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Parental control of access to information from a computer system

  • US 8,437,771 B1
  • Filed: 12/18/2008
  • Issued: 05/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer system, comprising:

  • a memory configured to store user selections; and

    a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured toidentify a parent to the computer system by logging the parent onto the computer system,receive certain information from the parent when the parent inputs the certain information into the computer system,provide the parent with a control configured to select what a child of the parent will have access to from a cell phone,receive from the parent a selection of what the child will have access to from the cell phone, wherein the control configured to select what the child of the parent will have access to from the cell phone comprises providing the parent with categories of interest to allow the child to receive messages via the cell phone from a business related to one or more of the categories of interest, andcontrol access of the child to information from the cell phone in accordance with the selection of the parent to prevent the child from having access to certain material,wherein the processor is configured to provide the parent with a selection to allow the child to receive messages via the cell phone from the business when the cell phone is in proximity of an area of interest, andwherein the processor is coupled to a cellular telephone system configured to log the parent onto the computer system when the parent operates another cell phone in the cellular telephone system.

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