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 webpage, comprising the steps of:
1.1. registering an admin mobile device with a server connected to a router;
1.2. receiving a request to access a website from a client browser connected to the router;
1.3. accessing, at the router, a database of crowd-sourced data comprising at least one of a crowd-sourced whitelist and a crowd-sourced blacklist;
1.4. determining, at the router, that the requested website is on the crowd-sourced whitelist;
1.5. responsive to a positive determination, returning the website to the client browser;
1.6. responsive to a negative determination, further determining, by the router, that the requested website is on the crowd-sourced blacklist;
1.7. responsive to a positive determination in step 1.6, returning an access denied message to the client browser;
1.8. responsive to a negative determination in step 1.6, performing, by the router, the steps of:
1.8.1. transmitting an authorization request to the registered admin mobile device;
1.8.2. receiving a response from the registered admin mobile device;
1.8.3. determining one of allowing and denying said request responsive to the receipt of the response; and
1.8.4. returning the website on determination of allowing and returning an access denied message on determination of denying 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 mobile device.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving a response comprises receiving the response from the admin mobile device via the server.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of transmitting the authorization request is performed via an internet connection.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of transmitting 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 system for remotely controlling access to a webpage, the system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:
1.1. registering an admin mobile device with a server connected to a router;
1.2. receiving a request to access a website from a client browser connected to the router;
1.3. accessing, at the router, a database of crowd-sourced data comprising at least one of a crowd-sourced whitelist and a crowd-sourced blacklist;
1.4. determining, at the router, that the requested website is on the crowd-sourced whitelist;
1.5. responsive to a positive determination, returning the website to the client browser;
1.6. responsive to a negative determination, further determining, by the router, that the requested website is on the crowd-sourced blacklist;
1.7. responsive to a positive determination in step 1.6, returning an access denied message to the client browser;
1.8. responsive to a negative determination in step 1.6, performing, by the router, the steps of:
1.8.1. transmitting an authorization request to the registered admin mobile device;
1.8.2. receiving a response from the registered admin mobile device;
1.8.3. determining one of allowing and denying said request responsive to the receipt of the response; and
1.8.4. returning the website on determination of allowing and returning an access denied message on determination of denying to the client browser.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the step of receiving a response comprises receiving the response from an application running on the admin mobile device.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the step of receiving a response comprises receiving the response from the admin mobile device via the router.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the step of transmitting the authorization request is performed via an internet connection.
12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the step of transmitting the authorization request is performed via simple message service.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the response comprises configuration data.