SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOGGING AND REPORTING MOBILE DEVICE ACTIVITY INFORMATION

• US 20130143521A1
• Filed: 01/16/2012
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smith Micro Software Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Wavemarket Incorporated (Gen Digital Inc.)
• Inventors: Talbot, Andrew, Ozer, Mitchell Scott, Hernandez, Sarah
• Granted Patent: US 9,819,753 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/405
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/06 Generation of reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/28 with meter at substation or with calculation of charges at terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/58 based on statistics of usage or network monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/70 Administration or customization aspects; Counter-checking correct charges
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/72 by the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/90 using Intelligent Networks [IN] or Advanced Intelligent Networks [AIN]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0176 Billing arrangements using internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for logging and reporting mobile device information is provided. The method includes receiving device activity information corresponding to use of a particular mobile device via a client executed on the particular mobile. The activity information is sorted based on at least one predetermined criterion, and the sorted activity information is reported to a user. The invention further provides a computer activity monitoring and reporting system.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for logging and reporting mobile device information comprising:

receiving device activity information corresponding to use of a particular mobile device via a client executed on the particular mobile device;

sorting the activity information based on at least one predetermined criterion; and

reporting the sorted activity information to a user.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving sorting instructions from the user; and

defining the at least one predetermined criterion based on the sorting instructions.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising;

determining if the activity information corresponds to a predetermined period of time; and

reporting to the user that the activity information corresponds to the predetermined period of time to the user.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, the method further comprising:

for each of a plurality of days determining if the activity information corresponds to the predetermined period of time on the respective day.

providing a display to the user showing indications of the plurality of days; and

providing an indication of an alert to the user for each of the plurality of days for which the activity information corresponds to the predetermined period of time.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

determining if the activity information corresponds to a previously unrecorded contact; and

reporting to the user that the activity information corresponds to the previously unrecorded contact.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, the method further comprising:

for each of a plurality of days determining if the activity information corresponds to the predetermined period of time on the respective day;

providing a display to the user showing indications of the plurality of days; and

providing an indication of an alert to the user for each of the plurality of days for which the activity information corresponds to the predetermined period of time.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the activity information corresponds to at least one of phone call records and electronic messaging records:

determining from the activity information at least one of a total duration of phone calls which occurred during a predetermined period of time and a total number of electronic messages which occurred during the predetermined period time; and

reporting to the user the at least one of the total duration of phone calls which occurred during the predetermined period of time and the total number of electronic messages which occurred during the predetermined period time.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, the method further comprising:

for each of a plurality of predetermined time slots in a day, determining from the activity information at least one of a total duration of phone calls and a total number of electronic messages which occurred; and

providing a display reporting to the user the at least one of the total duration of phone calls and the total number of electronic messages which occurred at each of the plurality of predetermined time slots in the day.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, the method further comprising:

enabling a tool in visible proximity to the display reporting to the user the at least one of the total duration of phone calls and the total number of electronic messages;

receiving an instruction to enable or disable functionality of the particular mobile device via the tool; and

providing a command to the client to enable or disable the functionality of the particular mobile device pursuant to the instruction.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

for each of a plurality of days determining if the respective day corresponds to the at least one predetermined criterion;

providing a display to the user showing indications of the plurality of days; and

providing an indication of an alert to the user for each of the plurality of days corresponding to the at least one predetermined criterion.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

for each of a plurality of predetermined time slots during at least one day, determining from the activity information an activity level; and

providing a display reporting to the user the activity level at each of the plurality of predetermined time slots in the at least one day.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the activity information corresponds to communications performed via the mobile device with a plurality of contacts, the method further comprising:

determining a communication level of the plurality of contacts;

generating rankings of the plurality of contacts based on their respective communication levels; and

providing a display to the user showing the rankings of the plurality of contacts.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, further comprising determining the communication level based on at least two forms of communication.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising determining the communication level of the plurality of contacts based on a first factor corresponding to a first form of communication and a second factor corresponding to a second form of communication.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the at least two forms of communication comprise phone communications and electronic messages.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising determining the communication level of the plurality of contacts based on a first factor corresponding to phone communications and a second factor corresponding to electronic messages.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying contacts corresponding to the particular mobile device; and

reporting to the user contact identifying information corresponding to contacts identified within a predetermined period of time.

18. A computer activity monitoring and reporting system comprising at least one computing system including at least one memory comprising instructions operable to enable the at least one computing system to perform a procedure comprising:

receiving device activity information corresponding to use of a particular mobile device via a client executed on the particular mobile device;

sorting the activity information based on at least one predetermined criterion; and

reporting the sorted activity information to a user.

19. Non-transitory computer-readable media tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a processor to implement a method, the method comprising:

receiving device activity information corresponding to use of a particular mobile device via a client executed on the particular mobile device;

sorting the activity information based on at least one predetermined criterion; and

reporting the sorted activity information to a user.