METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING ACTIVITY OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
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1. A method for monitoring activity of an electronic device comprising:
- associating one or more monitoring devices with one or more electronic devices;
generating a record for each of the one or more electronic devices based on an operational state of the particular electronic device; and
transmitting the record from each electronic device to one or more of the monitoring devices.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for monitoring activity of a device. The method includes associating one or more monitoring devices with an electronic device. Rules that have been established to define acceptable content that can be accessed by the electronic device are accessed. Requested content, which is requested by the electronic device, is identified. The requested content is compared to the established rules. An alert condition is generated when the requested content violates the established rules. An alert signal is provided to the one or more monitoring devices based on the alert condition
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1. A method for monitoring activity of an electronic device comprising:
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associating one or more monitoring devices with one or more electronic devices; generating a record for each of the one or more electronic devices based on an operational state of the particular electronic device; and transmitting the record from each electronic device to one or more of the monitoring devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for monitoring activity of a device comprising:
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associating one or more monitoring devices with an electronic device; accessing established rules for acceptable content that can be accessed by the electronic device; identifying requested content that is requested by the electronic device; comparing requested content to the established rules; generating an alert condition when the requested content violates the established rules; and providing an alert signal to the one or more monitoring devices based on the alert condition.
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15. A method for monitoring activity of a module of an electronic device comprising:
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associating an electronic device with one or more activity modules; establishing activity parameters for activities of the activity module; identifying actuation of one or more of the activity parameters of the activity module; generating an accumulation of identified actuations; and providing the accumulation of identified actuations utilizing a pre-selected protocol. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for monitoring a remote server comprising:
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registering one or more remote servers as listening devices for one or more associated electronic devices; monitoring activity of the one or more associated electronic devices; generating one or more activity notices based on the activity of the one or more associated electronic devices, as the activity occurs, at the associated electronic devices; and accumulating activity notices, at the one or more server locations, for a plurality of associated electronic devices. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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