COMMUNICATION AND ACTION APPROVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A computer or mobile telephone based system for real-time communication authorization comprising:
- a first communication device;
an authorization device; and
a real-time access control server, wherein the real-time access control server is configured to;
receive a communication request from the first communication device, wherein the communication request comprises a specified communication technology selected from a set of supported communication technologies;
verify a pre-approval status of the communication request;
store the communication request in an approval queue if the pre-approval status is false and alerts an administrator with an option to approve the communication request to enable real-time communication;
issue an alert to the authorization device; and
receive one or more authorization parameters that define communication protocols and level of communication for communication target contacts approved from the authorization device, wherein the one or more authorization parameters comprises an enablement flag;
wherein the first communication device is a computer or a mobile telephone.
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Abstract
A computer-based method for real-time communication authorization includes receiving, from a first communication device, a communication request, verifying, with a verification engine, a pre-approval status of the communication request, storing the communication request in an approval queue if the communication authorization the pre-approval status is set to false, issuing an alert to the authorization device, and receiving one or more authorization parameters from an authorization device.
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14 Claims
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1. A computer or mobile telephone based system for real-time communication authorization comprising:
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a first communication device; an authorization device; and a real-time access control server, wherein the real-time access control server is configured to; receive a communication request from the first communication device, wherein the communication request comprises a specified communication technology selected from a set of supported communication technologies; verify a pre-approval status of the communication request; store the communication request in an approval queue if the pre-approval status is false and alerts an administrator with an option to approve the communication request to enable real-time communication; issue an alert to the authorization device; and receive one or more authorization parameters that define communication protocols and level of communication for communication target contacts approved from the authorization device, wherein the one or more authorization parameters comprises an enablement flag; wherein the first communication device is a computer or a mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A real-time access control appliance comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer executable program code embodied thereon, the computer executable program code configured to:
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receive, from a communication device, an Internet data source access request; insert the Internet data source access request in an administrator queue; issue an alert to an authorization device that the administrator queue contains an Internet data source access request for real-time approval by an administrator by gaining access to a real-time access control server; receive administrator authorization parameters from the authorization device; restrict Internet data source access to the communication device according to the administrator authorization parameters; wherein the authorization parameters comprise an enablement flag that allows the administrator to monitor and restrict Internet data access according to configurable user-specific authorization parameters.
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