Patent ID: 7483982

Claim:
A system comprising: at least one processor; a first module that when executed by the at least one processor associates a category with an Internet site requested by a user, the category being selected from a predetermined list of categories; a second module that when executed by the at least one processor determines a data transfer rate through a predetermined network access point, the network access point being between an area network and an Internet so that data received from the Internet site in response to the request passes through the network access point, the data transfer rate being indicative of an amount of data traffic passing through the network access point; and a third module that when executed by the at least one processor identifies a predetermined network threshold value associated with the category that is associated with the requested Internet site, compares the predetermined network threshold value with the data transfer rate, and controls access through the network access point to the Internet site requested by the user based at least in part on the comparison.