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DoBox integrates RuleSpace Contexion services technology into internet gateway parental controls solution

On: 2002-01-08 11:52:15

Integrated Offering for OEMs and Broadband Service Providers Enables Ultimate Online Safety for Homes and Schools

PORTLAND, Ore. and SALT LAKE CITY - January 8, 2002 - RuleSpace, LLC, the leading provider of automated Web content recognition, and DoBox, Inc., a leading provider of Internet gateway software for homes and schools, today announced that DoBox has integrated RuleSpace's Contexion™ Online Lookup Service (OLS) and Contexion Embedded Analysis Toolkit (EATK) into its innovative Internet gateway software. The integrated solution, available to OEMs and broadband service providers in February, provides unparalleled control and security of home and school Internet systems.

"Effective filtering of inappropriate Web content is absolutely a 'must-have' in the delivery of broadband Internet access and home networking solutions," said Nicole Toomey Davis, CEO, DoBox. "Contexion-powered filtering, added to our patent-pending chat, email and game management, enables DoBox partners to provide families and schools with the most robust parental controls in the industry, enabling children and family members to access the beneficial resources of the Internet without inadvertently venturing into its danger zones."

Used by other industry leaders including AOL, Intel and Secure Computing to power their Web filtering applications, RuleSpace's Contexion Services is based on sophisticated neural network-based technology that provides the most accurate recognition of Web content available by analyzing both the words on a page and the context in which they are used. Contexion Services boasts the largest, continuously updated database of discovered inappropriate Web sites available today, supports eight languages and is capable of automatically recognizing dynamically generated Web pages such as search results.

"DoBox has succeeded in solving the networking puzzle for homes and schools by delivering all the necessary software pieces including content filtering, time-of-day control and chat/email management in combination with hardware OEMs and service providers," said Charlie Kawasaki, president and CEO, RuleSpace. "By integrating state-of-the-art technologies such as Contexion Services into a single offering, they provide a solution for enhancing online safety that is both easy to implement and highly effective."

DoBox's patent-pending software technology provides the network infrastructure for broadband connected homes and schools. Key product features include:

Family Firewall, an industry-leading parental controls technology that includes chat and email management, content filtering, web-browsing management and peer-to-peer interaction management.

Smart Firewall, an industrial quality firewall that protects the home from unwanted access and is pre-configured for ease of use. Also manages Internet game playing by game and time-of-day.

SecureChannel, a proprietary technology that permits the broadband service provider to remotely access, upgrade and troubleshoot the home network.

School Wall, an industry-leading, CIPA compliant solution that allows schools to manage all student Internet interactions including chat, email, Web browsing, Internet game playing and peer-to-peer interactions.

 

DoBox partners with residential gateway manufacturers and other technology developers that need to incorporate sophisticated networking, parental controls and firewall software or advanced home networking applications into their product line. The company enables vendors and major broadband service providers to easily link computers, entertainment systems, communication devices, smart home systems and the latest information appliances to each other and to a single, high-speed Internet connection. DoBox's home networking partners include National SemiConductor, Everex, UStec and others. By licensing DoBox technology, DoBox partners access a cost- and feature-effective way to deliver state-of-the-art gateway and parental controls solutions.

DoBox will be showcasing the DoBox powered and protected networked home January 8-11 at CES 2002, booth 25035 in the Digital Home Appliances Pavilion, South Hall 1-2.

About Contexion Services

Based on the application of patented neural network technology and pattern recognition techniques, Contexion Services automatically analyzes Web pages, site structure, subdirectories and links, then rates and stores the sites and subdirectories in the largest database of pre-categorized inappropriate Web content available today. RuleSpace provides enterprise access control vendors, ISPs and portals with multiple implementation options:

Contexion Online Lookup Service. Provides a subscription-based ASP model for direct and immediate access to the Contexion Services rating database.

Contexion Embedded Analysis Toolkit. Enables Contexion Services technology to be directly embedded into applications for real-time analysis of personalized Web pages, search results and other dynamic Web content.

Contexion List Service. Enables augmentation or replacement of existing URL lists via the Contexion List Service Toolkit, which provides application developers with all necessary application programming interfaces to access and manage the URL lists.

The combination of real-time categorization and automated retrieval of site category ratings from Contexion Service's unmatched database of pre-categorized content results in the highest possible degree of filtering precision.

About RuleSpace, LLC

RuleSpace, LLC, a privately held corporation located in Portland, Oregon, is an Internet infrastructure vendor that powers Internet applications with its Contexion Services product family. These products provide automated Web content recognition technology and services that instantly recognize Web content and facilitate the delivery of relevant Web information. Solutions powered by Contexion Services enable network access vendors, ISPs and portals to deliver more meaningful and appropriate information to users as they surf the Web. More information on RuleSpace is available at www.rulespace.com.

About DoBox, Inc.

Established in 1999, DoBox, Inc. is a leading provider of OEM software to power and protect the broadband-connected, networked home. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, the company develops leading-edge technology for home gateways that simplifies delivery of broadband connectivity and services to networked residential customers. DoBox currently offers a complete line of advanced home gateway, Smart Firewall™ and Family Firewall™ software technologies, aimed at helping leading product partners and service providers securely "Internet enable" a broad range of information and entertainment devices inside the home. For more information, contact DoBox at 801-446-4404 x201, or at http://www.dobox.com.



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