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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Alice Guidotti, Rome, IT;
Bernardo Pastorelli, L'Aquila, IT;
Leonardo Rosati, Rome, IT;
Elia Tufarolo, Lido di Tarquinia, IT;
INERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one implementation, the present invention is directed to a method for controlling access to a software application using one or more processors configured by code, the method comprising repeating a usage verification cycle continually during a usage session of the software application, wherein each repetition of the usage verification cycle includes receiving a digital image of an access area used to access the software application, identifying a representation of one or more persons in the digital image, estimating an age of each one of the persons within the digital image, and comparing the estimated age of each one of the persons within the digital image to a predetermined age value provided in a usage policy dataset associated with at least of one of the persons within the digital image. The method further comprises interrupting the usage of the software application in response to the age of at least one of the persons within the digital image exceeding the predetermined age value provided in a usage policy dataset.