Patent ID: 7302701

Claim:
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a processor, direct a computer to perform a method comprising: receiving at a transmitter device that is capable of sending data on a network a request from a user for transmission of user message data to a requested network, resource at a requested network address on the network; determining by the transmitter device if the requested transmission is proscribed because the request requires use of a function of the transmitter device that has not been predefined as a permitted function, or because the user has not been predefined as a permitted user; the determining further comprising retrieving a function access list (FAL) and comparing the function to the FAL; sending the transmission of the user message data to the requested network resource at the requested network address when the determination determines the requested transmission not to be proscribed; and issuing from the transmitter device a diagnostic when the determination determines the requested transmission to be proscribed.