CPC H04W 12/088 (2021.01) [H04W 12/122 (2021.01); H04W 80/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method for preventing access to undesired content, the method comprising:
receiving a request to access content at a first wireless mesh node, the request identifying a content source device;
determining that information associated with the request does not have a match in contents stored in a first cache memory of the first wireless mesh node;
transmitting the request to a second wireless mesh node;
transmitting the request to an alternate wireless mesh node upon determining that the second wireless mesh node is unable to process the request;
identifying a match stored in an alternate cache memory of the alternate wireless mesh node;
receiving a response from the alternate wireless mesh node indicating that the request is associated with a matching result stored in the alternate cache memory;
storing the response in the first cache memory of the first wireless mesh node;
determining that the content source device is associated with a bad reputation based on the stored response indicating the matching result in the first cache memory;
transmitting instructions from the first wireless mesh node to one or more additional wireless mesh nodes indicating that the request should be blocked in accordance with the response indicating the matching result stored in the first cache memory; and
rejecting the request based on the matching result stored in the first cache memory.
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