Chore and Rewards Tracker
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsMichael Kemery, Winston Wang, Marianna Wickman
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Abstract
A parent telecommunications device may assign chores to an activity-based child device and unlock functionality on the child device when a one or more chores is completed. The child device creates a graphical menu showing a chore list including the chores received from the parent device. The child device recognizes chores as completed based on an indication received from the user of the child device, the user of the parent device, or both.
Claims29
A child telecommunications device, comprising:
- a processor;
- a display controlled by the processor that displays a list of chores to a user of the child telecommunications device;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising:
- a chore tracking module that receives an indication that a chore from the list of chores was completed by the user of the child telecommunications device;
- and
- a rewards module that unlocks a functionality of the child telecommunications device in response to the indication that the chore was completed.
One or more machine-readable media containing instructions that are executable on a computing device to perform actions comprising:
- transmitting a chore to a child telecommunications device for inclusion in a list of chores indicated on a graphical display of the child telecommunications device;
- associating the chore with a number of credits that enable a user of the child telecommunications device to access a functionality of the child telecommunications device;
- and
- remotely modifying the number of credits available on the child telecommunications device in response to an indication that the chore was or was not completed.
A method comprising:
- assigning a task on a first telecommunications device to be completed by a user of a second telecommunications device;
- configuring the second telecommunications device to display the task on a user interface of the second telecommunication device;
- and
- unlocking a functionality of the second telecommunications device upon receipt of an indication that the task was completed.
One or more machine-readable media containing instructions that are executable on a computing device to perform actions comprising:
- transmitting a chore to a child telecommunications device for inclusion in a list of chores indicated on a graphical display of the child telecommunications device;
- associating the chore with a reward comprising a functionality on the child telecommunications device;
- validating completion of the chore;
- and
- remotely providing the reward to the user of the child telecommunications device.
One or more machine-readable media containing instructions that are executable on a computing device to perform actions comprising:
- receiving an indication that a chore from a list of chores displayed on a child telecommunications device was completed by a user of the child telecommunications device;
- and
- responsive to the indication, providing a reward comprising a functionality on the child telecommunications device to the user of the child telecommunications device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.