Monitoring usage of a computer by performing character recognition on screen capture images
View Patent ↗Compositions of matter comprising computer readable media storing a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to perform operations related to the monitoring of usage of a computer. In various aspects, the operations may include the steps of associating an identified user with a computer, and capturing an image of a monitored region of a computer screen of the computer at a specified time. The operations may include the steps of extracting image text from the image, determining image text content of the image text, and capturing a subsequent image of the monitored region of the computer screen of the computer at a subsequent time-subsequent to the specified time, in various aspects. A time difference between the specified time and the subsequent time is dependent upon image text content of the image text, in various aspects. The identified user does not control the associating step, the capturing step, the extracting step, the determining step, and the capturing a subsequent image step, in various aspects. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the methods, systems, and compositions of matter disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof.
1. A nontransitory computer readable media storing a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to perform the steps of:
associating an identified user with a computer;
capturing an image of a monitored region of a computer screen of the computer at a specified time;
extracting image text from the image;
determining image text content of the image text;
capturing a subsequent image of the monitored region of the computer screen of the computer at a subsequent time subsequent to the specified time, a time difference between the specified time and the subsequent time is dependent upon image text content of the image text; and
the associating step, the capturing step, the extracting step, the determining step, and the capturing a subsequent image step are not controlled by the identified user.
2. The computer readable media, as in claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
associating the image with the identified user of the computer.
3. The computer readable media, as in claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
reporting at least a portion of the image text content.
4. The computer readable media, as in claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
reporting at least a portion of the image text content based upon the image text content.
5. The computer readable media, as in claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
archiving at least a portion of the image text content.
6. The computer readable media, as in claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
archiving at least a portion of the image text content based upon the image text content.
7. The computer readable media, as in claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
archiving at least a portion of the image text.
8. The computer readable media, as in claim 1 , comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
selecting the specified time by detecting an event generated by the identified user, the event provoking the computer operation of the computer.
9. The computer readable media, as in claim 8 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the steps of:
associating the event with the identified user.
10. The computer readable media, as in claim 8 , comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
determining event content of the event.
11. The computer readable media, as in claim 10 , comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
reporting at least a portion of the event content.
12. The computer readable media, as in claim 10 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
reporting at least a portion of the event content based upon the event content.
13. The computer readable media, as in claim 10 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the steps of:
archiving at least a portion of the event content.
14. The computer readable media, as in claim 13 , wherein the step of archiving at least a portion of the event content is initiated based upon the event content.
15. The computer readable media, as in claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
capturing text data from the monitored region.
16. The computer readable media, as in claim 15 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
determining text data content of the text data.
17. The computer readable media, as in claim 16 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
reporting the text data content.
18. The computer readable media, as in claim 16 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
reporting the text data content based upon the text data content.
19. The computer readable media, as in claim 16 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
archiving at least a portion of the text data content.
20. The computer readable media, as in claim 1 , further comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer to perform the step of:
archiving at least a portion of the image.