SYSTEM, DEVICES, AND PLATFORM FOR EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT

• US 20150019981A1
• Filed: 07/09/2014
• Published: 01/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Felix H. Petitt Sr, Jr., Felix Houston Petitt
• Original Assignee: Felix H. Petitt Sr, Jr., Felix Houston Petitt
• Inventors: Petitt, Felix Houston Jr., Petitt, Felix H. Sr.
• Granted Patent: US 9,304,667 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/613 for the control of the source by the destination control signals issued by the client directed to the server or network components specially adapted for selective content distribution H04N21/637

Abstract

A system, platform and network are disclosed. The system may be at least partially enabled by one or more processors, and may include a first device having a display for displaying a selected content item made accessible to the first device via download and/or streaming from a network. The first device may have a first device input to interact with the content item. A second device may be coupled to the network and may be configured to control access to and/or to monitor the use of the content item by the first device. A heuristics module may be included for determining whether the first device has utilized the content item to a level of utilization greater than a predetermined value and to form a suggestion based on the determination made by the heuristics module. A communication module may be included to send the suggestion to the second device to provide the first device with an updated and/or a second content item.

Claims

1. A system at least partially enabled by one or more processors comprising:

a first device having a display for displaying a selected content item made accessible to the first device via download and/or streaming from a network, the first device having a first device input to interact with the content item;

a second device coupled to the network and configured to control access to and/or to monitor the use of the content item by the first device;

a heuristics module for determining whether the first device has utilized the content item to a level of utilization greater than a predetermined value and to form a suggestion based on the determination made by the heuristics module; and

a communication module to send the suggestion to the second device to provide the first device with an updated and/or a second content item.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second device input to approve the suggestion, and to cause the updated and/or a second content item to be made accessible to the first device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the level of utilization is determined by the one or more processors based on education criteria.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the level of utilization is determined by the one or more processors based on a use rate indicative of an interest level.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the level of utilization is determined by an input made with the first device input.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the suggestion is made at least partially based on a previously completed set of substantially subjective questions.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device and the second device are respectively a first and a second smart phone.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the display of the first device is configured to receive a touch input, and to display a respective visual response upon receiving the touch input that resembles a surface of water being touched at a location of the touch input.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a second display on the second device, and wherein the second device is configured to receive a touch input, and to display a respective visual response upon receiving the touch input that resembles a surface of water being touched at a location of the touch input.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the display of the first device is configured to receive a touch input, and to provide visual feedback around a location on the display that receives the touch input in the form of expanding concentric rings of distortion of a current image shown on the display.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the concentric rings of distortion are determined from empirical data regarding light transmission and recraction through a liquid/air interface.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes a locator element to identify a physical location of the first device, and wherein the second device includes a tracking module to track the physical location of the first device.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein one or both of the first device and the second device are configured to issue an alert to at least the second device when a distance between the first device and the second device exceeds a predetermined maximum.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the first device includes a camera and the second device is able to display on a second device display images and/or video captured by the first device camera.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the second device has a second device display and the first device and the second device each include a camera, and wherein the second device is able to display on the second device display images and/or video captured by the first device camera, and the first device is able to display on the display of the first device images and/or video captured by the second device camera.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein changes made by the first device to the content item are save at least temporarily to a memory resident on the first device, and are saved as a revision of the content item by one or more additional memories resident in the network and/or resident on the second device.

17. A system comprising:

a first processor enabled device having a display for displaying a selected content item made accessible to the first processor enabled device via download and/or streaming from a network, the first processor enabled device having a first device input to interact with the content item;

a second processor enabled device coupled to the network and configured to control access to and/or to monitor the use of the content item by the first processor enabled device;

a heuristics module for determining whether the first processor enabled device has utilized the content item to a level of utilization greater than a predetermined value and to form a suggestion based on the determination made by the heuristics module;

a communication module to send the suggestion to the second processor enabled device to provide the first processor enabled device with an updated and/or a second content item; and

a second device input to approve the suggestion, and to cause the updated and/or a second content item to be made accessible to the first processor enabled device.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the level of utilization is determined by the one or more of:

education criteria,

an interest level of a user of the first processor enabled device,

an input made by the user into the first device input, and

responses to a previously completed set of substantially subjective questions.