Patent ID: 9225725
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling access to web content at a client computer, the method comprising: registering an access control status at the client computer, the access control status determining the level of access a user at the client computer has to content on a website having an access control mechanism; providing a web browser plugin on a web browser of the client computer; utilising the plug-in to detect an attempt to access a website via the web browser, the website having an access control mechanism and, in response, suspending the access attempt and comparing said access control status registered at the client computer with an access control status currently registered at the website and, if these do not correspond, then changing the access control status registered at the website to correspond with that registered at the client computer; and applying the method on a per user profile basis, where each user profile implemented at the client computer to access the website is associated with an access control status registered at the client computer.