Management and control of mobile computing device using local and remote software agents

A method for using a remote computing system to monitor one or more child computing devices, said method comprising:

• identifying a child computing device, the child computing device comprising a plurality of applications including a mobile safety application programmed to monitor and control the child computing device;
• generating a default configuration file for monitoring and controlling the child computing device;
• transmitting the default configuration file to the child computing device;
• receiving device activity data associated with the child computing device, wherein the device activity data is encoded;
• decrypting and parsing the device activity data to obtain information on usage of one or more applications of the plurality of applications on the mobile device;
• determining a data type of the parsed device activity data and selecting an appropriate flagging algorithm and database based on the determined data type;
• performing at least one analysis algorithm on the parsed, decrypted device activity data by comparison to the selected database;
• analyzing the information to identify one or more inappropriate activities;
• flagging the inappropriate activities;
• and
• transmitting at least the flagged inappropriate activities to a parent computing device.

A system for improving processing efficiency to allow parents to reduce delay in tracking smart phone activities of their children, the system comprising:

• one or more child software modules, a module installed on each child's smart phone, each child software module configured to:
• obtain device activity data from or about more than one of the smart phone's other software applications;
• and
• package the device activity data to avoid parsing and analysis on a local smart phone processor;
• send the device activity data to an analysis server;
• the analysis server, configured to:
• decrypt the device activity data;
• parse the decrypted device activity data to determine a data type and select an appropriate flagging algorithm and database based on the determined data type;
• perform at least one analysis algorithm on the parsed, decrypted device activity data by comparison to the selected database;
• and
• a parent interface on a mobile device configured to:
• receive and display results of the analysis algorithm;
• provide visual warnings when harmful results have been found by the analysis algorithm, along with access to more details relating to the specific underlying data that triggered the warning;
• provide an interface for receiving input from a parent, the input comprising:
• selections of which child's data to view;
• and
• selections of which types and how much of the data and analysis results to view for each child.

A computer system for distributing management of a parent-controllable safety monitoring system, the computer system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer memory;
• and
• a processor programmed to:
• identify a child computing device, the child computing device comprising a plurality of applications including a mobile safety application programmed to monitor and control the child computing device by at least collecting device activity data from one or more applications of the plurality of applications on that device for analysis;
• generate a default configuration file that comprises settings for monitoring and controlling the child computing device;
• transmit the default configuration file to the child computing device, thereby imposing the settings on the child computing device;
• receive the collected device activity data associated with the child computing device, wherein the device activity data is encoded;
• decrypt and parse the device activity data to obtain information on usage of the one or more applications on the mobile device;
• determine a data type of the parsed device activity data and select an appropriate flagging algorithm and database based on the determined data type;
• perform at least one analysis algorithm on the parsed, decrypted device activity data by comparison to the selected database;
• analyze the information to identify one or more inappropriate activities based at least partly on the decrypted and parsed device activity data;
• flag the inappropriate activities;
• generate user interface data comprising information identifying the inappropriate activity;
• and
• transmit the user interface data to a parent computing device, thereby allowing a parent to monitor child activity.

A computer system for distributing management of a parent-controllable safety monitoring system, the computer system comprising:

• a first control system configured to be executed on one or more hardware processors of a child mobile device and further configured to:
• run in the background along with an operating system;
• collect device activity data associated with a plurality of applications on the child mobile device;
• and
• communicate the device activity data to a second control system;
• the second control system configured to be executed on one or more hardware processors on a network computing system remote from the child mobile device and a parent computing device and further configured to:
• receive the device activity data associated with a plurality of applications on the child mobile device;
• determine a data type of the device activity data and select an appropriate flagging algorithm and database based on the determined data type;
• perform at least one analysis algorithm on the parsed, decrypted device activity data by comparison to the selected database;
• access parent parameters, the parent parameters comprising settings for monitoring content of communications on the child mobile device, frequency of the child mobile device updates, and warnings associated with content of the device activity data;
• analyze the device activity data based at least partly on the parent parameters;
• flag an inappropriate child activity based at least partly on the analysis of the device activity;
• generate user interface data comprising:
• information identifying the inappropriate activity;
• and
• transmit the user interface data to a third control system;
• and
• the third control system configured to be executed on one or more hardware processors of the parent computing device and further configured to:
• receive the user interface data from the second control system;
• display the user interface data on the parent computing device;
• receive an update on one or more of the parent parameters;
• and
• generate a data packet comprising the update and computer executable instructions to implement the update on at least one of the first control system or the second control system.