Patent ID: 7809797

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: executing, on a processor, a parent control application, wherein said executing includes: defining child rules for a child, wherein the child rules include off-line rules for the child imposed by a parent, wherein the off-line rules comprise one of or a combination of where, when, how and what activities the child is allowed to participate in; defining friend rules for on-line access to the child wherein the friend rules are defined relative to the child rules and are defined dependent upon particular constraints placed upon allowable, blocked and restricted relationships with the child by the parent; retrieving stranger information about a person requesting on-line access to said child, wherein said stranger information comprises characteristics of said person, wherein said stranger information is retrieved from a database of stranger information and said retrieving said stranger information comprises using a unique identifier as an index into said database of stranger information to retrieve said stranger information; comparing said stranger information about said person to said friend rules; allowing the person to be a friend with the child upon said comparing finding said person is allowed to be a new friend; blocking the person from being the friend with the child upon said comparing finding said person is not allowed to be the new friend, and finding said person is blocked from being the new friend; and applying stranger restriction on the person upon said comparing finding said person is not allowed to be the new friend, and finding said person is not blocked from being the new friend.