US 11,087,634 B2Granted

System, method, and applications for monitoring online usage of minors

OwnerChristopher Chambersinventor

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Abstract

Systems, software, and computer implemented methods associated with a smart monitoring system used to monitor, manage, and modify the usage of various applications and/or websites on a mobile or other computing device are described herein. In one example method, user interactions performed at a client device are monitored, and a determination is made as to whether the monitored user interactions are associated with non-educational content or applications. In response to determining that they are, an activity timer is increased based on ongoing interactions with the non-educational content or application. In response to a determination that a current value of the activity timer exceeds a predetermined threshold value, an interruption process is triggered on the client device causing at least one educational activity to be performed by the user of the client device. Before allowing interaction with the non-educational content or application, the educational activities must be satisfactorily completed.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

at least one processor;
and
a computer-readable storage device coupled to the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
monitoring user interactions performed at a client device, the monitoring associated with an activity counter associated with interactions related to non-educational content and non-educational applications, wherein the user interactions are associated with one or more sets of content or particular applications;
and
during the monitoring:
determining whether a particular monitored user interaction is associated with non-educational content or a non-educational application;
in response to determining that the particular monitored user interaction is associated with non-educational content or a non-educational application:
identifying a discrete number of non-educational activities associated with the non-educational content or the non-educational application performed during the monitored user interaction;
increasing the activity counter based on the particular monitored user interaction associated with non-educational content or the non-educational application, wherein the activity counter is increased by an integer corresponding to the identified discrete number of non-educational activities;
and
in response to determining that the current value of the activity counter exceeds a predetermined threshold value, wherein the predetermined threshold value comprises an integer representing a discrete number of non-educational activities allowed, triggering an interruption process on the client device causing at least one educational activity to be performed by the user of the client device, wherein the interruption process comprises presenting the at least one education activity as an overlay on a same display of a current non-educational content or a current non-educational activity, wherein the overlay partially blocks a full view of the non-educational content or a current non-educational activity;
and
in response to determining that the current value of the activity counter does not exceed the predetermined threshold value, continuing to monitor the user interactions performed at the client device;
and
in response to determining that the particular monitored user interaction is associated with educational content or an educational application prior to the current value of the activity counter exceeding the predetermined threshold, continuing to monitor the user interactions performed at the client device and decreasing the activity counter based on a discrete number of educational activities performed during the monitored user interaction.

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A computer-implemented method, comprising:

monitoring user interactions performed at a client device, the monitoring associated with an activity counter associated with interactions related to non-educational content and non-educational applications, wherein the user interactions are associated with one or more sets of content or particular applications, and wherein the activity counter represents an integer value;
and
during the monitoring:
determining whether a particular monitored user interaction is associated with non-educational content or a non-educational application;
in response to determining that the particular monitored user interaction is associated with non-educational content or a non-educational application:
identifying a discrete number of non-educational activities associated with the non-educational content or the non-educational application performed during the monitored user interaction;
increasing the activity counter based on the particular monitored user interaction associated with non-educational content or the non-educational application, wherein the activity counter is increased by an integer corresponding to the identified discrete number of non-educational activities;
and
in response to determining that the current value of the activity counter exceeds a predetermined threshold value, wherein the predetermined threshold value comprises an integer representing a discrete number of non-educational activities allowed, triggering an interruption process on the client device causing at least one educational activity to be performed by the user of the client device, wherein the interruption process comprises presenting the at least one education activity as an overlay on a same display of a current non-educational content or a current non-educational activity, wherein the overlay partially blocks a full view of the non-educational content or a current non-educational activity;
and
in response to determining that the current value of the activity counter does not exceed the predetermined threshold value, continuing to monitor the user interactions performed at the client device;
and
in response to determining that the particular monitored user interaction is associated with educational content or an educational application prior to the current value of the activity counter exceeding the predetermined threshold, continuing to monitor the user interactions performed at the client device and decreasing the activity counter based on a discrete number of educational activities performed during the monitored user interaction.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/036,680Filed 16 Jul 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 17 Jul 2017
Published: US 2019/0019426 A117 Jan 2019
Granted: 10 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G09B 5/02
Electrically-operated educational appliances: with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
H04L 67/535
Network services: tracking the activity of the user
G06F 13/24
For access to input/output bus: using interrupt
G09B 5/00
Electrically-operated educational appliances