Patent ID: 8443304
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of avoiding potentially unsafe content, comprising: receiving a request from a web browser to retrieve displayable content; in response to receiving the request, retrieving the displayable content specified in the request; identifying an unsafe portion of the displayable content, wherein the unsafe portion satisfies one or more predetermined criteria describing content that may cause a photosensitive seizure in a viewer of the content when displayed; modifying, by execution of one or more computer processors, the displayable content to remove the unsafe portion of the displayable content, wherein modifying the displayable content to remove the unsafe portion comprises replacing the unsafe portion of the displayable content with a predetermined image, wherein the predetermined image indicates that the unsafe portion was removed from the displayable content; and in response to the request, outputting the modified displayable content for display in the web browser.