Patent ID: 9021578
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for securing Internet access on restricted mobile platforms, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying an attempt, by a mobile device that uses a restricted mobile platform, to establish a virtual private network connection with a security server, wherein the restricted mobile platform prevents a user of the mobile device from installing, on the mobile device, a third-party application that is capable of filtering Internet communications of other applications installed on the mobile device; in response to identifying the attempt: assigning an Internet Protocol address to the mobile device; identifying, at the security server, a content-based security filter customized to filter communications at the security server for an account associated with the mobile device based on the content of the communications; receiving, at the security server from the mobile device via the virtual private network connection, a request for an Internet resource; providing, via the security server via the virtual private network connection, a response to the request to the mobile device based at least in part on the content-based security filter customized to filter communications at the security server for the account associated with the mobile device.