Systems, devices and methods for providing a reward based upon use of a mobile communications device
First Claim
1. A mobile communications device, comprising:
- an output mechanism operable to generate a user interface;
query data associated with an outcome evaluation application, wherein the query data determines at least a part of the user interface;
an input mechanism for receiving response data associated with the query data; and
the outcome evaluation applications to analyze the response data against a criterion to provide a predetermined reward based on the comparison affecting an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network.
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide systems, devices and methods for providing a reward to a user of a mobile communications device. The described embodiments, for example, may include a mobile communications device that exchanges query data and response data with a computer system over a communications network. The computer system includes an evaluation application operable to determine a predetermined reward based on, at least in part, the received response data. The response data is received by the mobile communications device from the user in response to query data presented to the user by the mobile communications device. The predetermined reward, for example, may affect an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network. Also disclosed are systems, devices and methods that include an outcome application, associated with the computer system, that generates an outcome determination based on, at least in part, the response data.
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39 Claims
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1. A mobile communications device, comprising:
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an output mechanism operable to generate a user interface; query data associated with an outcome evaluation application, wherein the query data determines at least a part of the user interface; an input mechanism for receiving response data associated with the query data; and the outcome evaluation applications to analyze the response data against a criterion to provide a predetermined reward based on the comparison affecting an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A mobile communications device, comprising:
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a communications application enabling data exchange with a wireless network; at least one output device operable to generate a user interface; an evaluation application; at least one data repository having query data associated with at least one criterion of the evaluation application, wherein the criterion is associated with a predetermined standard, wherein at least a portion of the user interface is definable as a function of the query data; and an input mechanism for receiving response data related to the query data, wherein the response data is used to determine whether the response data is at least partially determinative of achieving the predetermined standard, and a predetermined characteristic of the response data is determinative of a predetermined reward affecting an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A mobile communications device, comprising:
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at least one output mechanism operable to generate a user interface; a resident evaluation application to analyze response data; at least one memory mechanism for storing data including a communications application and the resident evaluation application associated with query data and response data, the communications application operable to enable data exchange with a communications network including outputting the response data to another computer system across the communications network, the resident evaluation application operable to present the query data on the user interface, the query data associated with information relating to an outcome of a study, the response data related to the query data and relevant to a determination of the outcome, the response data determinative of a predetermined reward operable to modify an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the communications network; and at least one input mechanism for receiving the response data, wherein the predetermined reward is based on an analysis of the response data to a criterion. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A mobile communications device, comprising:
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a communications application enabling data exchange with a wireless network; a device-specific identification number associated with an operational account having account characteristics affecting operation of the mobile communications device on the wireless network; an output device operable to generate a user interface; query data received from an outcome evaluation application on another computer system across the wireless network, wherein the query data determines at least a part of the user interface; and an input device for receiving response data associated with the query data, the response data including the device-specific identification number and further being determinable of a predetermined reward generatable based on the response data by the outcome evaluation application the other computer system across the wireless network, the predetermined reward effective to modify the account characteristics and associated with the operational account based on the device-specific identification number.
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11. A mobile communications device, comprising:
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a communications application enabling data exchange with a wireless network; an output device operable to generate a user interface; query data having a time-based response criterion and associated with an outcome evaluation application, wherein the query data determines at least a part of the user interface; and an input device for receiving response data having an associated response time and further associated with the query data, the response time comparable with the time-based response criterion by the outcome evaluation application to determine a reward affecting an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network based on the associated response time compared to the time-based response criterion.
