Supervising user interaction with online services
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring online activities of a sub-account user over which a master account holder exercises control, comprising:
- a first system, including a first processor that collects activity data regarding online activities of the a sub-account user and generates an online report based on the activity data, wherein the online report includes one or more inputs for the a master account holder to provide an access recommendation for a web site; and
a second system, including a second processor that automatically denies access by the sub-account user to the web site when a number of negative recommendations provided by other master account holders for the web site exceeds a predetermined threshold.
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Abstract
A report card provides a supervisor or master account holder (e.g., a parent) with information about the activities of an individual or sub-account user (e.g., a child). For example, the report card may include a list of the sites (e.g., content identifiers and/or uniform resource locators) that an individual has visited or attempted to visit. Other information (e.g., e-mail and address book activity and instant messaging and contact list activity) also may be provided in addition to tools that allow the master account holder to access information about the activities and to adjust parental controls for the activities.
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35 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring online activities of a sub-account user over which a master account holder exercises control, comprising:
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a first system, including a first processor that collects activity data regarding online activities of the a sub-account user and generates an online report based on the activity data, wherein the online report includes one or more inputs for the a master account holder to provide an access recommendation for a web site; and a second system, including a second processor that automatically denies access by the sub-account user to the web site when a number of negative recommendations provided by other master account holders for the web site exceeds a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 20, 21)
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7. A guardian system comprising:
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a host computer that collects activity data regarding activities of a sub-account user over which a master account holder exercises control and generates a report card based on the collected sub-account activity data, wherein activity data includes data generated in response to an attempt to access web content; and an interface that electronically provides access by the master account holder to the report card, wherein the report card includes an input by which the master account holder recommends granting access to a web site; and the host computer granting access to the web site when a number of recommendations by other master account holders for the web site exceeds a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 22)
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12. An online reporting A system comprising:
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a memory device; and at least one processor that performs tasks including; collecting activity data regarding Internet activities associated with an online account, storing the activity data in the memory device, and generating a report reflecting the Internet activities associated with the online account based on the activity data, wherein the report includes data identifying a web site that the online account requested access and a link that allows a user to access the identified web site, and wherein the report further includes an input by which the master account holder recommends granting access to a web site; and the host computer granting access to the web site when a number of recommendations by other master account holders for the web site exceeds a predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23)
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24. A method comprising:
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monitoring online activities associated with a first user of an online account to collect activity data associated with the online account, the activity data including contact list activity data; generating, using at least one processor of at least one computing device, a report reflecting information associated with the collected activity data including information associated with the contact list activity data, wherein the report indicates web sites where access is granted or restricted for the first user based on a threshold number of recommendations by multiple master account holders, and includes a listing of second users that have interacted with the first user and that are not on a contact list associated with the first user; providing the report to a master account holder associated with the first user of the online account; and providing one or more controls, using the at least one processor, for the master account holder to restrict the online activities of the first user of the online account. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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