System for character-child interaction with adult character control
OwnerGeoffrey J. Grassleinventor
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Abstract
The system of the present invention generally allows a first user, the adult, to interact in the manner of a character facade with a second user, the child, via computer connections to a webserver. The webserver generally includes a processor with a memory/storage device that holds a character interaction program which supports a registration website and a character website. The processor operates with the program to receive a message from the child user, to notify the adult user of the received message via electronic mail, to receive a reply from the adult user, and to present the reply to the child user as though coming from a character rather than the adult user.
Claims24
A system for allowing a first, adult-controlled user interface to interact in the manner of a character facade with a second, child-controlled user interface via a computer, comprising:
- a storage device;
- and
- a processor connected to said storage device;
- said storage device storing a program for controlling said processor;
- and
- said processor operative with said program to:
- receive a message from said second, child-controlled user interface;
- notify, by electronic mail, said first, adult-controlled user interface of the received message;
- receive a reply to said received message from said first, adult-controlled user interface;
- and
- present said reply to said second, child-controlled user interface in the manner of a child-identifiable, fictional character facade;
- wherein said first, adult-controlled user interface provides said reply and wherein said second, child-controlled user interface sees said reply as coming only from said child-identifiable fictional character.
A method for using a computer to facilitate the interaction of a first, adult-controlled user interface with a second, child-controlled user interface in the manner of a character facade, comprising the steps of:
- said second, child-controlled user interface providing a message to said computer;
- said computer notifying said first, adult-controlled user interface of the provided message by electronic mail;
- said first, adult-controlled user interface providing a reply to said message to said computer in the manner of a child-identifiable, fictional character facade;
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- said computer displaying said reply through said second, child-controlled user interface in the manner of said child-identifiable, fictional character facade, wherein said second, child-controlled user interface sees said reply as coming only from the fictional character.
A system for allowing a first, adult-controlled user interface to interact in the manner of a character facade with a second, child-controlled user interface via a computer, comprising:
- storage means for storing data and for storing a program means;
- and
- processor means for processing data, said processor means connected to said storage means;
- said program means for controlling said processor means, said processor means operative with said programming means for:
- receiving a message from said second, child-controlled user interface;
- notifying, by electronic mail, said first, adult-controlled user interface of the received message;
- receiving a reply to said received message from said first, adult-controlled user interface;
- and
- presenting said reply to said second, child-controlled user interface in the manner of a child-identifiable, fictional character facade, wherein said second child-controlled user interface sees said reply as coming only from the fictional character.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.