Michael Jeremy Neil

US Patent:

7502797, Mar 10, 2009

Filed:

Oct 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/966017

Inventors:

Adam Schran - Philadelphia PA, US
Michael J. Neil - Philadelphia PA, US

Assignee:

Ascentive, LLC - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707 10, 707 9, 709224

Abstract:

A client monitoring application operating on a client device records and monitors human activity performed thereon. The client monitoring application forwards recorded activity to supervisor server(s) over a network. The supervisor server(s) enable a human supervisor to review human activity performed on the client device, issue alerts to the human when a particular activity is performed on the client device, and/or instruct the client monitoring application to intercept and block certain activities or classes of activities from taking place on the client device at any time or at designated times, or limited to designated durations. Recording and monitoring human activity performed on the client device includes capturing screen shots of real-time human activity performed on the client device, enabling viewing a screen shots even if data associated with the screen shots are transmitted, received, or saved in an encrypted format, which is particularly useful in the realm of counter terrorism, and child protection.