Selective and multiple programmed settings and passwords for...

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1999-08-12

2004-04-20

Barrón, Gilberto (Department: 2132)

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support

Multiple computer communication using cryptography

Protection at a particular protocol layer

C713S151000, C713S152000, C713S166000, C713S165000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06725380

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates in general to regulating and controlling browsing by a web browser of web pages having various assigned contents and/or content labels and in particular to provide selective, multiple, and various programmed settings of restricted content labels for web pages and providing content passwords to allow or prohibit browsing of web pages with particular contents and/or content labels and providing a change password for changing the programmed settings of the restricted content labels and the content passwords.
2. Description of the Related Art
Browsing of web pages has become commonplace in the use of computers and the Internet. The problem with web browsers have been the regulation and control of viewing various types of web page contents having different ratings over the Internet. For example, web pages containing indecent or foul language, nudity, sex, or violence have become an increasing concern to Internet users. The problem is of particular concern to minors or sensitive persons browsing web pages with these kinds of content.
Systems and methods have been developed to provide regulation, control, and restriction of browsing web content materials. A general system and method that presently exists is one that involves assigning content labels to web pages and restricting access to web pages that have certain content labels. For example, if a web page contains nudity, then this web page would be assigned a nudity content label. The web browser is set up so that content labels, such as the nudity content label, is restricted from viewing, and the web browser prohibits the access of any web page having the nudity content label. The programmed setting of the web browser would have to be changed in order to allow access of web pages with such content. Typically, a password would have to be correctly provided to the web browser in order to change the single programmed setting to allow access of web pages with such content or web pages with other or various types of content labels with other content ratings.
FIGS. 2
to
4
show a prior art example system and method that utilizes a single programmed setting for restricting content labels and a single password for a web browser to change the programmed setting in order to regulate and control browsing of web content by a user.
FIG. 2
shows the prior art overall web browsing system
10
. The system
10
has a web browser
12
. At block
14
, the single programmed setting is set with the content labels that are to be restricted from access by a web browser and user. In
FIG. 2
, the programmed setting is set so that restricted content labels having contents
1
and
2
are restricted from access by the browser
12
and web pages having any other content or content label, such as content
3
(C
3
) or non-password protected content (NPPC), are accessible by the browser
12
. At block
14
, the single change password that allows access by a user to change the single programmed setting for restricted content labels of web pages is provided and set. At block
16
, web page access is shown. In
FIG. 2
, the web browser
12
is programmed and set (via use of the correct single change password and setting of the single programmed setting of restricted content labels) to restrict access to web page
1
(WP
1
)
18
having a content label with content
1
(C
1
) and web page
2
(WP
2
)
20
having a content label with content
2
(C
2
) and allows access to any other web page, such as web pages
3
and
4
(WP
3
and WP
4
) each having a content label with content
3
(C
3
) and web page
5
(WP
5
)
26
having non-password protected content or content label. Thus, any web page having a content label that is not part of the single programmed setting of restricted content labels is allowed to be accessed by the web browser
12
.
FIG. 3
shows the similar overall web browsing system
10
as shown in
FIG. 2
wherein a change is made to the single programmed setting for the restricted content labels that are to be restricted in access by a user. System
10
has the same web browser
12
. However, at block
15
, the single change password is entered, and the single programmed setting for the restricted content labels is respectively changed. At block
15
, the single setting for restricted content labels is changed from restrictions to content labels having content
1
and
2
(C
1
and C
2
) to restrictions to only content labels having content
1
(C
1
only). At block
16
, web page access is shown. In
FIG. 3
, the web browser
12
is now changed to be programmed and set (via use of the single correct change password and the change in setting of the single programmed setting for the restricted content labels) to restrict the web browser
12
to access only those web pages having content
1
(C
1
), such as WP
1
18
having content
1
(C
1
). The single programmed setting of the restricted content labels is also changed to now allow the web browser
12
to access those web pages having content
2
(C
2
), such as WP
2
having content
2
(C
2
), and all other web pages with all other content or content labels, such as web pages
3
and
4
(WP
3
and WP
4
) each having a content label with content
3
(C
3
) and web page
5
(WP
5
)
26
having non-password protected content or content label.
FIG. 4
shows a prior art general method or algorithm
28
for setting a single programmed setting for restricted content labels and for password protecting the web browser content label setting (i.e. the single programmed setting) using a single password. The algorithm
28
starts at block
30
. At block
32
, a web browser
12
is provided. The algorithm
28
moves to block
34
where a single change password is provided to and assigned for the web browser
12
. The single change password allows changes to the single programmed setting of restricted content labels by entering and providing the correct single password to the web browser
12
and then allowing the changes to be made to the single programmed setting for the content labels that are to be restricted in access by the web browser
12
and a user. At block
36
, the single programmed setting for restricted content labels that are to be restricted by a web browser
12
and user are set. At block
38
, the web browser
12
accesses web pages, such as WP
1
18
, WP
2
20
, WP
3
22
, WP
4
24
, WP
5
26
, based on the single programmed setting for the restricted content labels.
The algorithm
28
moves to decision block
40
where it is determined whether a user wishes to continue browsing on the web browser
12
. If the user wishes to continue browsing, then the algorithm
28
moves to decision block
42
. At block
42
, it is determined whether a user wishes to change the restricted content labels in the single programmed setting. If the user wishes to make such a change(s), the algorithm
28
loops back to block
34
where the single change password has to be provided to the web browser
12
in order for the change(s) to be accordingly made. The algorithm
28
then continues therefrom. However, if the user does not wish to make such change(s), the algorithm
28
loops to block
38
where the web browser
12
accesses web pages based on the single programmed setting for restricted content labels, and the algorithm
28
then continues therefrom. Returning to decision block
40
, if the user wishes to not continue browsing on the web browser
12
, then the algorithm
28
ends at block
44
. Therefore, the present system and method only provides a single setting of restricted content labels and single password protection scheme of the web browser labels for a web browser
12
.
A significant drawback to the single programmed setting for restricted web content labels and single password protection scheme of web browser content labels is that it is limited to the single setting of the restricted content labels and the content rating for all users of the web browser
12
. Thus, users of the same web browser
12
may vary in the le

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