Patent ID: 7089246
Filing Date: 2006-08-08
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of overriding a content rating used to determine whether to restrict a client system's access to a network resource, the method performed at a host system and comprising: maintaining access to a source of content ratings for network resources; maintaining an override content storage that stores override content ratings for some of the network resources; receiving a request for one of the network resources; determining whether an override content rating for the requested network resource is stored in the override content storage; when the override content rating is not stored in the override content storage, accessing a content rating for the requested network resource from the source of content ratings, using the content rating to determine whether to restrict a client system's access to the requested network resource, and restricting the client system's access to the requested network resource when the determination using the content rating indicates that the client system's access to the requested network resource should be restricted; and when the override content rating is stored in the override content storage, accessing the override content rating for the requested network resource from the override content storage, using the override content rating instead of the content rating to determine whether to restrict a client system's access to the requested network resource, and restricting the client system's access to the requested network resource when the determination using the override content rating indicates that the client system's access to the requested network resource should be restricted.