Patent ID: 8918903

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for performing authentication validation, at least a portion of the method being performed by at least one hardware processor of a computing system, the method comprising: identifying a computer-usage trend of a first user that reflects a history of computer-related activities engaged in by the first user, the computer-usage trend indicating at least one software program and/or website accessed by the first user; determining that a current user is logged into a computing device under a user account of the first user; tracking activities of the current user on the computing device while the current user is logged into the computing system as the first user; comparing the tracked activities of the current user with the computer-usage trend of the first user; determining that the tracked activities of the current user do not correspond to the computer-usage trend of the first user; in response to determining that the tracked activities of the current user do not correspond to the computer-usage trend of the first user, switching from parental controls associated with an account of the first user to more restrictive parental controls that are associated with an account of the current user by automatically logging the current user out of the account of the first user and into the computing device under the account of the current user.