Patent ID: 8085774

Claim:
A method for filtering content, comprising: receiving at an IP device of a service provider a packet from a client computer containing a request for content from a server, where the packet comprises a user identifier for a user; determining filtering privileges for the user based upon the user identifier at the IP device; denying the request for the content based upon the filtering privileges of the user and an IP address of the server; displaying a filtering page at the client computer, wherein the filtering page includes one of a first link and text, and wherein the first link is to an administrator device, wherein the text identifies the administrator device, and wherein the administrator device is a client device authorized to receive the content from the IP device; transmitting a notification message to the administrator device based on the one of the first link and the text, wherein the notification message includes a second link to the IP device and indicates the denied request; generating a permission reply at the administrator device based on the second link in the notification message, wherein the permission reply indicates that access to the content is permitted for the client computer; receiving the permission reply from the administrator device at the IP device; accepting the permission reply at the IP device; and providing content from the server to the client computer through the IP device in response to the accepting of the permission reply.