Methods, Systems, and Products for Detecting Online Risks

• US 20160373540A1
• Filed: 09/01/2016
• Published: 12/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ruckart, John, Myers, Jerome
• Granted Patent: US 10,581,990 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/062 related to network traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/216 Handling conversation history, e.g. grouping of messages in sessions or threads
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1416 Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Online activity may be monitored to determine risks to children. For example, Internet postings may reveal an actual and/or a potential contact with a child. A report may be generated and sent to a parent that details to contact.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting, by a computer, Internet postings associated with a device;

associating, by the computer, the device to a child;

retrieving, by the computer, a log of communications associated with the device, the log of the communications electronically associating geographical locations reported by the device to correspondent addresses;

retrieving, by the computer, a parental network address associated with a parent of the child; and

reporting, by the computer, the log of the communications to the parental network address to inform the parent of the geographical locations.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an age associated with the child.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining durations associated with the communications.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising electronically associating the durations in the log of the communications.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising reporting at least one of the geographical locations to the parental network address.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a correspondent address of the correspondent addresses is an approved contact.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a correspondent address of the correspondent addresses is an unapproved contact.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing code, the code when executed causing the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

detecting Internet postings associated with a device;

associating the device to a child;

retrieving a log of communications associated with the device, the log of the communications electronically associating geographical locations reported by the device to correspondent addresses;

retrieving a parental network address associated with a parent of the child; and

reporting the log of the communications to the parental network address to inform the parent of the geographical locations.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise determining an age associated with the child.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise determining durations associated with the communications.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise electronically associating the durations in the log of the communications.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise reporting at least one of the geographical locations to the parental network address.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise determining a correspondent address of the correspondent addresses is an approved contact.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise determining a correspondent address of the correspondent addresses is an unapproved contact.

15. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

detecting Internet postings associated with a device;

associating the device to a child;

retrieving a log of communications associated with the device, the log of the communications electronically associating geographical locations reported by the device to correspondent addresses;

retrieving a parental network address associated with a parent of the child; and

reporting the log of the communications to the parental network address to inform the parent of the geographical locations.

16. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining an age associated with the child.

17. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining durations associated with the communications.

18. The memory device of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise electronically associating the durations in the log of the communications.

19. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise reporting at least one of the geographical locations to the parental network address.

20. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining a correspondent address of the correspondent addresses is one of an approved contact and an unapproved contact.