System and method for instruction based access to electronic computing devices

A network-based computer system for blocking or limiting access to a client computer until a user answers one or more questions correctly, the system comprising:

• a. a system server, comprising:
• i. a database storing results of analyzing responses from the user to educational questions and records of a third party receiving the results;
• ii. an education module managing educational questions categorized by content, format, and quantity, wherein
• the content specifies a subject matter of the questions;
• the format specifies a structure of the questions selected from a group of true/false, multiple choice, short answer, and fill-in-the-blank structures;
• and,
• the quantity specifies an amount of time of using the client computer earned by the user for answering the questions correctly;
• b. a processor for determining a correctness of the responses;
• c. one of more user client computers each comprising a graphical user interface for communicating with the system server to enable a user to select the content, format, and quantity of one or more questions, to input responses to test questions, and to review test results;
• and
• d. one or more third party client computers each comprising a graphical user interface for receiving reports from the system server on the user's responses to the test questions,
• e. wherein each client computer is an electronic device comprising a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, an interactive toy, or a robot.

A computer implemented method for blocking access to a computer device until a user answers one or more questions correctly, the method comprising:

• displaying one or more questions on a graphical user interface of the computer device;
• b. receiving a response from the user to the question(s);
• c. determining if the response from the user is a correct answer;
• d. when the user's response is the correct answer, unblocking access to the computer device;
• e. when the user's response is not the correct answer, requesting the user to respond to the same question again or a new question;
• f. blocking and/or limiting access to the computer device for a predetermined period of time when after repeating steps (a) thru (e) one or more times, the user has not provided a correct response;
• g. transmitting a result of determining if the response is the correct answer to a third party to supervise the user's progress,
• h. wherein the computer device is an electronic device comprising a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, an interactive toy, or a robot, and
• i. wherein the user is required to view a video on the computer device comprising content related to the questions before step (a) and/or after step (e).

A method of reward-based advertisement on an electronic device using a hierarchy of rewards, comprising:

• associating a reward at each level of the hierarchy with an advertisement;
• transmitting the advertisement associated with the reward at a current level to the electronic device only after delivering the reward at a previous level to the electronic device;
• and
• delivering the reward at a current level to the electronic device only after the advertisement associated with the reward at the current level is viewed on the electronic device,
• wherein the reward at the first level is an authorization for access of a native function of the electronic device.

An electronic device for reward-based advertisement, comprising:

• a first receiving unit configured to receive a request from a user for a reward at a level of a hierarchy of rewards,
• wherein a reward at each level of the hierarchy is associated with an advertisement, and
• wherein the reward at the first level is an authorization for access of a native function of the electronic device;
• a second receiving unit configured to receive an acknowledgment from a user that an advertisement displayed by the electronic device is viewed;
• and
• a display unit configured to
• display the advertisement associated with the reward at a level in response to a request for the reward, and
• display information regarding a reward at a level in response to receiving an acknowledgement from a user that the advertisement associated with the reward is viewed,
• wherein the display unit displays the advertisement associated with the reward at a current level only after displaying information regarding the reward at a previous level.