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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2010
Richard Elliott Norton, Ste-Genevieve, CA;
Louis-rene Poirier-beauchemin, Montreal, CA;
Robert Héroux, Montreal, CA;
Mario Joseph Leo Claude Lavalliere, Mascouche, CA;
Richard Elliott Norton, Ste-Genevieve, CA;
Louis-Rene Poirier-Beauchemin, Montreal, CA;
Robert Héroux, Montreal, CA;
Mario Joseph Leo Claude Lavalliere, Mascouche, CA;
Vantrix Corporation, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
A method of content filtering of data containers of multiple content types is based on generating a set of encoded filters and a set of encoded rules for each content type. Each encoded filter is expressed as a respective operator, from among user-defined operators, and two operands including a content descriptor and a descriptor criterion. A filter has a binary state and a rule may be based on a single filter or a number of selected filters. An apparatus implementing the method has a user interface for receiving user-defined configuration data, a configuration module for generating a set of encoded filters and a set of encoded rules for each content type, a network interface for receiving data containers from a network and transmitting filtered data containers to the network, and a filtering module for applying the rules to received data containers.