SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MONITORING COMPUTER USAGE
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1. A method for monitoring a person'"'"'s use of a computer, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a website for monitoring the person'"'"'s use of the computer;
(b) identifying an application or site the person is using;
(c) detecting when the person begins use of the application or the site;
(d) detecting when the person stops use of the application or the site;
wherein a difference between (d) and (c) is used to determine an amount of time the person used the application or the site.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method of monitoring a person'"'"'s use of a computer. The method includes the steps of providing a website for monitoring the person'"'"'s use of the computer, identifying an application or site the person is using, detecting when the person begins use of the application or site, and detecting when the person stops use of the application or site. The difference between when the person stops use of the application or the site and when the person begins use of the application or the site is used to determine an amount of time the person used the application or the site.
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1. A method for monitoring a person'"'"'s use of a computer, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a website for monitoring the person'"'"'s use of the computer; (b) identifying an application or site the person is using; (c) detecting when the person begins use of the application or the site; (d) detecting when the person stops use of the application or the site; wherein a difference between (d) and (c) is used to determine an amount of time the person used the application or the site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for monitoring a computer user'"'"'s use of a computer by a person, the system comprising:
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(a) a database of at least one computer user; (b) a software system for; (i) identifying an application or site used by the computer user; (ii) identifying when the user began use of the application or site; and (iii) identifying when the user stopped use of the application or site; (c) means for displaying the application or site of (i);
wherein (ii) and (iii) is used to determine an amount of time the user is using the application or site. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing computer user monitoring services to a person, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a website for monitoring computer use; (b) providing a list of applications or sites used by the computer user; (c) providing means for selecting the application or the site from the list of applications or sites; (d) providing means for selecting a classification; and (e) providing means for adding filters to the classification. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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- 20. The method of 19, further comprising providing a list of departments.
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27. A method for monitoring a user'"'"'s use of at least one application software, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a website; (b) providing a database of application software; (c) selecting an application software from the database that is being used by the user at a given time; (d) detecting when the user begins use of the application software in (c); (e) detecting when the user stops use of the application software in (c); wherein a difference between (e) and (d) is used to determine a time the user used the application software chosen from (b).
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28. A method of providing computer efficiency information to a person, the method comprising:
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(a) providing a list of computers; (b) determining performance of the computers; (c) determining usage of the computers; and (d) comparing (b) and (c). - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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31. A system for determining computer efficiency, the system comprising:
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(a) a database of computers; (b) software system for determining computer usage of a computer user and computer performance; and means for displaying the computers of (a) and the usage and performance of (b). - View Dependent Claims (32)
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