Managing access to content using ratings provided by a content provider

摘要

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.

主权项

1. One or more nontransitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method of providing a content rating that enables a requesting computing device to restrict user access to requested digital content using the content rating, the method comprising:
at a content server, receiving the digital content from a digital-content provider that generated the digital content, wherein the digital content is a web page; at the content server, receiving the content rating associated with the web page that indicates a nature of the web page, wherein the content rating is received from the digital-content provider that generated the web page; at the content server, storing the web page in a ratings database in a memory coupled to the content server, wherein:
the memory contains directories that are pre-associated with particular content ratings;storing the web page includes storing the web page in a directory that is pre-associated with the content rating; andother digital content stored in the directory is associated with the content rating; from a requesting computing device, receiving a request for the web page; generating a hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) response that includes the web page and the content rating associated with the web page, wherein the content rating is communicated through an attribute value in an HTTP header of the HTTP response that includes the web page and wherein generating the response includes determining the content rating associated with the web page based on the directory in which the web page is stored; and communicating the response to the requesting computing device, such that the requesting computing device is able to restrict user access to the web page using the content rating.