METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECTING USER BETWEEN CAPTIVE AND OPEN DOMAINS
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1. A method for controlling user access to a captive domain and an open domain, the method comprising:
- limiting user access to the captive domain and, thereafter, allowing user access to the open domain without requiring reboot of a customer premise equipment (CPE) used to facilitate user access to the captive and open domains.
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Abstract
A method for limiting user access to a captive domain or an open domain. The captive domain may include electronically accessible content that is selected/controlled by a service provider and the open domain may include electronically accessible content that is not completely selected/controlled by the service provider. The method may include configuring a modem or other user device in such a manner as to limit use access to the desired domain.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for controlling user access to a captive domain and an open domain, the method comprising:
limiting user access to the captive domain and, thereafter, allowing user access to the open domain without requiring reboot of a customer premise equipment (CPE) used to facilitate user access to the captive and open domains. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18)
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14. A method for limiting a plurality of users to a captive domain or an open domain, the method comprising:
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associating a user device with each of the plurality of users, the user devices configured to facilitate user access to the captive and open domains; and allowing one or more users previously limited to access the captive domain to access the open domain without requiring reboot of the user device associated with the plurality users. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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19. A method for controlling user access to domains in a domain name system (DNS) having a captive domain and an open domain, the method comprising:
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facilitating user access to content available through the captive domain with a captive domain server; facilitating user access to content available through the open domain with an open domain server; and instructing the captive domain to communicate with the open domain if a modem used to facilitate user access to the domains is instructed to communicate with the captive domain server while user access to the open domain is permitted. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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