Kid mode user interface with application-specific configurability

A computing device comprising:

• a touch screen display for displaying content to a user and allowing user input;
• and
• a user interface including a kid mode configured to provide selective access to applications available on the device, wherein each application is associated with a timer that is settable to limit use of that application by a particular child-user, the kid mode being further configured to allow individual use of the device by multiple child-users;
• wherein the kid mode is further configured to track usage of a guardian-preferred application and/or guardian-preferred content by a given child-user, and to increase that child-user's use privileges with respect to the device as a reward for sufficiently using the guardian-preferred application and/or guardian-preferred content, and wherein the increase in use privileges is in the form of at least one of an increase in the child-user's access to a restricted application, an increase in the child-user's access to restricted content, and an increase in the child-user's allocated usage time with respect to the device.

A computer program product comprising a plurality of instructions non-transiently encoded thereon to facilitate operation of an electronic device according to the following process, the process comprising:

• provide, by a user interface of the device, selective access to applications available on the device, wherein each application is associated with a timer that is settable to limit use of that application by a particular user;
• allow, by the user interface, individual use of the device by multiple users, each user associated with an account on the device, each account specifying applications available to that user as well as corresponding application timers associated with those applications;
• and
• track usage of a guardian-preferred application and/or guardian-preferred content by a given child-user, and increasing that child-user's use privileges with respect to the device as a reward for sufficiently using the guardian-preferred application and/or guardian-preferred content, wherein the increase in use privileges is in the form of at least one of an increase in the child-user's access to a restricted application, an increase in the child-user's access to restricted content, and an increase in the child-user's allocated usage time with respect to the device.