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Granted Patent B2
US 10,250,469 · App. 15/420,368 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Method and apparatus for monitoring activity of an electronic device

Inventors: Charles McCoy (Coronado, CA); True Xiong (San Diego, CA); Ling Jun Wong (Champaign, IL)
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
H04L43/065H04L12/2827H04L43/045H04L43/08H04L67/22
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Patent No.
US 10,250,469
App. No.
15/420,368
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and method for monitoring activity of a device. The method includes associating one or more monitoring devices with an electronic device. Rules that have been established to define acceptable content that can be accessed by the electronic device are accessed. Requested content, which is requested by the electronic device, is identified. The requested content is compared to the established rules. An alert condition is generated when the requested content violates the established rules. An alert signal is provided to the one or more monitoring devices based on the alert condition.

Claims (25)

1. A method for monitoring activity of a module of an electronic device comprising:

associating an electronic device with one or more activity modules;

establishing selectable activity parameters for activities of the activity module, including setting of priorities of the activity parameters;

identifying actuation at the electronic device of one or more of the activity parameters of the activity module and the priorities of the activity parameters;

displaying at least predetermined ones of the activity parameters that have been actuated, including time of actuation of the predetermined activity parameters and the priority of the displayed activity parameters;

generating an accumulation of identified actuations and the priorities of the activity parameters that have been actuated; and

providing the accumulation of identified actuations utilizing a pre-selected protocol.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

displaying various permutations of the accumulation of identified actuations.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

publishing accumulation of identified actuations for each activity module of an electronic device.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

logging the accumulation of identified actuations,

wherein the logging is based on code module, event or priority.

5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising:

sending a notification of the accumulation to one or more of the electronic devices.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising:

modifying the logging step utilizing settings.

7. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the logging further comprises:

logging an event for a period of time, based on the code module, event or priority.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

integrating the activity module with an automation system.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein an electronic device, being operatively coupled to one or more activity modules, publishes a feed through a network connection with an event message, and

monitoring the event message to control additional modules or electronic devices.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the feed includes an RSS feed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION; SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT INTERNATIONAL LLC
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 044194/0045 →
Continuity (2)
Division 13775438 · Feb 25, 2013
Related Publication 20170141978A1 · May 18, 2017