Patent ID: 7516219
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A consumer configurable mobile web communications system comprising: a patrol module adapted to receive configuration information from a primary user, store the configuration information in a patrol database, and forward configuration data based on the configuration information received from the primary user upon updates to said configuration information, said configuration information and data defining rules for restricting web communications over a mobile telecommunications network by one or more mobile devices associated with one or more secondary users; a subsystem of web filtering components associated with said mobile telecommunications network and interconnected with the patrol module, said web filtering components including a control module adapted to receive and to store said configuration data forwarded by said patrol module, a web filtering module connected to means for enabling wireless access to web content by said mobile communication devices, said control module communicating with said web filtering module to cause said web filtering module to apply said stored configuration data to manage web communications to and from said mobile devices of said secondary users according to appropriate ones of said rules, and a directory service and authentication module in electronic communication with said control module, said directory service and authentication module adapted to maintain a real-time database mapping permanent telephone numbers of said mobile devices to current internet protocol addresses assigned to said mobile devices; wherein said web filtering components manage said web communications for a given secondary user by identifying mobile web communication requests made by said given secondary user by mapping an internet protocol address for a given mobile device associated with said given secondary user, using said internet protocol address to lookup a mobile telephone number for said given secondary user, and said control module using said telephone number to identify appropriate ones of said rules, and said web filtering module implementing instructions from said control module regarding whether to permit said identified mobile web communication requests.