Richard A Mcfarlane

US Patent:

20020111887, Aug 15, 2002

Filed:

Nov 7, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/986127

Inventors:

Richard McFarlane - Redmond WA, US
Howard Ringoen - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

G06F017/60
G06F007/00
G06F017/00
G06F015/173

US Classification:

705/030000, 709/224000, 707/104100

Abstract:

A method of monitoring employee online activity, including: importing firewall log files to a database to generate master activity files, wherein the master activity files includes data on Internet usage, e-mail usage and dial-in connections; importing current employee and company organizational structure information to the database; using the master activity files and the current employee and organizational structure information to produce summary reports on employee on-line activity; and providing the electronic summary reports to employees in response to a request for the information from the employee, wherein the summary reports include information on the employee as well as all other employees under the employee in the company organizational structure.