Core Network Content Rating Filter for Wireless Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wireless communication systems lack effective mechanisms to control and filter out adult-oriented content from being received by mobile devices, particularly those used by children, leading to undesirable content being accessed by unintended users.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a content rating system where mobile device users can set a content rating preference, and both the core network and mobile devices can filter content based on predefined criteria, assigning higher ratings to adult-oriented content, ensuring that only content meeting the user's specified rating threshold is received and stored securely.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If content is transmitted to mobile devices without filtering, then content availability is improved, but harmful content exposure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary content rating and classification before content is transmitted to mobile devices. Content providers assign ratings to content items, and the core network filters content based on user profile ratings before delivery, preventing harmful content from reaching users in advance
Solution Approach 2:
The core network acts as an intermediary between content providers and mobile devices. It receives content from content providers, evaluates content ratings against user profiles, and selectively forwards only appropriate content to mobile devices, thereby mediating the content transmission process
2Object-affected harmful factors
If content filtering is implemented, then harmful content exposure is reduced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The content filtering function is extracted from the mobile device and implemented in the core network. The core network handles content rating evaluation and filtering decisions, while mobile devices only receive pre-filtered content, simplifying the device architecture
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of requiring complex filtering algorithms in every mobile device, the system uses simplified rating criteria stored in the core network. The core network evaluates content against these criteria and makes filtering decisions centrally, avoiding the need for complex local processing
3Reliability
If content rating preferences are enforced, then content safety is improved, but user freedom decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The content filtering system is dynamic and configurable. Users can modify their content rating preferences and profiles, and the system adapts filtering decisions based on real-time user profile changes, allowing flexibility while maintaining safety
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows different content rating preferences for different users and different content types. Each user profile can have customized rating criteria, and the core network applies appropriate filtering based on the specific user's preferences, enabling tailored content delivery
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methodologies, and devices are described that facilitate filtering content sent to a mobile device(s) by a content provider via a core network. A content provider can determine a content rating for content, and/or the core network and/or mobile device can determine or infer a content rating for unrated content from a content provider, based in part on predefined content rating criteria. A mobile device user can specify a desired content rating preference for the mobile device. A filter(s) respectively associated with the core network and/or mobile device can filter the content based in part on the content rating of the content and the content rating preference of the mobile device to which the content is being sent. Content that does not meet a content rating threshold can be filtered out and stored in a secure content folder accessible using a security code or discarded.