CHILD-SAFE MEDIA INTERACTION

• US 20110167342A1
• Filed: 12/08/2010
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Playrific, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Playrific, Inc.
• Inventors: Tortelier, Geraldine, de la Pena, Isaac, Marcus, Beth
• Application Number:
  US12/963,105
• Publication Number:
  US 20110167342A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/702
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

A safe-media interaction system includes distinct child and parent interfaces through which a child can interact with content and applications that are selected and authorized by a parent through the parent interface. The child interface allows a young child who has not yet acquired any reading skills, verbal skills, or visual organization skills to select a content item or application feature from a selection of such items/features visually presented to the child and interact with the selected item/feature through a general purpose computer interface such as a touch screen or keyboard with labels placed over selected keys. The safe-media interaction system also supports special purpose interfaces such as remote controls, kid-safe toys, and a dance pad to facilitate early childhood use of the system.

Claims

1. An overlay for a display, the overlay including an array of touchable elements that are configured to allow simplified interaction with a system associated with the display, wherein the system is otherwise designed for a general user.

2. The overlay of claim 1, wherein the array of touchable elements are configured to allow simplified interaction based on a target age range of a user.

3. The overlay of claim 2, wherein the target age range is one of 0-1, 1-1.5, 1.5-2.5, 2.5-4, 4-6, and 6-8.

4. The overlay of claim 1, wherein the overlay includes tactile feedback.

5. The overlay of claim 1, wherein the overlay is configured over a touch screen.

6. The overlay of claim 5, where the array of touchable elements is configured for facilitating access to portions of a touch screen below the touchable elements, while reducing the likelihood of accessing portions of the touch screen that are not below any of the touchable elements.

7. A method, comprising:

selecting a digital image to represent computer renderable content;

associating the digital image with the computer renderable content for presentation in a child-specific user interface;

associating a keyboard key with the renderable content, to facilitate activating the renderable content with the keyboard key;

selecting a label of the digital image from a collection of age-specific labels; and

disposing the selected label on the keyboard key.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the renderable content is at least one of a picture, video, games, movies, and online applications.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the child-specific user interface comprises visual indicators to facilitate a user to determine the Internet connectivity.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the labels comprises at least one of:

a figure, letter of alphabet, and words.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the labels are self-stick adhesive labels.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the labels are peel-off labels.

13-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A method of recommending content and features for a safe-media interaction system, the method comprising:

collecting, with a recommendation engine, interactions of a plurality of child users with a plurality of child-specific user interfaces;

aggregating the interactions across the plurality of child users and over time;

analyzing the aggregated interactions to detect patterns and tendencies;

associating the detected patterns and tendencies with a demographic aspect of at least one child of the plurality child users; and

recommending at least one of a content item and a feature for including in a child-specific user interface of the at least one child.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein recommending comprises recommending at least one of future activities and new media items.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the recommendation engine generates at least one of reports and charts based on the interactions of users with the safe-media interaction system.

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