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12. A system for determining a reward based upon usage of a mobile communications device, comprising:
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a communications interface enabling data exchange with a communications network, wherein the communications interface is operable to receive response data transmitted over the communications network from a mobile electronic device; an evaluation application operable to transmit query data across the communications network to the mobile communications device, wherein the query data prompts the user of the mobile communications device to input the response data into the mobile communications device; and a reward application operable to identify a graduated reward based on the response data, wherein the reward is effective to modify an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. An evaluation system, comprising:
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a communications interface enabling data exchange with at least one predetermined communications network, wherein the communications interface is operable to receive response data transmitted over the communications network from a mobile electronic device; an evaluation application operable to determine at least one outcome based on a comparison of the response data to a predetermined standard; and a reward application operable to identify a graduated reward based on the response data, wherein the reward is effective to modify an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the communications network. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method of providing a reward, comprising:
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receiving response data from a mobile communications device across, at least in part, a wireless network, where the response data corresponds to a user input associated with query data presented to the user by the mobile communications device; determining a predetermined reward based on characteristics of the response data compared to a response criterion, where the predetermined reward affects an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network; and associating the predetermined reward with the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of conducting an evaluation, comprising:
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configuring a computer system on a communications network with an evaluation application, where the evaluation application generates an outcome determination that comprises a decision relating to at least one criterion of the evaluation; receiving response data sent from a mobile communications device over at least a wireless network portion of the communications network, where the response data comprises an input into the mobile communications device by a user of the mobile communications device in response to query data presented to the user by the mobile communications device, where the query data is associated with the criterion of the evaluation; and generating the outcome determination based on the received response data compared to the criterion of the evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A system for modifying performance of a wireless device, comprising a user account controlling at least one operational characteristic of a mobile communications device on a communications network, wherein the user account includes predetermined account parameters that define the operational characteristic, and wherein the user account is modifiable by a predetermined reward receivable across the communications network from a computer system having an evaluation application, wherein the predetermined reward is based on comparing response data from a mobile communications device received by the computer system over the communications network to a criterion, where the response data corresponds to a user input associated with query data presented to the user through a resident evaluation application on the mobile communications device.
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25. A method of modifying a user account associated with a mobile communications device, comprising:
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receiving response data from a mobile communications device over a wireless network portion of a communications network, where the response data corresponds to a user input associated with query data presented to the user through a resident evaluation application on the mobile communications device, where the mobile communications device is associated with the user account, and where the user account authorizes operation of the mobile communications device on at least the wireless network portion; generating a predetermined reward based on a comparison of the response data to a criterion, where the predetermined reward affects an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network; and initiating the application of the predetermined award to the user account to modify an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network.
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- 26. A mobile communications device in selective communication with other computer devices across at least a wireless network portion of a communications network, the mobile communications device including a computer platform, and at least one resident evaluation application loaded on the computer platform thereof which causes the selective presentation of query data to a user and operable to cause the selective transmission of response data to another computer device on the communications network, wherein the response data corresponds to an input into the mobile communications device by the user in reply to the query data and the response data is compared to a criterion to provide a predetermined award based on the comparison of the response data and the criterion.
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31. A computer readable code encoded on a computer readable medium, when executed, directs a computer system in communication with a wireless network to perform the acts of:
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receiving response data from a mobile communications device across the wireless network, where the response data corresponds to a user input associated with query data presented to the user by the mobile communications device; determining a predetermined reward based on characteristics of the response data compared to a criterion, where the predetermined reward affects an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network; and
associating the predetermined reward with the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of earning a reward, comprising:
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receiving query data from across a wireless network, where the query data corresponds to at least one of an evaluation application, a reward application and an outcome application; receiving response data corresponding to the query data, the response data associated with a predetermined reward based on characteristics of the response data as compared to a criterion, where the predetermined reward affects an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network; and transmitting the response data to a computer system across the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (36)
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37. A computer readable code encoded on a computer readable medium, when executed, directs a mobile communications device in communication with a wireless network to perform the acts of:
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receiving query data from across the wireless network, where the query data corresponds to at least one of an evaluation application, a reward application and an outcome application; receiving response data corresponding to the query data, the response data associated with a predetermined reward based on characteristics of the response data compared to a criterion, where the predetermined reward affects an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network; and transmitting the response data to a computer system across the wireless network.
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38. A mobile communications device, comprising:
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a means for receiving query data from across the wireless network, where the query data corresponds to at least one of an evaluation application, a reward application and an outcome application; a means for receiving response data corresponding to the query data, the response data associated with a predetermined reward based on characteristics of the response data compared to a criterion, where the predetermined reward affects an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network; and a means for transmitting the response data to a computer system across the wireless network.
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39. A computer system, comprising:
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a means for receiving response data from a mobile communications device across a wireless network, where the response data corresponds to a user input associated with query data presented to a user by the mobile communications device; a means for determining a predetermined reward based on characteristics of the response data compared to a criterion, where the predetermined reward affects an operational characteristic of the mobile communications device on the wireless network; and associating the predetermined reward with the mobile communications device.
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