Method and system for child authentication

• US 9,372,999 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2015
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Technology Policy Associates, LLC
• Original Assignee: Technology Policy Associates, LLC
• Inventors: Handler, Bradley A
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu, Teshome
• Application Number:
  US14/641,909
• Publication Number:
  US 20150178510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• Field of Search: 726/21
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment

Abstract

Methods and systems for child authentication are described. In one embodiment, a communication enablement request may be received to enable electronic communications between a first child and a second child. A confirmation acceptance code may be electronically generated. The confirmation acceptance code may be associated with the first child and the second child. The confirmation acceptance code may be received from a parental representative of the second child. The electronic communication may be enabled between the first child and the second child based on the receiving of the confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the second child. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving at a server, via a wireless communication channel, a communication enablement request for electronic communication between a first child and a second child;

electronically generating a confirmation acceptance code by a communication enablement subsystem at the server;

associating the confirmation acceptance code with the first child and the second child;

providing the confirmation acceptance code to the second child, via the wireless communication channel, to enable the second child to provide the confirmation acceptance code to a parental representative of the second child, whereby the parental representative of the second child is enabled to authorize the electronic communication between the first child and the second child;

receiving, via the wireless communication channel, the confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the second child as authorization of the electronic communication between the first child and the second child; and

enabling the electronic communication between the first child and the second child based on receiving the confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the second child.

2. The method of claim 1, further including authenticating the relationship between the second child and the parental representative of the second child.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting a first child request to a parental representative of the first child in response to receiving the communication enablement request; and

receiving a first child approval from the parental representative of the first child, the electronically generating the confirmation acceptance code being in response to receiving the first child approval.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the confirmation acceptance code is in response to providing a confirmation acceptance request to the parental representative of the second child.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a confirmation acceptance request including the confirmation acceptance code to the parental representative of the second child, the receiving of the confirmation acceptance code being in response to the providing of the confirmation acceptance request to the parental representative of the second child.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a confirmation acceptance request including the confirmation acceptance code to the second child, the second child being capable of transmitting the confirmation acceptance request to the parental representative of the second child, the receiving of the confirmation acceptance code being in response to the transmitting of the confirmation acceptance request to the second child.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating an additional confirmation acceptance code in response to receiving the confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the second child; and

receiving the additional confirmation acceptance code from a parental representative of the first child, the enabling electronic communication between the first child and the second child being based on receiving the confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the second child and receiving the additional confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the first child.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein enabling the electronic communication comprises transmitting an electronic communication notification to an electronic communication provider based on receiving the confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the second child, the electronic communication notification including identification of the first child and the second child, and the electronic communication provider processing the electronic communication between the first child and the second child.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the communication enablement request is received from one of the first child, or the parental representative of the first child, or the second child, or the parental representative of the second child.

10. A system comprising one or more hardware processors configured to include:

a request receiver module at a communication enablement subsystem of a server to receive, via a wireless communication channel, a communication enablement request from a first child machine for electronic communication between the first child and a second child;

a code generation module at the communication enablement subsystem at the server to electronically generate a confirmation acceptance code;

a code association module at the communication enablement subsystem to associate the confirmation acceptance code generated by the code generation module with the first child and the second child;

a transmission module at the communication enablement subsystem to transmit, via the wireless communication channel, the confirmation acceptance code to the second child to allow the second child to provide the confirmation acceptance code to a parental representative of the second child;

a second child approval module at the communication enablement subsystem to receive, via the wireless communication channel, the confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the second child, whereby the parental representative of the second child authorizes the electronic communication between the first child and the second child; and

a communication enablement module at the communication enablement subsystem to enable the electronic communication between the first child and the second child based on the receiving of the confirmation acceptance code by the second child approval module from the parental representative of the second child.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the code providing module is configured to transmit a first child request to a parental representative of the first child in response to the receipt of the communication enablement request;

and

the code generation module is configured to receive a first child approval from the parental representative of the first child, the electronic generation of the confirmation acceptance code being in response to receipt of the first child approval.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein receipt of the confirmation acceptance code is in response to provision of a confirmation acceptance request to the parental representative of the second child.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the communication enablement request is received from one of the first child, or the parental representative of the first child, or the second child, or the parental representative of the second child.

14. One or more computer-readable hardware storage device having embedded therein a set of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors of a computer, causes the computer to execute operations comprising:

receiving, from a client machine via a wireless communication channel, a communication enablement request for electronic communication between a first child and a second child;

electronically generating a confirmation acceptance code;

associating the confirmation acceptance code with the first child and the second child;

providing the confirmation acceptance code to a parental representative of the second child, via the wireless communication channel, to allow the parental representative of the second child to authorize the electronic communication between the first child and the second child;

receiving the confirmation acceptance code, via the wireless communication channel, from the parental representative of the second child; and

enabling the electronic communication between the first child and the second child based on the receiving of the confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the second child.

15. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

transmitting a first child request to a parental representative of the first child in response to the receiving of the communication enablement request; and

receiving a first child approval from the parental representative of the first child, the electronically generating the confirmation acceptance code being in response to receiving the first child approval.

16. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 14 wherein receiving the confirmation acceptance code is in response to providing a confirmation acceptance request to the parental representative of the second child.

17. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 14, the operations further comprising providing a confirmation acceptance request including the confirmation acceptance code to the parental representative of the second child, the receiving of the confirmation acceptance code being in response to providing the confirmation acceptance request to the parental representative of the second child.

18. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 14, the operations further comprising transmitting a confirmation acceptance request including the confirmation acceptance code to the second child, the second child being capable of transmitting the confirmation acceptance request to the parental representative of the second child, the receiving of the confirmation acceptance code being in response to the transmitting of the confirmation acceptance request to the second child.

19. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 14, the operations further comprising:

generating an additional confirmation acceptance code in response to the receiving of the confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the second child; and

receiving the additional confirmation acceptance code from a parental representative of the first child, the enabling of the electronic communication between the first child and the second child being based on receiving the confirmation acceptance code from the parental representative of the second child and the parental representative of the first child.

20. The one or more machine-readable hardware storage devices of claim 14 wherein the communication enablement request is received from one of the first child, or the parental representative of the first child, or the second child, or the parental representative of the second child.