Parent Telecommunication Device Configuration of Activity-Based Child Telecommunication Device
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1. A child telecommunications device, comprising:
- an interactive user interface that offers activities to a user of the child telecommunications device;
the child telecommunications device being configured to perform actions comprising;
receiving remote configuration information that indicates the activities that are to be available on the child telecommunications device; and
adding the indicated activities to the interactive user interface in response to receiving the remote configuration information.
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Abstract
A telecommunications network offers a subscription plan or feature for parent and activity-based child devices. Configuration choices are made at the parent device and communicated to the activity-based child device. The child device creates a graphical menu showing activities as specified by the configuration information received from the parent device.
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23 Claims
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1. A child telecommunications device, comprising:
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an interactive user interface that offers activities to a user of the child telecommunications device; the child telecommunications device being configured to perform actions comprising; receiving remote configuration information that indicates the activities that are to be available on the child telecommunications device; and adding the indicated activities to the interactive user interface in response to receiving the remote configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. One or more computer-readable media containing instructions that are executable on a telecommunications device to perform actions comprising:
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receiving remote configuration settings, the configuration settings indicating activities for a user to initiate on the telecommunications device; adding the indicated activities to a graphical display of activities available on the telecommunications device in response to receiving the configuration settings; and removing activities that are not indicated by the configuration settings. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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associating a set of telecommunication devices with a common subscription feature; designating a parent device from among the set of telecommunication devices; designating a child device from among the set of telecommunication devices; configuring the parent device to accept configuration settings for the child device from a user of the parent device, the configuration settings indicating activities for a child to initiate on the child device; configuring the child device to receive the configuration settings; and further configuring the child device to present one or more graphical menus on the child device in response to the received configuration settings, the one or more graphical menus showing the activities indicated by the configuration settings. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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associating a set of telecommunication devices with a family of users; designating a parent device from among the set of telecommunication devices; designating a child device from among the set of telecommunication devices; configuring the parent device to accept designations of applications to execute on the child device; wherein one or more of the applications facilitate interactions with users of other devices; and limiting interaction by the applications installed on the child device to a predetermined set of users. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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