Patent ID: 9559860
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for monitoring activity of an electronic device operable to access content, comprising: associating one or more monitoring devices with one or more electronic devices by registering an identifier of each monitoring device; generating an indication of content requested by each of the one or more electronic devices based on an operational state of the requesting electronic device; identifying the content that is requested by the electronic device; transmitting the indication from each electronic device to each monitoring device whose identifier is registered; establishing adjustable control parameters for a particular electronic device to access the requested content; notifying a monitoring device of the control parameter of its associated electronic device; generating an alert condition when the requested content is of a predetermined type; providing an alert signal, based on the alert condition, to each monitoring device associated with the requesting electronic device; modifying the same control parameter of the monitoring device to correspond to the control parameter of the associated electronic device; generating an accumulation of content requested by a respective electronic device; and providing an indication of the accumulation of the requested content.