controls the access to the resource by the device based on the resource access decision of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An Internet access filtering system, comprising:
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a computer;
a client on a device wherein the client establishes a connection to the computer, the client further comprising means for gathering information about a request to access a resource by the device and means for communicating the gathered information to the computer; and
the computer further comprising means for categorizing the resource access of the device based on the gathered information and means for communicating, in real-time, a resource access decision to the client so that the client controls the access to the resource by the device based on the resource access decision of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. An Internet access filtering method using a computer and a client on a device that establishes a connection to the computer, the method comprising:
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gathering information by the client about a request to access a resource by the device;
communicating the gathered information to the computer;
categorizing, at the computer, the resource access of the device based on the gathered information; and
communicating, in real-time, a resource access decision to the client so that the client controls the access to the resource by the device based on the resource access decision of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A server for an Internet access filtering system, comprising:
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a module that receives information about a request to access a resource by a remote device wherein the information about the resource access request is communicated from the a remote client on the device;
a module that categorizes the resource access of the device based on the gathered information; and
a module that communicates, in real-time, a resource access decision to the client so that the client controls the access to the resource by the device based on the resource access decision of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. An Internet access filtering client located on a device that a communicates with a remote computer, the client comprising:
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a module that gathers information about a request to access a resource by the device;
a module that communicates the gathered information to the computer; and
a module that receives a resource access decision from the remote computer and controls the access to the resource by the device based on the resource access decision of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83)
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