# US 10,320,793 B2 · Device, system and method for providing incentives including technology use and technology-based work > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,320,793 B2 - Document ID: US10320793B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/135,097 - Filed: 2016-04-21 - Published: 2016-10-27 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-21 - Assignees: Jail Education Solutions, Inc - Applicants: Jail Education Solutions, Inc. - Inventors: Brian Christopher Hill; Michael Raymond Dhruba Cornstubble - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10320793B2 ## CPC - H04L 63/10: {for controlling access to devices or network resources} - G06F 21/00: Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity - G06Q 30/0207: Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract A system and method serve to a user a login menu that is executed on a computing device, wherein the login menu is programmed to acquire from a user a set of parameters for access to a facility computing environment. In response to receiving credentials corresponding to the user, displaying, using the computing device, at least one graphical user interface that allows the user to participate in at least one activity corresponding to the facility, wherein the at least one activity is based in part on the credentials and one or more tasks available at the facility, and wherein the one or more tasks are verified for the user. The system and method generate, using the computing device, one or more points in real-time or near real-time for the user, during execution of the at least one activity at the computing device, wherein the at least one point is based on at least one achievement corresponding to the activity. The system and method generate, using the computing device, at least one reward based on the one or more points, and stores an indication of the achievement in a database communicatively connected to the at least one computing device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system, comprising: a content management platform having a processor; a database operatively coupled to the content management platform and accessible by the processor; a plurality of client computing devices located in a correctional facility and operative to physically connect to and disconnect from corresponding docking stations located in the correctional facility, the client computing devices and corresponding docking stations remotely located from the content management platform; wherein when each of the client computing devices physically connects to a corresponding docking station, the content management platform securely recognizes the physically connected client computing device and unlocks selected built-in functions of the physically connected client computing device, and displays at least one graphical user interface on a display of the client computing device; wherein when a physically connected client computer device is separated from the corresponding docking station by greater than a predetermined distance, the content management platform disables at least one of the enabled selected built-in functions; wherein the graphical user interface allows a user to participate in at least one activity corresponding to the facility, wherein the at least one activity is based in part on credentials of the user and one or more tasks available at the facility, and wherein the one or more tasks are verified for the user; the client computing device configured to generate one or more points in real-time or near real-time for the user, during execution of the at least one activity at the client computing device, wherein the at least one or more points are based on at least one achievement corresponding to the activity; and wherein an indication of the achievement of the corresponding client computing device is stored in the database. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the client computing device rewards on a daily basis before an end of a lesson or course of study. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the client computing device measures an effort and an achievement of the user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the client computing device rewards in a facility analog environment for points earned in a separate learning environment. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the client computing device rewards in the separate learning environment for behavior in the facility analog environment. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the built-in functions of the client computing device are activated only when the client computing device is physically connected with the corresponding docking station. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, where the built-in functions include at least one of a video, a camera, a keyboard and a determined program. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the client computing device processes at least one task of a digital work received from an external source. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the client computing device reports completion of the task to a facility inmate management system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the client computing device generates a monetary reward from the tasks that can be used for both digital and analog rewards. ### Claim 11 A method, comprising: operatively coupling a content management platform with a database and providing access between the content management platform and the database; physically connecting a client computer device to an associated docking station; serving to a user, a login menu that is executed on a client computing device only when the client computing device is physically connected to the associated docking station, wherein the content management platform securely recognizes the connected client computing device and unlocks selected built-in functions of the physically connected client computing device; disabling, by the content management platform, at least one of the selected enabled built-in functions when a physically connected client computer device is separated from the corresponding docking station by more than a predetermined distance; wherein the login menu is programmed to acquire from a user a set of parameters for access to a facility computing environment; in response to receiving credentials corresponding to the user, displaying, using the computing device, at least one graphical user interface that allows the user to participate in at least one activity corresponding to the facility, wherein the at least one activity is based in part on the credentials and one or more tasks available at the facility, and wherein the one or more tasks are verified for the user; generating, using the computing device, one or more points in real-time or near real-time for the user, during execution of the at least one activity at the computing device, wherein the at least one point is based on at least one achievement corresponding to the activity; generating, using the computing device, at least one reward based on the one or more points; and storing an indication of the achievement in a database communicatively connected to the at least one computing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising rewarding, using the client computing device, on a daily basis before an end of a lesson or course of study. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising measuring, using the client computing device, an effort and an achievement of the user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising rewarding, using the client computing device, in a facility analog environment for points earned in a separate learning environment. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising rewarding, using the client computing device, in the separate learning environment for behavior in the facility analog environment. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising activating selected built-in functions of the client computing device only when the client computing device is located within a determined vicinity of a dock. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, where the built-in functions include at least one of a video, a camera, a keyboard and a determined program. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising processing, using the client computing device, at least one task of a digital work received from an external source. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising reporting completion of the task to a facility inmate management system. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the client computing device generates a monetary reward from the tasks that can be used for both digital and analog rewards.