US Patent 11784975 Image-based firewall system

A system includes a media source and a firewall system. The media source stores media content that includes one or both of an image or a video. The firewall system stores filtering criteria that include rules for blocking communication of all or a portion of the media content based at least in part on an identity of an individual appearing in the media content. The firewall system receives a request for the media content. The firewall system determines characteristics of a user that provided the request for the media content. The firewall system determines the identity of the individual appearing in the media content. Based at least in part on the characteristics of the user that provided the request for the media content, the identity of the individual appearing in the media content, and the filtering criteria, the firewall system determines an action for securing the media content.