Supervisory controls using contextual awareness
OwnerYuan-Chang Lo, Deeder M. Aurongzebinventors
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Abstract
Methods and systems for supervisory control using contextual awareness on an information handling system may involve receiving policy rules and selection of endorsed activities for supervised users from a primary user. When a supervised user attempts to perform activities on an information handling system, access to the activities may include restricting access until a time budget for endorsed activities has been satisfied. The policy rules may depend upon a usage context for a supervised user, such as location, other users nearby, activity history, user behavior, and/or user physical activity.
Claims21
A method for supervisory control using contextual awareness executed by at least one processor comprising:
- receiving an indication from a secondary user to begin a session on an information handling system;
- identifying the secondary user;
- determining a usage context for the secondary user;
- based on the usage context and policy rules for supervisory control of the secondary user, controlling access by the secondary user during the session, including:
- monitoring a first time period spent by the secondary user performing endorsed activities;
- and
- restricting access by the secondary user to performing other activities until the first time period exceeds a minimum value, wherein the other activities are selectable by the secondary user,
- wherein the policy rules and selection of the endorsed activities are defined by a primary user exerting the supervisory control on the information handling system over the secondary user.
An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, that, when executed by a processor subsystem, cause the processor subsystem to:
- receive an indication from a secondary user to begin a session on an information handling system;
- identify the secondary user;
- determine a usage context for the secondary user;
- based on the usage context and policy rules for supervisory control of the secondary user, control access by the secondary user during the session, including instructions to:
- monitor a first time period spent by the secondary user performing endorsed activities;
- and
- restrict access by the secondary user to performing other activities until the first time period exceeds a minimum value, wherein the other activities are selectable by the secondary user,
- wherein the policy rules and selection of the endorsed activities are defined by a primary user exerting the supervisory control on the information handling system over the secondary user.
An information handling system comprising:
- a processor subsystem having access to a memory subsystem, wherein the memory subsystem stores instructions executable by the processor subsystem, that, when executed by the processor subsystem, cause the processor subsystem to:
- receive an indication from a secondary user to begin a session on an information handling system;
- identify the secondary user;
- determine a usage context for the secondary user;
- based on the usage context and policy rules for supervisory control of the secondary user, control access by the secondary user during the session, including instructions to:
- monitor a first time period spent by the secondary user performing endorsed activities;
- and
- restrict access by the secondary user to performing other activities until the first time period exceeds a minimum value, wherein the other activities are selectable by the secondary user,
- wherein the policy rules and selection of the endorsed activities are defined by a primary user exerting the supervisory control on the information handling system over the secondary user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.