Patent ID: 7543068
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of filtering information communicated from information sources through a data network to consumer processing devices, the method comprising: associating filter rules with the consumer processing devices; receiving information at the data network from at least one of the information sources that is addressed to one of the consumer processing devices; filtering the information at an information filter device of the data network based on the filter rules associated with the addressed consumer processing device to generate filtered information by replacing a portion of the information with a user selectable link to generate at least a portion of the filtered information, storing the replaced portion of the information at the data network, and associating the user selectable link with the stored portion of the information, wherein the user selectable link indicates size and/or play time of the replaced portion of the information; communicating the filtered information including the user selectable link from the data network to the addressed consumer processing device; displaying, at the addressed consumer processing device, the size and/or the play time of the replaced portion of the information to a user; and in response to receiving a user selection of the user selectable link from the addressed consumer processing device, communicating the stored replaced portion of the information from the data network to the addressed consumer processing device, wherein the filter rules cause the information filter device to monitor metrics including identity of a website being access and depth of access into the website by the user, and said filtering the information is based on the monitored metrics.