Controlling access to web content
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1. A method of controlling access to web content at a client computer, the method comprising:
- registering an access control status at the client computer for each of one or more user profiles established at the client computer, the access control status determining a level of access a user at the client computer has to content on a plurality of websites having respective different access control mechanisms;
detecting an attempt to access one of said websites having an access control mechanism, where detecting an attempt to access one of said websites includes intercepting outgoing http requests and, in response, suspending the access attempt and comparing said access control status registered at the client computer with an access control status currently registered at the website and, when these do not correspond, changing the access control status registered at the website to correspond with that registered at the client computer.
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Abstract
A method of controlling access to web content at a client computer. The method includes registering an access control status at the client computer, and detecting an attempt to access a website having an access control mechanism. In response to such detection, the access attempt is suspended and said access control status registered at the client computer compared with an access control status currently registered at the website. If these do not correspond, then the access control status registered at the website is changed to correspond with that registered at the client computer.
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1. A method of controlling access to web content at a client computer, the method comprising:
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registering an access control status at the client computer for each of one or more user profiles established at the client computer, the access control status determining a level of access a user at the client computer has to content on a plurality of websites having respective different access control mechanisms; detecting an attempt to access one of said websites having an access control mechanism, where detecting an attempt to access one of said websites includes intercepting outgoing http requests and, in response, suspending the access attempt and comparing said access control status registered at the client computer with an access control status currently registered at the website and, when these do not correspond, changing the access control status registered at the website to correspond with that registered at the client computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer readable memory storing a computer program for causing a client computer to control access to web content at the client computer, the computer program causing the client computer to:
register an access control status at the client computer for each of one or more user profiles established at the client computer, the access control status determining a level of access a user at the client computer has to content on a plurality of websites having respective different access control mechanisms;
detect an attempt to access one of said websites having an access control mechanism, where to detect an attempt to access one of said websites includes intercepting outgoing http requests and, in response, suspend the access attempt and compare said access control status registered at the client computer with an access control status currently registered at the website and, when these do not correspond, change the access control status registered at the website to correspond with that registered at the client.
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11. A computer system configured to operate as a client computer to provide a user with access to web content over the Internet, the computer comprising:
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a memory and a processor; a registration unit for registering an access control status for each of one or more user profiles established at the client computer, the access control status determining a level of access a user at the client computer has to content on a plurality of websites having respective different access control mechanisms; and a monitoring unit for detecting an attempt to access one of said websites having an access control mechanism, where detecting an attempt to access one of said websites includes intercepting outgoing http requests and, in response, for suspending the access attempt and comparing said access control status registered at the client computer with an access control status currently registered at the website and, when these do not correspond, changing the access control status registered at the website to correspond with that registered at the client computer.
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