Systems and methods for automatically adjusting parental controls of computing devices to accommodate holidays
The disclosed computer-implemented method for automatically adjusting parental controls of computing devices to accommodate holidays may include (i) identifying, at a computing device, a geolocation of the computing device from geolocation information and (ii) performing, at the computing device, a security action. The security action may include (a) identifying holiday information associated with the geolocation of the computing device, (b) determining at least a portion of a current day is a holiday by comparing a current date to the holiday information, (c) determining a level of parental controls to impose on operation of the computing device in response to at least a portion of the current day being a holiday, and (d) imposing the level of parental controls on the computing device during the at least a portion of the current day. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically adjusting parental controls of computing devices to accommodate holidays, at least a portion of the method being performed by a first computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:
identifying, at the first computing device, a geolocation of the first computing device from geolocation information; and
performing, at the first computing device, a security action comprising:
identifying holiday information associated with the geolocation of the first computing device;
determining at least a portion of a current day is a holiday by comparing a current date to the holiday information;
determining a level of parental controls to impose on operation of the first computing device in response to at least a portion of the current day being a holiday, wherein the level of parental controls to impose on the first computing device is different than a level of parental controls imposed on non-holidays; and
imposing the level of parental controls to impose on the first computing device during the at least a portion of the current day.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating information identifying the holiday with information identifying the level of parental controls to impose on the holiday.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising storing, in a user profile, the information identifying the holiday with the information identifying the level of parental controls to impose on the holiday.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the geolocation information comprises at least one of:
global positioning information;
a regional code;
a state code;
a country code; and
a postal code.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the security action further comprises:
calling an API to request the holiday information; and
receiving the holiday information in response to requesting the API.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the security action further comprises:
querying a website for the holiday information;
receiving hypertext markup language (HTML) information from the website in response to the query; and
extracting the holiday information from the received HTML information.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the website is a school website.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least a portion of the current day is at least one of a school holiday, a national holiday, and a regional holiday.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the level of parental controls to impose enables a level of at least one of:
access to the first computing device for a predetermined duration;
access to a program the first computing device is configured to execute; and
internet access by the first computing device.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the level of parental controls to impose disables a level of at least one of:
access to the first computing device for a set duration;
access to a program the first computing device is configured to execute; and
internet access by the first computing device.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the security action further comprises displaying, on a user display device of the first computing device, a message indicating the imposing of the level of parental controls on the first computing device.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the security action further comprises sending, to a second computing device, a message indicating the imposing of the level of parental controls on the first computing device during at least a portion of the current day.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the security action further comprises changing, following an end of the holiday, the level of parental controls to the level of parental controls imposed on non-holidays.
14. A system for automatically adjusting parental controls of computing devices to accommodate holidays, the system comprising:
at least one physical processor of a first computing device; and
physical memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the physical processor, cause the physical processor to:
identify a geolocation of the first computing device from geolocation information; and
perform a security action comprising:
identifying holiday information associated with the geolocation of the first computing device;
determining at least a portion of a current day is a holiday by comparing a current date to the holiday information;
determining a level of parental controls to impose on operation of the first computing device in response to at least a portion of the current day being a holiday, wherein the level of parental controls to impose on the first computing device is different than a level of parental controls imposed on non-holidays; and
imposing the level of parental controls to impose on the first computing device during the at least a portion of the current day.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the security action further comprises:
calling an API to request the holiday information; and
receiving the holiday information in response to requesting the API.
16. The system of claim 14 , wherein the security action further comprises:
querying a website for the holiday information;
receiving hypertext markup language (HTML) information from the website in response to the query; and
extracting the holiday information from the received HTML information.
17. The system of claim 14 , wherein the security action further comprises sending, to a second computing device, a message indicating the imposing of the level of parental controls on the first computing device during at least a portion of the current day.
18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
identify a geolocation of the computing device from geolocation information; and
perform a security action comprising:
identifying holiday information associated with the geolocation of the computing device;
determining at least a portion of a current day is a holiday by comparing a current date to the holiday information;
determining a level of parental controls to impose on operation of the computing device in response to at least a portion of the current day being a holiday, wherein the level of parental controls to impose on the computing device is different than a level of parental controls imposed on non-holidays; and
imposing the level of parental controls to impose on the computing device during the at least a portion of the current day.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the security action further comprises:
calling an API to request the holiday information; and
receiving the holiday information in response to requesting the API.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the security action further comprises:
querying a website for the holiday information;
receiving hypertext markup language (HTML) information from the website in response to the query; and
extracting the holiday information from the received HTML information.