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Filtering techniques for managing access to internet sites or other software applications

  • US 6,947,985 B2
  • Filed: 12/05/2001
  • Issued: 09/20/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for controlling user access between an Internet including Internet sites and an area network, comprising:

  • a categorized database of Internet sites;

    a first module configured to associate a category with an Internet site requested by a user;

    a second module configured to determine a data transfer rate between the area network and the Internet;

    a categorized database of threshold values; and

    a third module configured to compare the data transfer rate to the categorized database of threshold values and, responsive to the comparison, to block the user'"'"'s further access to the site.

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