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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 7321931 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2008

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2002
Applicants:

Dwip N. Banerjee, Austin, TX (US);

Kumar Ravi, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Eduardo N. Spring, Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Dwip N. Banerjee, Austin, TX (US);

Kumar Ravi, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Eduardo N. Spring, Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method, system, and program for time controlled network use are provided. A time controller counts an amount of time utilized by a particular user in accessing at least one web page via a network. Then, in response to the counted amount of time reaching at least one time limit for the particular user, the time controller initiates an action to control further accesses via the network by the particular user, such that an amount of time the particular user spends making network accesses is limited.


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