Patent ID: 8543710

Claim:
A method of network traffic quarantine control, comprising: at a network access gateway device between a local network and the Internet, selecting a client device in a first network segment of the network; at the network access gateway device, performing a plurality of quarantine control functions over the client device, wherein the plurality of quarantine control functions comprises: a) restricting all network traffic emanating from the client device to one or more network destination addresses that are not in or subordinate to the first network segment; b) restricting all network traffic emanating from the client device to an allowed network destination address to selected one or more network protocols; and rendering a web page to display on the client device from the network access gateway device, wherein the web page contains an offer for a user of the client device to perform an action in order to obtain unrestricted access to the Internet responsive to implementation of one of the plurality of quarantine control function of the client device.