Schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle

• US 9,043,462 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2014
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eturi Corp.
• Original Assignee: Parentsware, Inc.
• Inventors: Badiee, Ben, Moussavian, Amir, Lewis, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): BARQADLE, YASIN M
• Application Number:
  US14/279,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20140258512A1
• Time in Patent Office: 375 Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2425 for supporting services specification, e.g. SLA
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/25 with rate being modified by the source upon detecting a change of network conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Controls electronic devices and/or throttles electronic devices and/or information for electronic devices based on agreements or events and/or based on schedule, location, time, or any combination thereof. An agreement includes condition(s) to satisfy the agreement, such as task(s) or activities to be performed by an agreement performer, for example based on a schedule and/or location, at a particular time, or time period, or, or events that may be detected, and actions performed to enforce or assert the agreement. Actions may include controlling the electronic device and/or at least partially enabling/disabling or otherwise limiting, reducing or increasing the amount or type of information allowed with respect to any or all electronic devices associated with the agreement performer. Embodiments may reduce or block information from particular sources during a scheduled school class to limit web surfing for information related to that class based on a schedule and/or location of the electronic device.

Claims

1. A schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle comprising:

an agreement database stored in a memory of a computer wherein said agreement database comprises

an agreement stored in said memory comprising an agreement creator and an agreement performer wherein said agreement comprises

a first unique identifier associated with said agreement performer;

a second unique identifier associated with said agreement creator;

a condition comprising at least one of

an activity associated with homework or a test to be performed by said agreement performer;

an event associated with an environmental event comprising

 

data related to any combination of weather,

 

temperature, allergy, pollen or smog alert; and

 

both of said activity and said event;

an action to be performed based on compliance with said condition;

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

an activity database comprising

activity status associated with said activity of said condition to be satisfied by said agreement performer wherein said activity status comprises a homework completion status associated with said homework or a grade value associated with said test and

a schedule associated with said agreement performer;

an agreement monitor coupled with said agreement database and said activity database and configured to at least one of

check if said condition has been satisfied based on said activity status to determine said compliance;

check if said condition has been satisfied based on said event associated with said environmental event comprising said data related to any combination of said weather, temperature, allergy, pollen or smog alert; and

check if said condition is satisfied on said activity and said event;

an information monitor configured to determine monitored information associated with said at least one electronic device that is associated with said agreement performer;

an information throttle coupled at least intermittently with said agreement monitor and optionally at least intermittently with said information monitor and configured to perform said action, to at least partially increase or at least partially decrease information input, output, used on or exchanged with said at least one electronic device;

wherein said action is based on

said activity,

and at least one of

said event,

a location associated with said at least one electronic device,

the schedule associated with said agreement performer,

the location of said at least one electronic device and the schedule associated with said agreement performer;

wherein said action is configured to direct said information throttle to at least partially increase or decrease a performance of said at least one electronic device through at least one of

an insertion of at least one time delay between

a transfer of said information to or from said at least one electronic device, such that based on if said condition has been satisfied and during use of said at least one electronic device by said agreement performer and

at least one of

an acceptance of an input of said information,

a display of said information;

a change in a performance setting of said at least one electronic device comprising at least one of

a decrease or increase of a display resolution of a display,

a decrease or increase of a brightness level of the display,

a change in a color space of the display,

a decrease or increase of a sound quality,

a decrease or increase in an allowed volume on said electronic device;

a change in an access setting to said information to enable access to said information

allowed at the location,

allowed by the schedule associated with said agreement performer,

allowed by the location and the schedule associated with said agreement performer;

wherein said information throttle is configured to perform at least one of

if said activity comprising said test grade or said homework completion status is equal to or above a predefined value then said information throttle performs said at least partially increase in said performance;

if said event comprising said weather, temperature, allergy, high pollen count or smog alert event is detected then said information throttle performs said at least partially increase in said performance;

if said activity comprising said test grade or said homework completion status is below said predefined value then said information throttle performs said at least partially decrease in said performance;

if said event comprising said weather, temperature, allergy, high pollen count or smog alert event is not detected then said information throttle performs said at least partially decrease in said performance; and

,

wherein said at least one electronic device comprises a plurality of electronic devices, and said action is performed across said plurality of electronic devices associated with said agreement performer, comprising a telephone, a computer, a music player, a game or a television or a remote control or an appliance or any combination thereof and

wherein said agreement monitor is configured to sum said monitored information from each respective information monitor into a combined monitored information total; and

,

wherein said information throttle is configured to limit said monitored information on each of said plurality of electronic devices based on said combined monitored information total.

2. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein the information throttle is further configured to perform said action wherein said action enables other information displayed on said at least one electronic device if the location of the at least one electronic device is either

within a predefined range of a second location at which the schedule associated with said activity is to occur with respect to the agreement performer,

not within a predefined range of said second location.

3. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein the agreement monitor is configured to push new agreements to the at least one electronic device or wherein the at least one electronic device is configured to poll the agreement database to the new agreements and wherein the new agreements include a serial number to enable robust transfer of the new agreements without loss of the new agreements.

4. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein the information throttle performs the action based on a site pass or channel pass and wherein the site comprises a list of websites or TV channels, amount of time of enabled access or expiration time thereof.

5. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein the information throttle performs the action based on a reward.

6. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein the information throttle performs the action based on a partial reward.

7. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic device provides a list of rewards and accepts a selection of a particular reward from the agreement performer.

8. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 7, wherein said list of rewards is categorized based on one or more categories selected from one or more of an age group, sex and behavioral patterns, wherein said electronic device is further configured to provide recommendations to said agreement for one or more rewards from said list of rewards and said one or more categories prior to accepting said selection from said agreement performer.

9. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein said condition further comprises a list of one or more conditions, wherein said agreement monitor is configured to allow said agreement performer to pick from said list that results in a higher compliance ratio.

10. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein the agreement monitor is further configured to accept at least one image or video to confirm said compliance from said agreement performer or said agreement creator.

11. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic device is configured to display an average amount of time required to achieve a particular school grade based on performance associated with one or more other agreement performers.

12. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein said information monitor is configured to transmit one or more notices to said agreement creator and a plurality of other users, wherein said plurality of other users comprise a plurality of other agreement creators and wherein said one or more notices comprise one or more of said activity status, or a reward associated with said activity status and said condition or any combination thereof.

13. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein said agreement performer comprises a plurality of agreement performers, and said agreement creator comprises a plurality of agreement creators, wherein said information monitor is further configured to display a list of said plurality of agreement performers to one or more of said plurality of agreement creators in an orderly manner based on a history of actions associated with each of said plurality of agreement performers.

14. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein said at least one electronic device is further configured to notify said agreement performer on one or more upcoming activities to be performed by said agreement performer or on one or more upcoming events.

15. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein said agreement further comprises a plurality of conditions and wherein said agreement monitor is further configured to accept said compliance as associated with each of said plurality of conditions in any order as performed by said agreement performer.

16. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, wherein said action is associated with one or more monetary rewards, wherein said one or more monetary rewards are provided to said agreement performer based on said compliance by one or more of said agreement creator and one or more third party users.

17. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 16, wherein said one or more monetary rewards are associated with a financial institution, such that said one or more third party users are configured to increase said one or more monetary rewards based on said monitored information.

18. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 1, further comprising a camera and wherein information throttle is configured to throttle information based on at least one agreement performer identified through at least one image captured by said camera.

19. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 18, wherein said camera is coupled directly with said electronic device.

20. The schedule and location responsive agreement compliance controlled information throttle of claim 18, wherein said camera is coupled indirectly with said electronic device and comprises a nanny cam or dashboard camera or security camera.