Patent ID: 8538466

Claim:
A method for analyzing SMS messages for restricted content, said method comprising: receiving an SMS message intended for a recipient; receiving a user-restriction profile; determining whether the SMS message contains content that is indicated to be restricted by the user-restriction profile, wherein determining whether the SMS message contains restricted content further includes determining which portions of the SMS message contains restricted content and which portions do not contain restricted content; in response to the determination that the SMS message does not contain restricted content, delivering the SMS message to the recipient; and in response to the determination that the SMS message contains at least a portion of restricted content and a portion of nonrestricted content, separating the SMS message into the portion of restricted content and the portion of nonrestricted content, delivering the portion of nonrestricted content of the SMS message to the recipient, while restricting delivery of the portion of restricted content of the SMS message to the recipient and delivering the SMS message to an authorized secondary receiver.