Patent ID: 8671187
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: G09B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of monitoring network clients, the method comprising: receiving a monitoring request, from a first network user, to monitor network clients for network activity; identifying a group of additional network users associated with the first network user; identifying a wireless access point suitable for monitoring network activity of the group of additional network users; collecting network activity information for at least a first portion of the group of additional network users, wherein the network activity information relates to network activity of the first portion through the identified wireless access point; providing the network activity information to the first network user using the identified wireless access point, wherein providing the network activity information to the first network user using the identified wireless access point comprises determining an aggregate evaluation of network activity information for at least a second portion of the group of additional network users, and providing the aggregate evaluation of network activity information to the first network user for display as visual indicators, and wherein the aggregate evaluation of network activity information is based on factors including wireless network connection status; receiving a network resource address from the first network user; intercepting a network resource request from at least one of the additional network users, wherein the network resource request is an HTTP request; identifying the at least one of the additional network users as associated with the group; in response to identifying the at least one of the additional network users as associated with the group, redirecting the at least one of the additional network users to the network resource address by providing an HTTP redirection response message including the network resource address to the at least one of the additional network users.