Granted Patent B2

US 12,388,911 · App. 17/070,583 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Inventors: Brock Meadors (Bakersfield, CA); Kevin Sanders (Manchaca, TX)

Assignee: Lightspeed Solutions, LLC

H04L67/63H04L67/56H04L67/535

Abstract

Claims (46)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a proxy, web content for a web browser on a user device, wherein the web content comprises web components configured to make auxiliary web requests;

injecting, by the proxy, one or more browser-executable functions into the web content, wherein the one or more browser-executable functions comprise executable code, wherein the executable code is executed by the web browser on the user device and collects user interaction metrics indicating parameters of one or more user interactions with the web content;

transmitting, by the proxy, the web content, comprising the injected browser-executable functions, to the web browser of the user device;

receiving, by the proxy, a content request and an indication, the indication provided by the executable code of the injected one or more browser-executable functions, wherein the indication indicates whether the one or more user interactions with the web content is an auxiliary web request for a video asset and generated by a component of the web content or the content request is a user-generated request;

filtering, by the proxy, the content request based on the indication and whether the content request is for a video asset;

allowing, by the proxy, the web content when the indication indicates that the content request is generated by at least one user-generated request;

blocking, by the proxy, the web content when the indication indicates that the content request is generated by the web content; and

reporting, by the proxy, the allowed web content.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the injection of the one or more browser-executable functions is performed by the user device executing the web browser.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a source of the web content; and

selecting one or more browser-executable functions based, at least in part, on the source of the web content, wherein the step of injecting comprises injecting, by the proxy, the selected one or more browser-executable functions into the web content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more browser-executable functions comprise code for use by the web browser in performing browser-level filtering of the web content.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more browser-executable functions comprise code for use by the web browser in sanitizing at least one of video, image, or audio content.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising filtering, by the proxy, all content requests from the user device for a first period of time when a number of filtered content requests within a second period of time exceeds a threshold number.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the injected one or more browser-executable functions further comprise code for determining an amount of time spent viewing the web content by the user.

8. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code to perform steps comprising:

receiving web content for a web browser, wherein the web content comprises web components configured to make auxiliary web requests;

injecting one or more browser-executable functions into the web content, wherein the one or more browser-executable functions comprise executable code, wherein the executable code is executed by the web browser on a user device and collects user interaction metrics indicating parameters of one or more user interactions with the web content;

transmitting the web content, comprising the injected one or more browser-executable functions, to the web browser;

receiving a content request and an indication, the indication provided by the executable code of the injected one or more browser-executable functions, wherein the indication indicates whether the one or more user interactions with the web content is an auxiliary web request for a video asset and generated by a component of the web content or the content request is a user-generated request;

filtering the content request based on the indication and whether the content request is for a video asset;

allowing, by the proxy, the web content when the indication indicates that the content request is generated by at least one user-generated request;

blocking, by the proxy, web content when the indication indicates that the content request is generated by the web content; and

reporting, by the proxy, the allowed web content.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the one or more browser-executable functions comprise code for use by the browser in performing browser-level filtering of the web content.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the one or more browser-executable functions further comprise code for use by the web browser in reporting tracked content access.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the one or more browser-executable functions comprise code for use by the web browser in sanitizing at least one of video, image, or audio content.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein the one or more browser-executable functions comprise code for determining an amount of time spent viewing the web content.

13. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured by code in the memory to perform steps comprising:

receiving web content, wherein the web content comprises web components configured to make auxiliary web requests;

injecting one or more browser-executable functions into the web content, wherein the one or more browser-executable functions comprise executable code, wherein the executable code is executed by the web browser on a user device and collects user interaction metrics indicating parameters of one or more user interactions with the web content;

transmitting the web content, comprising the injected one or more browser-executable functions, to the web browser;

receiving a content request and an indication, the indication provided by the injected one or more browser-executable functions, wherein the indication indicates whether the one or more user interactions with the web content is an auxiliary web request for a video asset and generated by a component of the web content or the content request is a user-generated request;

allowing, by the proxy, the content request when the indication indicates that the content request is generated by at least one user-generated request;

blocking, by the proxy, web content when the indication indicates that the content request is generated by the web content; and

reporting, by the proxy, the allowed web content.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the one or more browser-executable functions comprise code for use by the browser in performing browser-level filtering of the web content.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the web browser.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the one or more browser-executable functions further comprise code for use by the web browser in reporting tracked content access to a proxy.

17. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the one or more browser-executable functions further comprise code for determining an amount of time spent viewing the requested web content by the user.

18. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the one or more browser-executable functions comprise code for use by the web browser in sanitizing at least one of video, image, or audio content.

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