SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING AN INTERNET FILTER

摘要

A system and method for updating a filtering system which controls access to a website/page between a local area network (LAN) and an Internet. The LAN includes an Internet gateway system coupled to a workstation and configured to receive a URL request. The system controls access to the website/page associated with the URL based on one or more categories that are associated with the URL. The Internet gateway system can determine the category that is associated with the URL by referencing a master database or requesting the category from a database factory. The database factory can receive URLs from multiple Internet gateway systems. The database factory determines whether the identifier was previously categorized by the database factory and provides the category to the Internet gateway system. Once the Internet gateway system has the category, it applies rules associated with the category and user to filter access to the requested website/page.

主权项

1. An apparatus for updating a filtering system which controls a computer's access to a wide area network (WAN) of websites/pages, the apparatus comprising:
one or more hardware processors; one or more hardware memories, each of the hardware memories operably coupled to a corresponding hardware processor, and collectively configured to store instructions for the one or more hardware processors, the hardware memories collectively comprising:
an upload/download module configured to cause the processor to receive an identifier associated with a website/page accessed by the computer whose access to the wide area network is controlled by the filtering system and information associated with the identifier,a categorization module configured to cause the processor to categorize the identifier based at least in part on one of: the identifier, the website page associated with the identifier, and information associated with the identifier, anda database configured to receive information relating to the categorized identifier.