HOW TIME MANAGEMENT WORKS

The following diagram shows the order in which time limits are checked before Internet access is allowed:

time management flow

The Daily Limit is set within the list boxes alongside each day of the Time Management graph, and is also dependant to some extent on limitations imposed by the Weekly Limit. Example If the weekly limit is 20 hours, and each daily limit has been set to 4 hours, a user can:

  • Access the Internet for two hours a day. This is well within the daily limit and their total surfing would only add up to 14 hours, which is within the weekly limit.
  • Access the Internet for 4 hours on both Saturday, 3 hours on both Monday and Tuesday, and 2 hours on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

What the user can not do:

  • Access the Internet for 6 hours on Saturday and 2 hours on each day for the rest of the week. Hours not used in the week cannot be carried over. As 6 hours will exceed the daily limit of 4 hours, access is blocked as soon as the 4 hour limit is reached on Saturday.

  • Access the Internet for 4 hours every night because this would exceed the twenty hours set in the weekly limit. Once the limit is reached (in this example, on Friday) then Internet access is blocked until the following Monday.

Because of the order in which CyberPatrol checks time limits, no matter how much weekly or daily time there is available, if the Time Management grid is set to Block then no Internet activity can take place.