websites to which the user is allowed access application_number US 35379306 A description fig1 is a block diagram illustrating the operation of applicants 39 invention a customer at customer equipment 1 is connected via the public switched telephone and wireless network 3 to an internet service provider 11 and thence to the internet 5 the customer equipment can be a land line in which case only the public switched telephone network is used for accessing the internet or it can be a wireless terminal in which case the public switched wireless network is used to access the public switched telephone network and thence to connect to the internet service provider the wireline network can provide access via a 1 800 number via a digital subscriber line dsl via a cable modem wireless access can be provided via wifi wireless fidelity wimax worldwide interoperability for microwave access wlan wireless local area network or wap wireless application protocol the means for accessing the internet service provider are well known in the prior art the customer sends messages to the internet service provider isp 11 identifying the website which is to be accessed by means of the url of that website at the isp a processor 17 accesses a database 13 of the isp to find the customer profile 15 of the calling customer the internet service provider then accesses the requested website 21 via the internet 5 in order to obtain the restriction rating 23 of.