Systems and methods for managing access-control settings

• US 8,949,720 B1
• Filed: 05/09/2011
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gen Digital Inc.
• Original Assignee: Symantec Corporation (NortonLifeLock Inc.)
• Inventors: Narayanan, Aravinthan, Bhatia, Yadvinder
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wong, William
• Application Number:
  US13/103,550
• Time in Patent Office: 1,366 Days
• Field of Search: 715741-743, 715/745, 715/815, 726 26- 30, 709224-225, 345/173
• US Class Current: 715/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for managing access-control settings may include identifying an initial access-control setting that controls a user'"'"'s access to a computing resource. The method may also include displaying, via a graphical user interface, a representation of the computing resource. The method may further include receiving input that resizes the representation of the computing resource from an initial size to a new size, detecting the new size of the representation of the computing resource, and modifying the initial access-control setting to establish an updated access-control setting that corresponds to the new size of the representation of the computing resource. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for managing access-control settings, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

displaying, via a graphical user interface, a representation of an online resource by;

identifying usage information that indicates how frequently a user accesses the online resource;

using the usage information to select an initial size of the representation of the online resource; and

displaying the representation of the online resource such that the initial size of the representation of the online resource corresponds to how frequently the user accesses the online resource, wherein the representation of the online resource comprises an icon;

receiving input that resizes, along a y-axis, the representation of the online resource from the initial size to a new size, wherein the y-axis represents a usage limit of the online resource during a time period represented by an x-axis;

detecting the new size of the representation of the online resource; and

modifying an access-control setting to establish an updated access-control setting that corresponds to the new size of the representation of the online resource,

wherein;

receiving the input that resizes the representation of the online resource from the initial size to the new size comprises receiving input that reduces a height of the representation of the online resource;

modifying the access-control setting to establish the updated access-control setting comprises reducing access to the online resource when receiving the input that reduces the height of the representation of the online resource; and

reducing the access to the online resource comprises reducing a frequency with which the user is allowed to access the online resource.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the graphical user interface comprises a touch-screen interface; and

the input that resizes the representation is received via the touch-screen interface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the online resource comprises a social networking website.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the online resource comprises a cloud-based application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

receiving the input that resizes the representation of the online resource from the initial size to the new size comprises receiving input that increases a height of the representation of the online resource; and

modifying the access-control setting to establish the updated access-control setting comprises increasing access to the online resource when receiving the input that increases the height of the representation of the online resource.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

displaying the representation of the online resource comprises displaying a plurality of representations of online resources; and

the plurality of representations of online resources are displayed in order according to a frequency with which the user accesses respective online resources, such that a first representation that is associated with a more frequently accessed online resource is displayed above and/or left of a second representation that is associated with a less frequently accessed online resource.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining that the online resource is accessed more frequently by the user than an additional online resource; and

based on the determination that the online resource is accessed more frequently by the user than the additional online resource, displaying a representation of the additional online resource such that the representation of the additional online resource is smaller than the representation of the online resource.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the online resource comprises a website;

the icon is associated with the website;

the access-control setting comprises a parental-control setting;

the user comprises a child associated with the parental-control setting; and

the input that resizes the representation of the online resource comprises touch-screen input from a guardian of the child.

9. A system for managing access-control settings, the system comprising:

a display module programmed to display, via a graphical user interface, a representation of an online resource by;

identifying usage information that indicates how frequently a user accesses the online resource;

using the usage information to select an initial size of the representation of the online resource; and

displaying the representation of the online resource such that the initial size of the representation of the online resource corresponds to how frequently the user accesses the online resource, wherein the representation of the online resource comprises an icon;

an input module programmed to receive input that resizes, along a y-axis, the representation of the online resource from the initial size to a new size, wherein the y-axis represents a usage limit of the online resource during a time period represented by an x-axis;

a detection module programmed to detect the new size of the representation of the online resource;

a modification module programmed to modify an initial access-control setting to establish an updated access-control setting that corresponds to the new size of the representation of the online resource; and

at least one processor configured to execute the display module, the input module, the detection module, and the modification module,

wherein;

the input module is programmed to receive input that resizes the representation of the online resource from the initial size to the new size by receiving input that reduces a height of the representation of the online resource;

the modification module is programmed to modify the access-control setting to establish the updated access-control setting by reducing access to the online resource when receiving the input that reduces the height of the representation of the online resource; and

the modification module reducing the access to the online resource comprises reducing a frequency with which the user is allowed to access the online resource.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein:

the graphical user interface comprises a touch-screen interface; and

the input that resizes the representation is received via the touch-screen interface.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the online resource comprises a social networking website.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the online resource comprises a cloud-based application.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein:

the input module is programmed to receive input that resizes the representation of the online resource from the initial size to the new size by receiving input that increases a height of the representation of the online resource; and

the modification module is programmed to modify the initial access-control setting to establish the updated access-control setting by increasing access to the online resource when receiving the input that increases the height of the representation of the online resource.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein:

the display module is programmed to display the representation of the online resource by displaying a plurality of representations of online resources; and

the plurality of representations of online resources are displayed in order according to a frequency with which the user accesses respective online resources, such that a first representation that is associated with a more frequently accessed online resource is displayed above and/or left of a second representation that is associated with a less frequently accessed online resource.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein:

the determination module is further programmed to determine that the online resource is accessed more frequently by the user than an additional online resource; and

the display module is further programmed to, based on the determination that the online resource is accessed more frequently by the user than the additional online resource, display a representation of the additional online resource such that the representation of the additional online resource is smaller than the representation of the online resource.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein:

the online resource comprises a website;

the icon is associated with the website;

the access-control setting comprises a parental-control setting;

the user comprises a child associated with the parental-control setting; and

the input that resizes the representation of the website comprises touch-screen input from a guardian of the child.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable-storage medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

display, via a graphical user interface, a representation of an online resource by;

identifying usage information that indicates how frequently a user accesses the online resource;

using the usage information to select an initial size of the representation of the online resource; and

displaying the representation of the online resource such that the initial size of the representation of the online resource corresponds to how frequently the user accesses the online resource, wherein the representation of the online resource comprises an icon;

receive input that resizes, along a y-axis, the representation of the online resource from the initial size to a new size, wherein the y-axis represents a usage limit for the online resource during a time period represented by an x-axis;

detect the new size of the representation of the online resource; and

modify an access-control setting to establish an updated access-control setting that corresponds to the new size of the representation of the online resource,

wherein;

receive the input that resizes the representation of the online resource from the initial size to the new size comprises receive input that reduces a height of the representation of the online resource;

modify the access-control setting to establish the updated access-control setting comprises reduce access to the online resource when receiving the input that reduces the height of the representation of the online resource; and

reduce the access to the online resource comprises reduce a frequency with which the user is allowed to access the online resource.