SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING USER ACTIVITY ON A PLURALITY OF NETWORKED COMPUTING DEVICES

摘要

Among other things, we describe monitoring and interactively supervising user activity on a plurality of networked computing devices. Some embodiments relate to methods and systems configured for remote automatic selection and monitoring of a most actively used computer device from among a plurality of computer devices accessible to and logged into by a specific user. Such methods and systems may also involve the display of the user's screen on a dedicated monitoring display device. Where multiple users are monitored, the displays of the user devices that are most actively used may be reproduced on the monitoring device display in dedicated view ports for the users being monitored. Embodiments may involve the use of software agents installed and executing on each user device that is turned on. Such software agents assist in allowing the monitoring device to determine which of the user devices is most actively used by a particular user.

主权项

1. A system for monitoring user activity on a plurality of networked devices, the system comprising:
a central monitoring device comprising a monitor display and capable of wireless communication over a network; a plurality of personal computing devices, each comprising a display and being capable of communication with the central monitoring device over the network, each personal computing device being associated with a supervised user and comprising a software agent executing on the computing device when the personal computing device is powered on; wherein each software agent is configured:
to monitor user activity of the personal computing device on which it is executing,to transmit user activity data to the central monitoring device when the personal computing device is in use, andto transmit to the central monitoring device display images from the display of the personal computing device; wherein display images received by the central monitoring device from one or more of the personal computing devices are displayed on the monitoring display.