PARENTAL CONTROL OF MOBILE CONTENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE
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1. A method of parental control of content on a mobile device, the method, comprising:
- monitoring, traffic activities, including inbound or outbound traffic, on the mobile device;
detecting, from suspicious traffic identified from the traffic activities, content identified from at least one of;
black listed websites or black listed mobile applications;
traffic activities generated upon click through activities tracked at the mobile device;
content identified based on feedback from one or more users;
content identified from identification of a potentially offending website or mobile application;
content identified from a destination address or a source address;
content identified based on a set of rules or policies;
content identified as gambling content, adult content, violent content, pornographic content, or other age inappropriate content; and
content identified as inappropriate content based on age, gender, or religion;
wherein the suspicious traffic is identified from the traffic activities from its timing characteristics including time of day, access frequency, day of week or other patterns in timing of access;
wherein, the content identified is detected from the traffic activities for websites and mobile applications on the mobile device;
preventing the content identified from being accessed at the mobile device;
in addition to preventing the content identified from being accessed at the mobile device, analyzing cached content stored in a local proxy at the mobile device;
screening the cached content to determine if the cached content includes the content identified; and
preventing the content identified in the cached content from being accessed at the mobile device.
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Abstract
A method of parental control of content on a mobile device includes monitoring traffic activities on a mobile device and detecting suspicious traffic.
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1. A method of parental control of content on a mobile device, the method, comprising:
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monitoring, traffic activities, including inbound or outbound traffic, on the mobile device; detecting, from suspicious traffic identified from the traffic activities, content identified from at least one of; black listed websites or black listed mobile applications; traffic activities generated upon click through activities tracked at the mobile device; content identified based on feedback from one or more users; content identified from identification of a potentially offending website or mobile application; content identified from a destination address or a source address; content identified based on a set of rules or policies; content identified as gambling content, adult content, violent content, pornographic content, or other age inappropriate content; and content identified as inappropriate content based on age, gender, or religion; wherein the suspicious traffic is identified from the traffic activities from its timing characteristics including time of day, access frequency, day of week or other patterns in timing of access; wherein, the content identified is detected from the traffic activities for websites and mobile applications on the mobile device; preventing the content identified from being accessed at the mobile device; in addition to preventing the content identified from being accessed at the mobile device, analyzing cached content stored in a local proxy at the mobile device; screening the cached content to determine if the cached content includes the content identified; and preventing the content identified in the cached content from being accessed at the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A mobile device which implements parental control of content access thereon, the mobile device, comprising:
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a processor; a memory having instructions stored thereon, which when executed causes the processor to; monitor traffic activities, including inbound or outbound traffic on the mobile device; detect, from the traffic activities, content identified from at least one of; black listed websites or black listed mobile applications; traffic activities generated upon click through activities tracked at the mobile device; content identified based on feedback from one or more users; content identified from identification of a potentially offending website or mobile application; content identified from a destination address or a source address; content identified based on a set of rules or policies; content identified as gambling content, adult content, violent content, pornographic content, or other age inappropriate content; and content identified as inappropriate content based on age, gender, or religion; use information about a request or a response in the inbound or outbound traffic to determine cacheability of the response to the request from the mobile device; prevent the content identified from being accessed at the mobile device; in addition to preventing the content identified from being accessed at the mobile device, analyzing cached content stored in a local proxy at the mobile device; screening the cached content to determine if the cached content includes the content identified; and preventing the content identified in the cached content from being accessed at the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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