CLIENT-INDEPENDENT NETWORK SUPERVISION APPLICATION

摘要

A network monitoring and control application suitable for use by teachers and other users is implemented using wireless access points and does not require specific software to be installed on client network devices. The application uses student and class information to organize network client information. Upon receiving a monitoring request, one or more classes assigned to the teacher are identified by accessing class data. Class data is accessed to identify students assigned to the class and the client network devices used by these students. One wireless access point providing wireless network connections to at least a portion of the students' devices is selected to collect network activity information from the students' devices and presents this information to the teacher. The teacher may also use the selected wireless access point to disable students' network access or to redirect students' devices to a network resource.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving a monitoring request, from a first network user, to one or more monitor network clients for network activity; identifying a wireless access point suitable for monitoring network activity of a group of additional network users associated with the first network user; collecting network activity information for at least a first portion of the group of additional network users, the network activity information relating to network activity of the first portion of the group of additional network users through the identified wireless access point; providing the network activity information to the first network user using the identified wireless access point; receiving a network resource address from the first network user; intercepting a network resource request from at least one network user in the group of additional network users; identifying the at least one network user as being associated with the group of additional network users; in response to identifying the at least one network user as being associated with the group of additional network users, redirecting the at least one network user to the network resource address by providing a redirection response message including the network resource address to the at least one network user.