Patent ID: 8527631

Claim:
A method of rating a Web site, said method comprising: downloading a proxy autoconfiguration (PAC) file from a PAC server to a Web browser of a user computer; executing a function of said PAC file including sending a request to a rating server along with a host name of a Web site; producing a rating result associated with said Web site by said rating server; returning said rating result to said function in said PAC file; said function returning an address of a proxy server to said Web browser based upon said rating result from said rating server; and said function determining whether said rating result is positive or negative; said function returning an address of a dummy proxy server to said Web browser when said rating result is negative, said dummy proxy server not providing normal proxy service, not allowing access to said Web site, and always returning a warning page no matter the query sent to said dummy proxy server; and said function returning an address of a real proxy server to said Web browser when said rating result is positive.