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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Christopher Baldwin, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Bruce Barnes, Pingree Grove, IL (US);
Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Elgin, IL (US);
Patrick Kenny, Barrington, IL (US);
Shadi Khoshaba, Skokie, IL (US);
Dolores J. Mallian, St. Charles, IL (US);
Nikhil Shreerang Marathe, Roselle, IL (US);
Christopher Baldwin, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Bruce Barnes, Pingree Grove, IL (US);
Wayne Robert Heinmiller, Elgin, IL (US);
Patrick Kenny, Barrington, IL (US);
Shadi Khoshaba, Skokie, IL (US);
Dolores J. Mallian, St. Charles, IL (US);
Nikhil Shreerang Marathe, Roselle, IL (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Network-based content filtering utilizing user-specified parameters is disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein to perform network-based content filtering include receiving, at an incoming edge router of a provider network, incoming data to be routed in the provider network to a destination device, and before routing the incoming data in the provider network, determining whether to restrict the routing of the incoming data in the provider network to the destination device based on a parameter associated with the destination device, the parameter being related to a content classification of the incoming data.