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Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2009
Applicants:

Piyush Upadhyay, Overland Park, KS (US);

Badri P. Subramanyan, Overland Park, KS (US);

John W. Davis, Kansas City, MO (US);

Inventors:

Piyush Upadhyay, Overland Park, KS (US);

Badri P. Subramanyan, Overland Park, KS (US);

John W. Davis, Kansas City, MO (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/25891 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system, and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for blocking online content based on ratings supplied by the content provider are provided. A content server may communicate a content rating for online content in a response to a request for the online content. The content rating may be communicated as an attribute value within the response header. The content rating may be compared to the rating-permission for the computing device that requested the online content to determine whether the content should be blocked. If the computing device that sent the request is not approved to receive the online content then the online content is blocked.


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