Method and system for internet censorship
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1. A method of censoring Internet content, said method comprising:
- packetizing a web page into one or more data packets, each data packet comprising a header, a payload, and a trailer;
using a computer processor, inserting a censorship rating relating to the web page in the header of each data packet;
conveying the data packets over the Internet to a receiving end user terminal;
determining the censorship ratings in the headers of the data packets; and
,acting on the data packets in response to their determined censorship ratings.
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Abstract
A method of censoring Internet content includes: packetizing a web page into one or more data packets (50); inserting into the data packets censorship ratings corresponding to the web page'"'"'s content; conveying the data packets (50) over the Internet (30) to a receiving end user terminal (10); determining the censorship ratings of the data packets (50); and, acting on the data packets (50) in response to their determined censorship ratings.
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1. A method of censoring Internet content, said method comprising:
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packetizing a web page into one or more data packets, each data packet comprising a header, a payload, and a trailer; using a computer processor, inserting a censorship rating relating to the web page in the header of each data packet; conveying the data packets over the Internet to a receiving end user terminal; determining the censorship ratings in the headers of the data packets; and
,acting on the data packets in response to their determined censorship ratings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of censoring content provided by a host over a communications network to an end user terminal, said method comprising:
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formatting the content into data packets; provisioning each data packet with a header, a payload, and a trailer; using a computer, providing for a censorship rating to be contained in the header of each data packet, said censorship rating relating to the content; conveying the data packets over the communications network; reading the censorship ratings in the headers of the data packets; and delivering data packets having censorships ratings that are within defined limits to the end user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18)
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11. A system for censoring content provided by a host over a communications network to an end user terminal, said system comprising:
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means for formatting the content into data packets; means for provisioning each data packet with a header, a payload, and a trailer; means for inserting censorship ratings in the header of each data packet, said censorship ratings relating to the content; means for reading the censorship ratings of the data packets in the headers; and means for delivering data packets having censorships ratings that are within defined limits to the end user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20)
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