Patent ID: 8699998
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for restricting delivery of incoming messages at a mobile device, comprising: receiving an incoming message on the mobile device; determining whether one or more restriction conditions match at least one restriction criteria specified in a community-based parental control profile based on demographic information; storing the received message in memory and not passing it to a message application inbox when it is determined that at least one restriction condition matches at least one restriction criteria; modifying the at least one restriction criteria of the community-based parental control profile with at least one of a third party parental control profile and a non-community based parental control profile; checking the restriction conditions to determine whether the at least one restriction condition still matches the modified at least one restriction criteria; and passing stored received messages to the message application inbox when the restriction conditions no longer match any of the restriction criteria.