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System and method for preventing the reception and transmission of malicious or objectionable content transmitted through a network

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#536Parental Lock Guard software

Applies to Claims 1,4

Submitted by: Diane WillisLast updated: over 3 years ago

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Summary / Description

Summary / Description	Software product that can be configured to block access to objectionable internet sites.

Basic Information

Type of Prior Art	Online Publication

URL	http://www.riasc.net/plg.aspx

Author/Creator	RIA Software Company

Title	Parental Lock Guard

Publication Date	April 2004

Publisher

Directions to Document Location

Additional Information	Information at the URL on Version 1.1 in April 2004 includes details related to this patent applilcation's Claims.

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Excerpt

Excerpt

Parental Lock Guard is a comprehensive application ideal for guarding your PC. A full-featured "All around protection" is property of Parental Lock Guard. It protects your PC from: entire-day working, internet not suitable materials, your folders viewing, renaming, deleting, and also from starting certain applications. Administrator have all rights to control the PC. Others are second-class users! All mistakes will result in computers shutting down!!! Also, everything can be customized to suit your preferences. RIA Software Company continues to develop easy-to-use applications that everyone from amateurs to professionals can use and enjoy. Features of Parental Lock Guard Parental Lock Guard has many new and exciting features: Log, Internet Spy, Folder Lock, File Lock, Main switch. Features in 1.1 * Logs every power-on and shutting down, and calculate user time spent working on PC * Make black list (list of the words that can Not be contained in title of the internet address in default browser) and view all addresses users visited, and all blocked addresses * Protect folders that contains secret materials from viewing, renaming, deleting. * Don't allow some applications to start. For example, "Solitaire" game that could be played for hours... * One button turn-around (Main switch) could be very useful for administrator to turn all protections off, and back again to the pre-defined Version 1.1 - April 2004 * Added "Main Switch" for fast turning protection off and back on. * Added "Log" for controlling the time user started and stopped with computer work including calculation and summary. * Added "Internet Spy" that controls user internet browsing. Administrator can also make black list. That is the list of words or url-s that can Not be contained in user Internet address. It also monitors all blocked url-s and distinct addresses. * Added "Folder Lock" that locks all folders that administrator desire from viewing, renaming, deleting. Could be useful when there are secret materials that user could access. * Added "File Lock" which permit certain applications starting. * Uninstall deletes now almost all files and registry entries. * "About" window design has changed. No more problems in false links. * Bug fixes.

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Claims

A system for preventing the reception and transmission of malicious or objectionable content transmitted through a network, comprising:a thin client installed upon a user computer and associated with a web browser computer program installed upon the user computer, the thin client and web browser being coupled to a web proxy server with a network service provider;

at least one protective server intermediate the web proxy server and the network, the protective server being dedicated to detecting a type of malicious or objectionable content and acting to deter the reception of detected content by the user computer; and

at least one reference library containing a profile defining malicious or objectionable content, the protective server utilizing the library to identify the malicious or objectionable content.

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A method for preventing the reception and transmission of malicious or objectionable content transmitted through a network, comprising the steps of:installing a thin client upon a user computer and associating the thin client with a web browser computer program installed upon the user computer;

coupling the thin client and web browser to a web proxy server with a network service provider;

installing at least one protective server intermediate the web proxy server and the network, the protective server being dedicated to detecting a type of malicious or objectionable content and acting to deter the reception of detected content by the user computer; and

providing at least one reference library containing a profile defining malicious or objectionable content, the protective server utilizing the library to identify the malicious or objectionable content.

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