Method and System to Enable Controlled Safe Internet Browsing

• US 20170250989A1
• Filed: 02/27/2017
• Published: 08/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gryphon Online Safety, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gryphon Online Safety, Inc.
• Inventors: Bhattacharya, Arup, Wu, John Jun
• Granted Patent: US 10,212,167 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/025 Extracting rules from data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities

Abstract

Various embodiments provide an approach to controlled access of websites based on website content, and profile for the person consuming the data. In operation, machine learning techniques are used to classify the websites based on community and social media inputs, crowdsourced data, as well as access rules implemented by parents or system administrators. Feedback from users/admins of the system, including the instances of allowed or denied access to websites, in conjunction with other relevant parameters, is used for iterative machine learning techniques.

Claims

1. A method comprising the steps of:

creating a data repository from crowdsourced data;

producing a set of rules;

receiving an access request to access a website;

receiving a profile related to said access request;

receiving information related to said website from said data repository;

creating a safety rank of said website by combining said profile and said information;

utilizing said safety rank and said set of rules to create an access rule;

applying said access rule to determine at least one of allowing and denying said access request; and

controlling a router to perform said determination.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, after said applying, an admin input responsive to a permission request, said admin input comprising at least one of allowing and denying said permission request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said combining further comprises assigning at least one weighting value for a parameter.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said combining further comprises determining for said profile said at least one weighting value.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein said combining further comprises applying for said profile said at least one weighting value.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein said parameter is selected from the group consisting of:

an age;

a time of day;

a day of week;

an access level;

a job title; and

a group membership.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying an age weighting value, the step of applying an age weighting value comprising the steps of;

assigning an age weighting value to each of a plurality of age ranges;

determining which of the plurality of age ranges comprises the age; and

applying the age weighting value corresponding to the age range comprising the age to the website;

applying a time weighting value, the step of applying a time weighting value comprising the steps of;

applying a time weighting value to each of at least one time period;

determining which of the at least one time period comprises the time of day; and

applying the time weighting value corresponding to the at least one time period comprising the time of day to the website; and

applying a date weighting value, the step of applying a date weighting value comprising the steps of;

applying a date weighting value to each of at least one date;

determining which of the at least one date comprises the date; and

applying the date weighing value corresponding to the at least one date comprising the date to the website.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of updating the data repository, wherein the step of updating the data repository comprises at least one of the following sets of steps:

utilizing the safety rank to apply at least one of a positive and negative weighting to the web site;

utilizing keywords on the website to apply at least one of a positive and negative weighting to the website;

utilizing input received from a user interface to apply at least one of a positive and negative weighting to the website;

utilizing data associated with other websites linking to said website to apply at least one of a positive and negative weighting to the website;

utilizing input from clients to apply at least one of a positive and negative weighting to the website; and

utilizing crowdsourced data to apply at least one of a positive and negative weighting to the website.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the keywords are obtained through the use of a web crawler performing keyword searches.

10. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of updating the data repository, said step comprising one of:

applying a positive weighting to the website responsive to a receipt of an approval; and

applying a negative weighting to the website responsive to a receipt of a denial.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of assigning different weighting values to the set of steps used in updating the data repository.

13. The access control system of claim 11, wherein said admin input is via a mobile device.

14. The access control system of claim 11, wherein said router comprises said computer readable storage device.

12. A website access control system comprising:

a router;

a computer readable storage device storing a data repository comprising safety data for a plurality of websites;

a self-learning access control module configured to;

receive a request to access a website;

apply access rules to determine a safety ranking of said website;

receive an admin input to modify said access rules;

determine whether said request is at least one of granted and denied;

provide an access control signal to said router to perform one of allowing and denying access; and

update said data repository.