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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2003
Mark E. Howarth, South Jordan, UT (US);
David A. Jensen, Cedar Hills, UT (US);
Mark E. Howarth, South Jordan, UT (US);
David A. Jensen, Cedar Hills, UT (US);
LANDesk Software, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring modem use in a computer system is disclosed. The system includes a computing device and a computer-readable medium that is part of the computing device or in electronic communication with the computing device. The computer-readable medium includes instructions for the system to implement a method for monitoring the system for modem use. The method starts a background application on the system. A communication port is monitored for communication data. It is determined whether the communication data is a modem instruction. If the communication data is a modem instruction, a notification is prepared to be sent to an administrative system. The notification is sent to the administrative system. The notification includes identification information.