US Patent 7356703 Time-based computer access controls

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling computer access. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of such a system provide an access control unit to regulate user-access to a computer according to time restrictions specified in a user profile of a current user of the computer. The user profile for the current user of the computer indicates access times that the respective user is authorized to access the computer. Other systems and methods are also provided.