Patent ID: 9282018
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: G09B,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a monitoring request, from a first network device associated with a first network user, to monitor the first network device and a group of additional network devices, the first network device and the group of additional network devices being associated with one or more network clients for network activity related to a network; polling a plurality of wireless access points configured to provide access to the network in order to identify a first wireless access point of the plurality of wireless access points, the first wireless access point being configured to monitor activity of the group of additional network devices associated with the first network device; configuring the first wireless access point to monitor the network activity of the group; collecting network activity information for at least a first portion of the group of additional network devices, the network activity information relating to network activity of the first portion of the group of additional network devices through the first wireless access point; providing instructions to the first wireless access point to provide the network activity information to the first network device; receiving, using the first wireless access point, a first network resource address from the first network device; intercepting, using the first wireless access point, a second network resource request from at least one network device in the group of additional network devices; identifying a location of the at least one network device; associating the at least one network device with the group of additional network devices in response to identifying the location of the at least one network device; in response to identifying the at least one network device as being associated with the group of additional network devices, redirecting the at least one network device to the second network resource address by providing a location-specific redirection response message including the second network resource address to the at least one network device, the location-specific redirection response message being based, at least in part, on the location of the at least one network device.