Patent ID: 8949928
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of parental control by a user for access to websites, multimedia contents and Internet services, the method carried out with a Policy and Charging Control “PCC” architecture having a Parental Control Manager “PCM” server, a Policy Control Enforcement Function device with Deep Packet Inspection capabilities “PCEF-DPI device”, and a Policy Control Rules Function “PCRF” server, the method including the steps of: a user establishing or modifying an IP Connectivity Access Network (IP-CAN) session at a PCEF-DPI device; the PCEF-DPI device establishing or modifying a control session for the IP-CAN session with a PCRF server; receiving initial control rules for the IP-CAN session at the PCEF-DPI device from the PCRF server; installing the initial control rules at the PCEF-DPI device; the PCEF-DPI device inspecting and classifying Internet traffic for the user in accordance with the initial control rules; detecting at the PCEF-DPI device an Internet traffic type to be monitored for the user in accordance with monitoring criteria; the PCEF-DPI device notifying a PCM server about the Internet traffic type to be monitored for the user; presenting a logon web page for the user logging-on in the PCM server; the user logging-on in the PCM server and selecting further monitoring criteria on Internet traffic types and corresponding actions to be carried out when any further monitoring criteria fit a given Internet traffic type; the PCM server notifying the PCRF server of the further monitoring criteria and corresponding actions selected by the user; the PCRF server generating new control rules for the IP-CAN session based on the further monitoring criteria and corresponding actions selected by the user and received from the PCM server; the PCRF server submitting these new control rules to the PCEF-DPI device; the PCEF-DPI device installing the new control rules; and the PCEF-DPI device inspecting and classifying Internet traffic for the user by taking corresponding actions in accordance with the new control rules.