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Granted Patent B2
US 10,708,228 · App. 15/683,956 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Systems and methods for user defined network enabled content filtering

Inventors: Mark Austin (Roswell, GA); Shahab Azmoudeh (Dallas, TX); Joseph Dorsey, Jr. (Allen, TX); Victor Nilson (Dallas, TX); Christopher Sambar (San Antonio, TX); Jerald Weber (Newcastle, WA)
Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.; AT&T Mobility II LLC
H04L63/0263H04L63/0236H04L63/101H04L63/168
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Patent No.
US 10,708,228
App. No.
15/683,956
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A content filtering system and method includes receiving in a network device in a network from a user device, a user selected set of rules identifying a set of URLs to be blocked. The set of rules are loaded into the network device. The network device receives from the user device a request to access a specified URL. A determination is made at the network device whether the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules. If the specified URL is in the user selected set of rules, then the specified URL is blocked.

Claims (34)

1. A content filtering method comprising:

providing N! domain name systems wherein each of the N! domain name systems provides N categories of content filtering comprising one or more of a malware filter, an objectionable content filter, or a privacy filter loaded as a browser plug-in a smart phone;

making a selection in the smart phone of a selected filter from the N categories of content filtering through an application that facilitates the selection;

receiving in a network device in a network from the smart phone, the selection;

determining an applicable domain name system from the N! domain name systems that corresponds to the selection;

receiving at the network device from the smart phone a request to access a specified URL;

directing the request to the applicable domain name system; and

applying the selected filter.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the network device is a smart proxy.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the network device is a domain name system server.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the selection is selected from a menu accessible by the smart phone from a network server.

5. A content filtering system comprising:

a network device;

a memory coupled to the network device, the memory storing executable instructions that cause the network device to effectuate operations comprising:

providing N! domain name systems wherein each of the N! domain name systems provides N categories of content filtering comprising one or more of a malware filter, an objectionable content filter, or a privacy filter loaded as a browser plug-in a smart phone;

making a selection in the smart phone of a selected filter from the N categories of content filtering through an application that facilitates the selection;

receiving in the network device in a network, from the smart phone the selection;

determining an applicable domain name system from the N! domain name systems that corresponds to the selection;

receiving at the network device from the smart phone a request to access a specified URL;

directing the request to the applicable domain name system; and

applying the selected filter.

6. The content filtering system of claim 5 wherein the network device is a smart proxy.

7. The content filtering system of claim 5 wherein the network device is a domain name system server.

8. The content filtering system of claim 5 wherein the selection is selected from a menu accessible by the smart phone from a network server.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that cause a network device executing the computer executable instructions to effectuate operations comprising;

providing N! domain name systems wherein each of the N! domain name systems provides N categories of content filtering comprising one or more of a malware filter, an objectionable content filter, or a privacy filter loaded as a browser plug-in a smart phone;

making a selection in the smart phone of a selected filter from the N categories of content filtering through an application that facilitates the selection;

receiving in the network device in a network from the smart phone the selection;

determining an applicable domain name system from the N! domain name systems that corresponds to the selection;

receiving at the network device from the smart phone a request to access a specified URL;

directing the request to the applicable domain name system; and

applying the selected filter.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 wherein the network device is a smart proxy.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 wherein the network device is a domain name system server.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2020
From: AUSTIN, MARK; AZMOUDEH, SHAHAB; DORSEY, JOSEPH, JR; NILSON, VICTOR; SAMBAR, CHRISTOPHER
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 052148/0877 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2020
From: WEBER, JERALD W.
To: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
Reel/Frame 052149/0091 →
Continuity (1)
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