Patent ID: 8918840

Claim:
A system for providing certified parental control of online social networks and video games, the system comprising: a database comprising at least one entry associated with a set of control limits for a child, said set of control limits including a plurality of personal characteristics of persons defining categories of persons said child may communicate with; an online communication server comprising hardware and software and including an interactive application module configured to allow first and second users to interact and communicate in an online environment; a certification server configured to communicate with the online communication server over a network to provide access to said database, the certification server comprising a server application that (a) registers and certifies a parent, (b) registers and certifies a child, and (c) receives and stores control limits for the child in said database; wherein the certification server is configured to respond to a parental control request from said online communication server that matches an entry for the child in the database by checking whether a subscriber has sufficient personal characteristics to fall within any one of said categories of persons said child may communicate with; and wherein said online communication server is configured to filter, enable, or disable a subscriber communication from said subscriber to said child depending on the response from the certification server; wherein said control limits comprises a minimum age and a maximum age, wherein said control limits further comprises a gender.