diff --git a/code/idle.js b/code/idle.js
index 1d6083e9..37f5bae3 100644
--- a/code/idle.js
+++ b/code/idle.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var idlePoll = function() {
 
 setInterval(idlePoll, IDLE_POLL_TIME*1000);
 
-var idleReset = function () {
+window.idleReset = function () {
   // update immediately when the user comes back
   if(isIdle()) {
     window.idleTime = 0;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var idleReset = function () {
   window._idleTimeLimit = MAX_IDLE_TIME;
 };
 
-var idleSet = function() {
+window.idleSet = function() {
   // force IITC to idle. used by the mobile app when switching to something else
   if (!isIdle()) {
     window._idleTImeLimit = 0;
diff --git a/code/player_names.js b/code/player_names.js
index ab7f247d..1ec70674 100644
--- a/code/player_names.js
+++ b/code/player_names.js
@@ -106,3 +106,18 @@ window.loadPlayerNamesForPortal = function(portal_details) {
     if(reso) getPlayerName(reso.ownerGuid);
   });
 }
+
+
+// test to see if a specific player GUID is a special system account (e.g. __JARVIS__, __ADA__) that shouldn't
+// be listed as a player
+window.isSystemPlayer = function(guid) {
+
+  switch (guid) {
+    case '00000000000000000000000000000001.c':
+    case '00000000000000000000000000000002.c':
+      return true;
+
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+}