Methods and systems for enforcing parental-control policies on user-generated content
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for enforcing parental-control policies on user-generated content, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing system comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
- identifying a web document, the web document comprising user-generated content that is not authored by an entity that publishes and/or hosts the web document;
identifying a subset of links in the web document that are related to the user-generated content in the web document by;
1) parsing the web document to identify a set of links in the web document;
2) identifying, within the set of links, one or more links which are related to the user-generated content by determining that the one or more links refer to the user-generated content, by determining that the user-generated content includes the one or more links, and/or by determining that the one or more links refer to a content-generating user responsible for generating the user-generated content;
3) excluding, from the subset of links, one or more links identified in the set of links that were not determined to be related to the user-generated content in the web document;
4) including, in the subset of links, the one or more links that were determined to be related to the user-generated content in the web document;
for each link in the subset of links;
identifying a target web document of the link;
determining a parental-control rating for the link based on the target web document;
generating a composite rating of the web document based, at least in part, on the parental-control rating of each link in the subset of links; and
enforcing the parental control policy based on the composite rating of the web document.
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Abstract
A method for enforcing parental-control policies on user-generated content may include identifying a web document with user-generated content and identifying a set of links in the web document that relate to the user-generated content in the web document. The method may also include identifying a target web document for each link in the set of links and determining a parental-control rating for each link in the set of links based on the target web document. The method may further include generating a composite rating of the web document based on the parental-control rating of each link in the set of links. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable-storage media are also disclosed.
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15 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for enforcing parental-control policies on user-generated content, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing system comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
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identifying a web document, the web document comprising user-generated content that is not authored by an entity that publishes and/or hosts the web document; identifying a subset of links in the web document that are related to the user-generated content in the web document by; 1) parsing the web document to identify a set of links in the web document; 2) identifying, within the set of links, one or more links which are related to the user-generated content by determining that the one or more links refer to the user-generated content, by determining that the user-generated content includes the one or more links, and/or by determining that the one or more links refer to a content-generating user responsible for generating the user-generated content; 3) excluding, from the subset of links, one or more links identified in the set of links that were not determined to be related to the user-generated content in the web document; 4) including, in the subset of links, the one or more links that were determined to be related to the user-generated content in the web document; for each link in the subset of links; identifying a target web document of the link; determining a parental-control rating for the link based on the target web document; generating a composite rating of the web document based, at least in part, on the parental-control rating of each link in the subset of links; and enforcing the parental control policy based on the composite rating of the web document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for enforcing parental-control policies on user-generated content comprising:
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a detection module programmed to; identify a web document, the web document comprising user-generated content that is not authored by an entity that publishes and/or hosts the web document; identify a subset of links in the web document that are related to the user-generated content in the web document by; 1) parsing the web document to identify a set of links in the web document; 2) identifying, within the set of links, one or more links which are related to the user-generated content by determining that the one or more links refer to the user-generated content, by determining that the user-generated content includes the one or more links, and/or by determining that the one or more links refer to a content-generating user responsible for generating the user-generated content; 3) excluding, from the subset of links, one or more links identified in the set of links that were not determined to be related to the user-generated content in the web document; 4) including, in the subset of links, the one or more links that were determined to be related to the user-generated content in the web document; a rating module programmed to; for each link in the subset of links; identify a target web document of the link; determine a parental-control rating for the link based on the target web document; generate a composite rating of the web document based, at least in part, on the parental-control rating of each link in the subset of links; enforce the parental control policy based on the composite rating of the web document; one or more processors configured to execute the detection module and the rating module. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable-storage medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
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identify a web document, the web document comprising user-generated content that is not authored by an entity that publishes and/or hosts the web document; identify a subset of links in the web document that are related to the user-generated content in the web document by; 1) parsing the web document to identify a set of links in the web document; 2) identifying, within the set of links, one or more links which are related to the user-generated content by determining that the one or more links refer to the user-generated content, by determining that the user-generated content includes the one or more links, and/or by determining that the one or more links refer to a content-generating user responsible for generating the user-generated content; 3) excluding, from the subset of links, one or more links identified in the set of links that were not determined to be related to the user-generated content in the web document; 4) including, in the subset of links, the one or more links that were determined to be related to the user-generated content in the web document; for each link in the subset of links; identify a target web document of the link; determine a parental-control rating for the link based on the target web document; generate a composite rating based, at least in part, on the parental-control rating of each link in the subset of links; and enforce the parental control policy based on the composite rating of the web document.
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