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Partial information throttle based on compliance with an agreement

  • US 9,854,393 B2
  • Filed: 07/20/2016
  • Issued: 12/26/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A partial information throttle system based on compliance with an agreement, comprising:

  • an agreement database stored in a memory of a computer, wherein said agreement database comprises an agreement between an agreement creator and an agreement performer, andwherein said agreement comprisesa first unique identifier associated with said agreement performer that is a first human,a second unique identifier associated with said agreement creator that is a second human,a condition comprising an activity to be performed by said agreement performer, andan action to be performed based on compliance with said condition;

    an activity database comprisingan activity status associated with said activity to be performed by said agreement performer;

    an agreement monitor coupled with said agreement database and said activity database and configured tocheck said activity status to determine said compliance with said condition based on said activity status;

    an information throttle coupled at least intermittently with said agreement monitor and configured to perform said action on at least one electronic device associated with said agreement performer;

    wherein said agreement database further comprises a first condition having a first activity that is independent of input into said at least one electronic device by said agreement performer;

    wherein said action is configured to direct said information throttle to partially decrease a performance of said at least one electronic device while said at least one electronic device is being utilized by said activity performer when said condition has not been satisfied, without fully disabling said at least one electronic device;

    wherein said partially decrease said performance of said at least one electronic device comprises a change in performance selected from the group comprisingdisable one or more applications or services on said at least one electronic device, without disabling all applications and services on said at least one electronic device, andreduce performance of one or more applications or services on said at least one electronic device, without completely disabling said one or more applications or services such that said one or more applications or services remain usable with reduced capabilities, and without reducing performance of all applications and services on said at least one electronic device,wherein said reduce performance causes a performance change selected from the group comprisingone or more features of said one or more applications or services to run more slowly on said at least one electronic device,one or more features of said one or more applications or services to be disabled, without disabling all features of said one or more applications or services,said one or more applications or services to run in a window on a display of said at least one electronic device, wherein said window has one or more of a reduced size, a reduced resolution, a reduced color space, and a reduced brightness, andaudio output from said one or more applications or services to have one or more of a reduced volume and a reduced sound quality; and

    ,wherein said action is further configured to direct said information throttle to reverse said partially decrease of said performance of said at least one electronic device when said agreement performer satisfies said condition, after said partially decrease of said performance occurs, to increase said performance of said at least one electronic device to its original level.

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