System and method for aggregating and extending parental controls auditing in a computer network
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsSterling Reasor, Christopher A. Evans, Jason Christensen, John Brezak
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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsSterling Reasor, Christopher A. Evans, Jason Christensen, John Brezak
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A system and method for aggregating and extending parental controls auditing in an unmanaged computing network are provided. A parental control system, including a parental control database, logging interface, and audit process, resides on each host computing device in an unmanaged computing network that is capable of synchronizing data residing on one of the host computing devices with data residing on the other devices in the network. The parental control system facilitates the logging and reporting of parental control audit information in a manner that allows parents to aggregate the audit information to obtain a comprehensive audit report of their children's use of all computers in the home, and is extensible and customizable by the applications from which the parental control audit information originates.
In a computer network having at least two computing devices in communication, a method for audit reporting on the network, the method comprising:
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