Global Patent Index - EP 1374008 A2

EP 1374008 A2 20040102 - METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARENTAL INTERNET CONTROL

Title (en)

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARENTAL INTERNET CONTROL

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR INTERNET-KINDERSICHERUNG

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET SYSTEME DE CONTROLE INTERNET PARENTAL

Publication

EP 1374008 A2 20040102 (EN)

Application

EP 01272791 A 20011227

Priority

  • IL 0101212 W 20011227
  • IL 14062400 A 20001228
  • IL 14377701 A 20010614

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO02054200A2] The present invention relates to a method and system for carrying out Parental Control when browsing the Internet by means of a computer, which comprises: (a) Providing a Parental Control application; (b) Providing in said parental control application several setups, each setup including predefined restrictions for accessing Internet sites or Web pages; (c) Providing at least two mouse components, each mouse component having its unique ID; (d) Associating with each mouse component one or more of said setups; (e) When operating the computer for browsing the Internet, activating said Parental Control application; (f) Retrieving by said application the ID of the mouse component connected; and (g) Activating by said application the setup associated with the ID of said mouse component, thereby activating its corresponding Internet access restrictions. In one embodiment of the invention, the mouse component is the computer mouse. In another embodiment of the invention, the mouse component is a User ID Module.

IPC 1-7

G06F 1/00

IPC 8 full level

G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G06F 21/34 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2149 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 02054200A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 02054200 A2 20020711; WO 02054200 A3 20031023; EP 1374008 A2 20040102

DOCDB simple family (application)

IL 0101212 W 20011227; EP 01272791 A 20011227