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Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2017
Applicants:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Interactive Entertainment Llc, San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Charles McCoy, Coronado, CA (US);

True Xiong, San Diego, CA (US);

Ling Jun Wong, Champaign, IL (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/065 (2013.01); H04L 12/2827 (2013.01); H04L 43/045 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for monitoring activity of a device. The method includes associating one or more monitoring devices with an electronic device. Rules that have been established to define acceptable content that can be accessed by the electronic device are accessed. Requested content, which is requested by the electronic device, is identified. The requested content is compared to the established rules. An alert condition is generated when the requested content violates the established rules. An alert signal is provided to the one or more monitoring devices based on the alert condition.


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