Systems and Methods for Mediating Internet Access Provided to End Users
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1. A method for mediating Internet service, the method comprising:
- receiving information via the user interface indicative of the age of at least one end user of the Internet service; and
applying an age based mediation policy to the Internet service, such that only Internet content included in the mediation policy is accessible at a selected location, wherein the Internet content comprises at least one age-appropriate Internet content corresponding to the age of the at least one end user and administrator-approved Internet content.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for creating age based mediation policies and applying those age based mediation policies to Internet service are provided herein. A method for mediating Internet service provided to an end user includes creating an age based mediation policy by receiving information indicative of the end user'"'"'s age, locating age-appropriate Internet content corresponding to the end user'"'"'s age and combining the located age-appropriate Internet content with administrator approved Internet content, and applying the age based mediation policy to the Internet service such that only Internet content included in the mediation policy is accessible.
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1. A method for mediating Internet service, the method comprising:
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receiving information via the user interface indicative of the age of at least one end user of the Internet service; and applying an age based mediation policy to the Internet service, such that only Internet content included in the mediation policy is accessible at a selected location, wherein the Internet content comprises at least one age-appropriate Internet content corresponding to the age of the at least one end user and administrator-approved Internet content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for mediating Internet service, the system comprising:
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a memory for storing a program; a processor for executing the program; a mediation policy module stored in the memory and executable by the processor to receive information indicative of an age of at least one end user; and an enforcement engine stored in the memory and executable by the processor to apply an age based mediation policy to the Internet service such that only Internet content included in the mediation policy is accessible, wherein the Internet content comprises at least one of age-appropriate Internet content corresponding to the age of the at least one end user and administrator-approved Internet content. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for mediating Internet service, the method comprising:
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receiving via a user interface information indicative of the age of at least one end user of the Internet service; and applying via a DNS server an age based mediation policy to the Internet service, such that only Internet content included in the mediation policy is accessible, wherein the Internet content comprises at least one age-appropriate Internet content corresponding to the age of the at least one end user and administrator approved Internet content. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A system for mediating Internet service, the system comprising:
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a memory for storing a program; a processor for executing the program; a mediation policy module stored in the memory and executable by the processor to receive information via a DNS server indicative of an age of at least one end user; and an enforcement engine stored in the memory and executable by the processor to apply a mediation policy to the Internet service via the DNS server such that only Internet content included in the mediation policy is accessible, wherein the Internet content comprises at least one of age-appropriate Internet content corresponding to the age of the at least one end user and administrator-approved Internet content. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a program embodied thereon, the program executable by a processor in a computing device to perform a method of mediating Internet service, the method comprising:
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receiving information indicative of an age of at least one end user by the Internet service; and applying a mediation policy to the Internet service such that only Internet content included in the mediation policy are accessible, wherein the Internet content comprise a combination of age-appropriate Internet content corresponding to the age of the at least one end user and administrator-approved Internet content. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72)
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73. A method for mediating Internet service, the method comprising:
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receiving information regarding an age of at least one end user by an Internet service via a communications interface of a computing device, the computing device coupled to the Internet service; and executing instructions stored in memory by a processor to apply a mediation policy to the Internet service, such that only Internet content included in the mediation policy is accessible to the computing device, the Internet content comprising a combination of age-appropriate Internet content corresponding to the age of the at least one end user and administrator-approved Internet content.
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74. A method for mediating Internet service, the method comprising:
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establishing a user interface between an end user and an Internet service; receiving information indicative of the age of at least one end user by the Internet service via the user interface; and applying a mediation policy to the Internet service such that only Internet content included in the mediation policy are accessible, wherein the Internet content comprise a combination of age-appropriate Internet content corresponding to the age of the at least one end user and administrator-approved Internet content. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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