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Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018

Filed:

May. 19, 2016
Applicant:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Shavell, Merrimack, NH (US);

Kevin Jiang, San Mateo, CA (US);

Matt Boucher, Merrimack, NH (US);

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/31 (2014.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/31 (2014.09); H04L 43/045 (2013.01); H04L 43/067 (2013.01); H04W 24/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for monitoring and evaluating video game activity by scanning for communications between a gaming console and peripherals that wirelessly communicate with the gaming console. An activity tracker receives wireless communications sent between the gaming console and a peripheral. The activity tracker generates one or more usage metrics describing the wireless communications. The activity tracker evaluates the network data based on or more specified rules. Upon determining that the usage metrics trigger a specified rule, the activity tracker generates a notification to describing those usage metrics.


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