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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
May. 16, 2013
Barnesandnoble.com Llc, New York, NY (US);
Dale J. Brewer, San Marcos, CA (US);
Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A user interface is disclosed that is configured to provide a multi-user, multi-application experience for users of a given computing device, where each user account of the device is configurable with applications suitable for that user and each application has a usage timer associated therewith. Thus, each user may have access to applications that are different from another user of that device, and each user can be allocated application usage time independent from other users. The usage timers can be configured to reset once a usage period has lapsed. In some cases, the size of icons displayed for a given user account are automatically sized based on the age range of that user. A reward program may automatically increase the time allotted for given applications/content upon successful usage/consumption of educational applications/content. In a classroom/group setting, multiple computing devices may be simultaneously set into Kid Mode by a master computing device.