Remotely controlling access to online content
Various embodiments provide an approach to controlled access to online content. Such control may be based on a multitude of factors including but not limited to website content, profile for the person consuming the data. In operation, machine-learning techniques are used to classify the websites based on community and social media inputs, crowd-sourced data, as well as access rules implemented by parents or system administrators. Feedback from users/admins of the system, including the instances of allowed or denied access to websites, in conjunction with other relevant parameters, is used for iterative machine-learning techniques. Embodiments may also allow for real, or near real-time, approval or denial of access to websites by registered admins.
1. A method for remotely controlling access to a website, comprising the steps of:
registering an admin device with a server connected to a router;
receiving a request to access a website from a client browser connected to the router;
retrieving, to the router, a client profile stored on one of the router and the server;
accessing, in the router, a crowd sourced safety rank stored on one of the router and the server;
analyzing, in the router, the crowd sourced safety rank for the website and the client profile to determine that access to the website is not permitted;
receiving, in the router, an authorization request from the client browser;
forwarding the authorization request from the router to the admin device;
receiving, in the router, a response from the admin device;
determining, in the router, one of allowing and denying said authorization request responsive to the receipt of the response;
returning, from the router responsive to said determining, one of the website and an access denied message to the client browser.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving a response comprises receiving the response from an application running on the admin device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving a response comprises receiving the response from the admin device via the server.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of forwarding the authorization request is performed via an internet connection.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of forwarding the authorization request is performed via simple message service.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the response comprises configuration data.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of routing the response to the router through the server.
8. A method for remotely controlling access to a website, comprising the steps of:
registering an admin device with a server connected to a router;
sending to the router a crowd sourced safety rank for a web site responsive to a query from a browser;
receiving, from the router, a determination that access to the website is not permitted;
receiving a request from the router to access a web interface page;
serving the web interface page to the router;
receiving an authorization request via the web interface page from the router;
sending the authorization request to the admin device;
receiving a response from the admin device at the server;
transmitting the response to the router;
receiving from the router one of an instruction allowing and an instruction denying said request;
serving to the router one of the web site and an access denied message for the client browser responsive to the instruction from the router.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the step of receiving a response comprises receiving the response from an application running on the admin device.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the step of receiving a response comprises receiving the response from the admin device via the router.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the step of sending the authorization request is performed via an internet connection.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the step of sending the authorization request is performed via simple message service.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the response comprises configuration data.