Parental notification of prohibited activities
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1. A method, comprising:
- monitoring activities performed by a home terminating telephone device;
storing rules in memory of the home terminating telephone device that prohibit the activities of the home terminating telephone device;
retrieving a rule from the memory that is associated with a user of the home terminating telephone device;
determining a prohibited activity is attempted by the user of the home terminating telephone device;
retrieving a notification address of a parent associated with the user;
sending an instant message from the home terminating telephone device to the notification address to notify the parent of the prohibited activity and an identification of a name of the user that is attempting the prohibited activity; and
prompting the parent at the notification address to authorize the prohibited activity.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and products notify parents of child activities. A child'"'"'s device stores rules that prohibit certain activities. When the child'"'"'s device attempts a prohibited activity, a message is sent to a notification address associated with the parent. The message, for example, may be sent to the parent'"'"'s cell phone. The instant message describes the prohibited activity.
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1. A method, comprising:
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monitoring activities performed by a home terminating telephone device; storing rules in memory of the home terminating telephone device that prohibit the activities of the home terminating telephone device; retrieving a rule from the memory that is associated with a user of the home terminating telephone device; determining a prohibited activity is attempted by the user of the home terminating telephone device; retrieving a notification address of a parent associated with the user; sending an instant message from the home terminating telephone device to the notification address to notify the parent of the prohibited activity and an identification of a name of the user that is attempting the prohibited activity; and prompting the parent at the notification address to authorize the prohibited activity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a processor; and memory storing instructions that when executed cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising; monitoring activities performed by a home terminating telephone device; storing rules that prohibit the activities of the device; retrieving a rule that is associated with a user of the home terminating telephone device; determining a prohibited activity is attempted by the user of the home terminating telephone device; retrieving a notification address of a parent associated with the user; sending an instant message from the home terminating telephone device to the notification address to notify the parent of the prohibited activity and an identification of a name of the user that is attempting the prohibited activity; and receiving authorization of the prohibited activity. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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monitoring activities performed by a home terminating telephone device; storing rules that prohibit the activities of the home terminating telephone device; retrieving a rule that is associated with a user of the home terminating telephone device; determining a prohibited activity is attempted by the user of the home terminating telephone device; retrieving a notification address of a parent associated with the user; sending an instant message from the home terminating telephone device to the notification address to notify the parent of the prohibited activity and an identification of a name of the user that is attempting the prohibited activity; and receiving authorization of the prohibited activity. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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