Converged Network Activity Monitoring Service
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a system that effectively monitors and manages network activity across multiple networks, such as cellular and fiber optic networks, to control access and usage for family members, particularly children, while providing customizable monitoring and restriction options.
Innovation Solution
A converged network activity monitoring service that allows account holders to select parameters for monitoring and applying restrictions across multiple networks, using a platform that tracks and analyzes network activity, applies limitations, and sends notifications based on predefined preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If network activity is monitored across multiple networks (cellular, fiber optic, Wi-Fi), then comprehensive control and monitoring capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple network monitoring functions (cellular, fiber optic, Wi-Fi) into a single converged platform that provides unified parental controls and network activity monitoring across all networks through one system interface
Solution Approach 2:
The monitoring platform is designed to universally monitor and control network activity across different network types (cellular, fiber optic, Wi-Fi) using a single system that adapts to multiple network environments and device types
2Measurement precision
If detailed network activity monitoring is implemented across all family members and devices, then parental control effectiveness is improved, but data processing requirements and system resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the relevant network activity data needed for parental controls (web browsing history, app usage, time spent online) from the total network traffic, filtering out unnecessary data while maintaining monitoring precision for parental oversight purposes
3Reliability
If real-time notifications are sent to parents for all network activities, then parental awareness is improved, but notification frequency and parent disturbance increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic reporting of network activity instead of continuous real-time notifications, providing parents with summarized activity reports at scheduled intervals or based on predefined thresholds, reducing notification frequency while maintaining parental awareness of significant events
Data Source
AI summary
A system receives, from an account holder, a customized selection of notification methods and notification conditions associated with notifying an account holder about a first family member's network activity, wherein the first family member's network activity includes a first device's activity in a first network and a second device's activity in a second network, and wherein the second network is a different network than the first network. The system monitors multiple first types of network activity of the first device in the first network, and monitors multiple second types of network activity of the second device in the second network. The system provides notifications to the account holder based on the customized selection of notification methods and notification conditions and based on the monitored first types of the network activity of the first device and the monitored second types of the network activity of the second device.