Patent ID: 8370261

Claim:
An access management system for managing network access of a user terminal of an end-user to at least one of a plurality of online content sources of a plurality of content providers, said user terminal and plurality of online content sources being connected to a computer network, comprising: a computing platform connected to said computer network and comprising: a content proxy unit which stores a concealed address which defines the storage location of each said online content source, said content proxy unit receives an access request for an access to at least one of said plurality of online content sources over said computer network from said user terminal; and an access management unit which stores an access rights record pertaining to said end-user, said access management unit authorizes said access request according to said access rights record; wherein said content proxy unit facilitates said network access by establishing an access session between said user terminal and said at least one of said plurality of online content sources, during which said proxy unit forwards to said user terminal content from said at least one online content source in said authorized access request using at least one of said concealed addresses, without providing said at least one concealed address to said user terminal; and wherein said access management system generates a fake address and provides said fake address for presentation on said user terminal; and wherein said content proxy unit receives a request for content using said fake address from said user terminal and replaces said fake address by at least one of said concealed addresses and forwards said request with said replacement concealed address to a corresponding online content source.