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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
May. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Ata IT Services Llc, New Palestine, IN (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Armour, New Palestine, IN (US);
Assignee:
ATA IT Services LLC, New Palestine, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); A63B 71/0619 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0068 (2013.01); A63B 2220/17 (2013.01); A63B 2220/20 (2013.01); A63B 2220/62 (2013.01); A63B 2230/06 (2013.01); A63B 2230/75 (2013.01); H04L 65/1063 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for limiting the amount of screentime available to a child device based on the activity of a user of the child device. A parent device is used to specify activity threshold(s) and associate them with an amount of screentime. An activity sensor provides activity data that is converted to a screentime value. An available screentime value is decremented as screentime is used on the child device. When the available screentime value reaches zero, access to functions or apps on the child device is disabled.