Patent ID: 7483375

Claim:
A modem, comprising: a modem core; a network stack which executes network protocols to allow said modem to communicate on an electronic network; and an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) packet sniffer which parses received HTML data; wherein said HTML packet sniffer further comprises: an HTML decoder that writes all received data to a received packet buffer, and at the same time parses tags; wherein, if said HTML decoder detects a rating tag, it compares a corresponding page's rating to a preset rating level; wherein, if said page passes, then said page continues to be stored in a receive buffer; wherein if said page fails, then all further data are suppressed and a reject message is stored in memory; and wherein if said page contains no ratings at a head of said page, said modem is configured to either pass the page or reject said page based upon a user configuration.