System and methods for consumer managed behavioral data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10878432-B2
Application number	US-201514727566-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2015
Priority date	Oct 27, 2014
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

A method may permit a consumer to manage behavioral data. The method may include receiving, at an infrastructure device, parameters provided by an administrative device over a local area network (LAN), and configuring, based on the received parameters, the infrastructure device for collection and control of consumer managed behavioral data (CMBD) associated with at least one client device. The method may further include monitoring, at the infrastructure device, data transmitted and received by the at least one client device, and identifying, by the infrastructure device, CMBD from the monitored data based on the received parameters. The method may further include performing actions associated with the at least one client device based on the CMBD and the received parameters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
sending, within a local area network (LAN), a setup utility from a wireless access device to an administrative device;
establishing, via the setup utility and by an administrator of the LAN, consent to monitoring and control of consumer managed behavioral data (CMBD) across a plurality of third party network destinations outside of the LAN, wherein the setup utility generates parameters for a CMBD monitoring and control platform (CMCP) of the wireless access device;
receiving, at the wireless access device from the administrative device directly over the LAN, the parameters for the CMCP, wherein the parameters define one or more conditions for a collection of the CMDB and a control of access to the CMDB, and wherein the one or more conditions include predetermined compensation;
configuring, based on the received parameters, the wireless access device for the collection of the CMDB and the control of access to the CMBD associated with at least one client device of the LAN;
monitoring, at the wireless access device and based on the configuring, data transmitted and received by the at least one client device via network access to one or more of the third party network destinations;
identifying, by the wireless access device, the CMBD from the monitored data based on the received parameters;
providing, by the wireless access device, access to the identified CMBD according to the one or more conditions defined in the received parameters;
providing, via the wireless access device and to a remote client device, a client agent which executes on the remote client device to monitor data transmitted and received by the remote client device over a second network external to the LAN, identify the CMBD from the monitored data, and generate a report based on the CMBD;
forwarding, by the wireless access device and based on the established consent, the report to at least one third party network device of the third party network destinations; and
receiving, by the wireless access device and responsive to the report, the predetermined compensation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing access comprises:
generating multiple reports based on the identified CMBD;
storing the reports on the wireless access device; and
providing, according to the established consent, the reports to a network device based on the received parameters.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein generating multiple reports further comprises:
creating the reports, based on the received parameters and the identified CMBD, which indicate network usage based on at least one of a user designation, a device designation, an application designation, a connection type, connection quality, a content type, a traffic type, a protocol type, a network address, a time, a date, or a location associated with the at least one client device.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein providing the reports further comprises:
sending the reports to at least one of the administrative device or at least one third party network device at the plurality of third party network destinations based on the received parameters.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying an event associated with at least one client device; and
sending notifications regarding the identified event to a network device, wherein the network device is specified in the received parameters.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the identifying an event comprises:
determining, based on the received parameters, a state of monitoring associated with the at least one client device; and
wherein the sending notifications further comprises:
sending a least one of an email, a text message, a mobile alert, or a social media announcement to the administrative device.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
configuring the at least one client device for being controlled remotely by another network device based on the identified event.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving parameters from the administrative device further comprises:
receiving at least one of acknowledgment of terms and conditions for monitoring, identifying, and performing actions based on the CMBD, selection of the at least one client device, selection of a type of monitoring and identification of the CMBD, or a designation of a data threshold that is to be met to trigger the monitoring.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the CMBD from the monitored data further comprises:
determining the CMBD based on at least one of a user designation, a device designation, a connection type, connection quality, a traffic type, a protocol type, a network address, a time, a date, or a location associated with the at least one client device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein identifying the CMBD further comprises determining data based on a domain identifier, a network header, a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) address, a uniform resource location (URL) identifier, a domain name server (DNS) identifier, an internet protocol address, a user identifier (UID), a media access controller (MAC) identifier, a wireless or wired connection type, or connection speed.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein
the report is based on a selection of at least one of a user designation, a client device designation, an application type, a connection type, a connection quality, a content type, a traffic type, a protocol type, a network address, a time, a date, or a location associated with the at least one client device, and wherein the compensation comprises at least one of a discount or a credit from the at least one third party network device.

12. The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the administrative device or the network device periodically checks the operational status of the client agent, and provides a notification or disables at least a portion of a functionality of the remote client device when the operational status of the client agent is not normal.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the client agent is further configured to identify an event associated with the at least one client device, send notifications regarding the identified event to a network device, wherein the network device is specified in the received parameters, provide the notifications to the network device specified by the received parameters, and remotely accept commands to control the remote client device by another network device.

14. An infrastructure device, comprising:
an interface that communicates with a local network (LAN);
a memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor, coupled to the interface and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions stored in the memory to:
send, within the LAN, a setup utility to an administrative device,
establish, via the setup utility and by an administrator of the LAN, consent to monitoring and control of consumer managed behavioral data (CMBD) across a plurality of third party network destinations outside of the LAN, wherein the setup utility generates parameters for a CMBD monitoring and control platform (CMCP) of the infrastructure device,
receive, over the LAN directly from the administrative device, the parameters for the CMCP, wherein the parameters define one or more conditions for a collection of the CMDB and a control of access to the CMDB, and wherein the one or more conditions include predetermined compensation,
configure, based on the received parameters, the infrastructure device for the collection of the CMBD and the control of access to the CMBD associated with at least one client device of the LAN,
monitor, based on the con

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Nasir Azim
• Turner Andre R
• Kenchegowda Sanjay
• Wang Dongchen

Classifications

• H04L67/53

  using third party service providers · CPC title

• H04L67/535

  Tracking the activity of the user (network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34) · CPC title

• H04L41/046

  comprising network management agents or mobile agents therefor · CPC title

• H04L43/06

  Generation of reports · CPC title

• H04L43/08

  Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters · CPC title