SUPERVISED INTERNET ACCESS

摘要

A system is presented for providing a secure and safe internetworking system that is a completely self-contained internet exclusively for children or other private groups. The system comprises a server system, a plurality of dial-up ports connected to said server system, and a plurality of web pages comprising content that is suitable for children or other private groups. The address space of content loaded onto the system may be partitioned for individual children or member and may be increased by authenticated, verified consent by parents or system administrators. The system provides hardware and/or means for authorizing the addition of requested web pages onto the system. In another aspect of the present invention, there is an upper limit imposed on the number of children engaged in any particular chat room. Chat among children is monitored either by humans or automatic language filters whereby the number of children in a given chat room does not exceed a pre-set upper bound.