CPC G06F 1/26 (2013.01) [E05B 73/0082 (2013.01); H01R 13/6397 (2013.01); H04B 3/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); E05B 47/0002 (2013.01); G06F 21/81 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/4751 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
1. A method of regulating usage of an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of:
(A) providing a user account and an administrator account managed by a remote server, wherein the user account is associated with a corresponding user personal computing (PC) device, and wherein the administrator account is associated with a corresponding administrator PC device;
(B) providing an electronic device, wherein the electronic device is associated to the user account and the administrator account;
(C) providing a computerized regulating adapter, wherein the computerized regulating adapter is configured to readily process data using a processing device and a storage device, and wherein the electronic device is electrically coupled to the computerized regulating adapter, and wherein a usage schedule of the electronic device is stored on the remote server, and wherein the usage schedule includes a plurality of available date-and times and a plurality of blocked date-and-times, and wherein the remote server, the electronic device, and the computerized regulating adapter are configured to readily exchange data amongst each other through a communication network, and wherein the computerized regulating adapter is configured to access the communication network with a communication interface;
(D) monitoring a current date-and-time with the computerized regulating adapter;
(E) physically securing an electrical plug of the electronic device to the computerized regulating adapter with a locking mechanism of the computerized regulating adapter;
(F) electrically powering the electronic device with the computerized regulating adapter, if the computerized regulating adapter matches the current date-and-time to an arbitrary available date-and-time by accessing the plurality of available date-and-times stored on the remote server through the communication network, wherein the arbitrary available date-and time is any date-and-time from the plurality of available date-and-times; and,
(G) disabling the electronic device with the computerized regulating adapter, if the computerized regulating adapter matches the current date-and-time to an arbitrary blocked date-and-time by accessing the plurality of blocked date-and-times stored on the remote server through the communication network, wherein the arbitrary blocked date-and time is any date-and-time from the plurality of blocked date-and-times.
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