Patent ID: 9736114
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, facilitate a method of controlling access to mature content contained in a communication between two or more mobile devices associated with their respective two or more users by utilizing a network element, the mature content comprising content that has been designated as inappropriate for viewing by a designated class of people, the method comprising: receiving, at the network element, a communication from a first user's mobile device, wherein the communication is directed to a particular recipient associated with a second user's mobile device; determining, at an image detector component on the network element, that the communication includes an image; extracting the image from the communication, wherein said extracting includes assembling the image in a buffer associated with the network element; determining, at an image scanner component on the network element, that at least a portion of the image includes mature content; flagging the image with an indication that the image has been scanned and with an indication that the image includes mature content based on the determining that the image includes mature content; and restricting access to the mature content by the second user's mobile device, at a content restrictor component on the network element, when the second user's mobile device is determined to belong to a user designated to the designated class of people for which the mature content is inappropriate by referencing a billing server.