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Maintaining a secure computing device in a test taking environment

  • US 9,430,951 B2
  • Filed: 09/21/2015
  • Issued: 08/30/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for securing a computing device during a testing event, the method comprising:

  • receiving a testing protocol for the testing event, the testing protocol including limitations to be applied to the computing device during the testing event, the testing protocol received from a test server by the computing device over a communication network;

    applying the limitations by modifying a system registry of the computing device in accordance with the testing protocol;

    initiating execution of a testing routine corresponding to the testing event;

    detecting an attempt to switch from a first account having a first system registry to a second account having a different second system registry; and

    transmitting to a proctoring center in real-time a feed of on-screen activity displayed on the screen of the computing device, the transmission automatically triggered when the computing device detects an attempt to change the system registry of the computing device that is not in accordance with the testing protocol during the testing routine, wherein an attempt to change the system registry includes an attempt to switch from a first account having a first system registry to a second account having a different second system registry.

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