CHILDCARE VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. A child video conference terminal located at a childcare facility and configured for use by a plurality of children to enable the children to video conference with remotely located parties, comprising:
- a controller for controlling the operation of the child terminal;
a display coupled to the controller;
a camera coupled to the controller for capturing a video image of a user of the child terminal during a video conference session;
an audio transducer coupled to the controller for capturing audio of a user of the child terminal during a video conference session;
an audio output coupled to the controller;
a communications interface coupled to the controller for exchanging signals with a communications network during a video conference session;
electronic storage accessible by the controller, the storage storing information that includes for each of the plurality of children;
(a) unique child identification information; and
(b) remote party information identifying at least one remote party that the child is authorized to video conference with; and
an input device connected to the controller for receiving from a child ID information for comparison with the child identification information stored on the electronic storage,the controller limiting the remote party or remote parties to which a child can initiate a video conference session to the remote party or remote parties that the child is authorized to video conference with.
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Abstract
A child video conference terminal located at a childcare facility and configured for use by a plurality of children to enable the children to video conference with remotely located parties.
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1. A child video conference terminal located at a childcare facility and configured for use by a plurality of children to enable the children to video conference with remotely located parties, comprising:
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a controller for controlling the operation of the child terminal; a display coupled to the controller; a camera coupled to the controller for capturing a video image of a user of the child terminal during a video conference session; an audio transducer coupled to the controller for capturing audio of a user of the child terminal during a video conference session; an audio output coupled to the controller; a communications interface coupled to the controller for exchanging signals with a communications network during a video conference session; electronic storage accessible by the controller, the storage storing information that includes for each of the plurality of children;
(a) unique child identification information; and
(b) remote party information identifying at least one remote party that the child is authorized to video conference with; andan input device connected to the controller for receiving from a child ID information for comparison with the child identification information stored on the electronic storage, the controller limiting the remote party or remote parties to which a child can initiate a video conference session to the remote party or remote parties that the child is authorized to video conference with. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A video conferencing system for facilitating communications between children at a childcare facility and remote terminals located exterior of the childcare facility, comprising:
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a child video conference terminal connected to a communications network and configured to permit a plurality of the children at the childcare facility to each video conference with one or more authorized remote terminals; and a remote conference server located external to the childcare facility and in communication with the child terminal and the authorized remote terminals, the conference server tracking usage information for video conference sessions that are established between the child terminal and the remote terminals. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A method of facilitating video conference sessions between at least some children of a childcare facility and remote parties who are exterior of the childcare facility, comprising:
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providing a child video conference terminal for use by a plurality of children at a childcare facility for video conference sessions; storing at the child terminal information that includes for each child remote party information identifying at least one remote party that the child is authorized to video conference with; receiving through an input device of the video conference terminal child identification information from a child wishing to initiate a video conference session information; and limiting, in dependence on the input child identification information, the remote party or remote parties to which a child can initiate a video conference session to the remote party or remote parties that the child is authorized to video conference with. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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