WEB FILTERING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A web filtering mechanism, comprising:
- a computer having a processor, memory and a plurality of instructions configured to;
select, using an institutional policy dashboard, a set of institutional web access policies sanctioned by the institution for a computing device of a minor user;
select, using a parental policy dashboard, a set of parental web access policies sanctioned by a parent of the minor user;
filter, using a web filter, a piece of web content accessed by the minor user via the computing device by enforcing the set of parental and institutional web access policies for the computing device; and
detect, by an urgency module, a potential for harm to the minor user by examining a set of text of the piece of web content.
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Abstract
A system and method for web filtering, including: generating an institutional policy dashboard that enables an institution that issued a computing device to a minor user to select a set of institutional web access policies sanctioned by the institution; generating a parental policy dashboard that enables a parent of the minor user to select to a set of parental web access policies sanctioned by the parent; filtering web content accessed by the minor user via the computing device by enforcing the parental and the institutional web access policies; and reporting to the parent a set of web accesses undertaken by the minor user via the computing device.
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23 Claims
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1. A web filtering mechanism, comprising:
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a computer having a processor, memory and a plurality of instructions configured to; select, using an institutional policy dashboard, a set of institutional web access policies sanctioned by the institution for a computing device of a minor user; select, using a parental policy dashboard, a set of parental web access policies sanctioned by a parent of the minor user; filter, using a web filter, a piece of web content accessed by the minor user via the computing device by enforcing the set of parental and institutional web access policies for the computing device; and detect, by an urgency module, a potential for harm to the minor user by examining a set of text of the piece of web content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for web filtering, comprising:
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providing a set of institutional web access policies sanctioned by the institution for a computing device of a minor user and a set of parental web access policies sanctioned by a parent of the minor user; receiving an access to a piece of web content by the minor user using the computing device; filtering, using a web filter, the piece of web by enforcing the set of parental and institutional web access policies for the computing device; and detect, by an urgency module, a potential for harm to the minor user by examining a set of text of the piece of web content. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A web filtering mechanism, comprising:
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a computer having a processor, memory and a plurality of instructions configured to; provide a set of institutional web access policies sanctioned by the institution for a computing device of a minor user and a set of parental web access policies sanctioned by a parent of the minor user; filter, using a web filter, a piece of web content accessed by the minor user via the computing device by enforcing the set of parental and institutional web access policies for the computing device; receive a current geographic location of the computing device; and adapt the set of parental and institutional web access policies for the computing device to the current geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 18. The web filtering mechanism of claim 17, wherein the computer is further configured to generate an activity report for the parent in response to each web access and the geographic location recorded in the activity log.
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18-1. A web filtering method, comprising:
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providing a set of institutional web access policies sanctioned by the institution for a computing device of a minor user and a set of parental web access policies sanctioned by a parent of the minor user; filtering, using a web filter, a piece of web content accessed by the minor user via the computing device by enforcing the set of parental and institutional web access policies for the computing device; receiving a current geographic location of the computing device; and adapting the set of parental and institutional web access policies for the computing device to the current geographic location.
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