CN105339895A

CN105339895A - Tablet computer

Info

Publication number: CN105339895A
Application number: CN201480023591.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗布·藤冈
Original assignee: Fuhu Holdings Inc
Current assignee: Fuhu Holdings Inc
Priority date: 2013-03-15
Filing date: 2014-03-14
Publication date: 2016-02-17
Also published as: KR20150132461A; JP2016517598A; EP2972835A4; WO2014144908A1; EP2972835A1; CA2907274A1

Abstract

A tablet computer comprises an operating system, including an application framework layer and an application layer, and an overlay system. The overlay system controls access to application programs and provides a first user interface and a second operating environment associated with a second user interface. Optionally, the overlay system provides a first operating environment associated with the first user interface. The overlay system includes an access control configured to permit or deny a request for access in the second operating environment to resources and/or data. Optionally, the overlay system is executed in the application framework layer of the operating system and may comprise a hypervisor providing an operating platform comprising the first user interface, the second operating environment, and an application space providing access to the application layer.

Description

Flat computer

The cross reference of related application

The application is the title submitted on March 13rd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " WidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSam e ", 663 (its title requiring on March 13rd, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/069 of " WidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSam e ", the rights and interests of 336) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on March 12nd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " HypervisorandVirtualMachineWare ", 666 (its title requiring on March 26th, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/070 of " HypervisorandVirtualMachineWare ", the rights and interests of 942) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on March 17th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " SocialBasedSearchEngine; SystemandMethod ", 905 (its title requiring on March 17th, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/069 of " SocialBasedSearchEngine; SystemAndMethod ", the rights and interests of 775) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on March 17th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/383 of " WidgetPlatform; SystemandMethod ", 001 (its title requiring on March 17th, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/069 of " AWidgetizedPlatform; SystemandMethod ", the rights and interests of 777) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on March 24th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/383 of " WebtopandMonetizationEngine; SystemandMethod ", 456 (its title requiring on March 24th, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/070 of " WebtopandMonetizationEngine; SystemandMethod ", the rights and interests of 611) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on June 26th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/459 of " SystemandMethodforProvidingApplicationsandPeripheralstoa FixedPriceComponent-basedComputingPlatform ", 171 (its title requiring on August 19th, 2008 to submit to is " ModularApplicationComputingApparatus, SystemandMethod " U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/090, the title submitted on October 20th, 054 and 2008 is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/106 of " SystemandMethodforProvidingApplicationsandPeripheralstoa FixedPriceComponent-basedComputingPlatform ", the rights and interests of 645) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on June 30th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/494 of " WidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSam e ", 940 (its title requiring on September 2nd, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/190 of " WidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSam e ", the rights and interests of 810) part continuity, and the title requiring on March 13rd, 2009 to submit to is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " WidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSam e ", 663 (its title requiring on March 13rd, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/069 of " WidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSam e ", the rights and interests of 336) right of priority, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on August 19th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/544 of " ModularApplicationComputingApparatus; SystemandMethod ", 129 (its title requiring on August 19th, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/090 of " ModularApplicationComputingApparatus; SystemandMethod ", the rights and interests of 054) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on September 2nd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/584 of " WidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSam e ", 264 (its title requiring on September 2nd, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/190 of " AWidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSa me ", the rights and interests of 810) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on September 2nd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/584 of " StableActiveXLinuxBasedOperatingEnvironment ", 265 (its title requiring on September 2nd, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application number 61/190 of " StableActiveXLinuxBasedOperatingEnvironment ", the rights and interests of 809) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on September 2nd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/584 of " ModularApplicationComputingApparatus; SystemandMethod ", 275 (its title requiring on September 2nd, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/190 of " ModularApplicationComputingApparatus; SystemandMethod ", the rights and interests of 806) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on September 28th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/586 of " HypervisorandWebtopinaSetTopBoxEnvironment ", 777 (its title requiring on September 26th, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application number 61/100 of " HypervisorandWebtopinaSetTopBoxEnvironment ", the rights and interests of 416) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on September 29th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/586 of " DeviceandMethodforCreating; Distributing; ManagingandMonetizingWidgets ", 884 (its title requiring on March 12nd, 2009 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/210 of " ADeviceandMethodforCreating; Distributing; ManagingandMonetizingWidgets ", the rights and interests of 190) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on September 29th, 2009 is " DeviceandMethodforCreating, Distributing, ManagingandMonetizingWidgets " US application serial No. 12/586, the part continuity of 904, it is the title submitted on September 29th, 2009 is " DeviceandMethodforCreating, Distributing, ManagingandMonetizingWidgets " US application serial No. 12/586, 884 (its title requiring on March 12nd, 2009 to submit to is " ADeviceandMethodforCreating, Distributing, ManagingandMonetizingWidgets " U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/210, the rights and interests of 190) continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on November 20th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/592 of " WidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSam e ", 207 (it is the title submitted on March 13rd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " AWidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSa me ", the continuity of 663) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on November 25th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/592 of " WebtopandMonetizationEngine; SystemandMethod ", 508 (it is the title submitted on March 24th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/383 of " WebtopandMonetizationEngine; SystemandMethod ", 456 part continuity) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on November 30th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/628 of " VirtualMarketplaceAccessibletoWidgetizedAvatars ", 046 (its title requiring on February 17th, 2009 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/207 of " SystemAndMethodForProvidingExpertSearchInAModularComputi ngSystem ", the rights and interests of 980) part continuity, and be the title submitted on November 20th, 2009 be the US application serial No. 12/592 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", 207 (it is the title submitted on March 13rd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", the continuity of 663) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on November 30th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/628 of " WidgetizedAvatarandAMethodandSystemofVirtualCommerceIncl udingSame ", 075 (it is the title submitted on November 20th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/592 of " WidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSam e ", the continuity of 207) part continuity, and the U. S. application number 12/494 that to be the title submitted on June 30th, 2009 be " WidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSam e ", 940 (its title requiring on September 2nd, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/190 of " WidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSam e ", the rights and interests of 810) continuity, U. S. application number 12/592,207 and 12/494,940 are the titles submitted on March 13rd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " WidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSam e ", the continuity of 663 (its title requiring on March 13rd, 2008 to submit to is the rights and interests of the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/069,336 of " WidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSam e "), by reference each of application cited by this section is intactly attached to herein, as herein comprehensively proposition.

The application is the title submitted on November 30th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/628 of " WidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSam eIncludingStorefronts ", 031 (its title requiring on February 17th, 2009 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/207 of " SystemAndMethodForProvidingExpertSearchInAModularComputi ngSystem ", the rights and interests of 980) part continuity, and be the title submitted on November 20th, 2009 be the US application serial No. 12/592 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", 207 (it is the title submitted on March 13rd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", the continuity of 663) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on November 30th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/628 of " WidgetizedAvatarandaMethodandSystemofCreatingandUsingSam e ", the part continuity of 090, it is the title submitted on November 20th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/592 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", 207 (it is the title submitted on March 13rd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", the continuity of 663) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on Dec 29th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/655 of " SystemandMethodforPurchasingApplicationsandPeripherals ", 308 (its title requiring on Dec 31st, 2008 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/204 of " SystemandMethodforPurchasingApplicationsandPeripherals ", the rights and interests of 141) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on February 5th, 2010 is the US application serial No. 12/701 of " VirtualMarketplaceAccessibleToWidgetizedAvatars ", the part continuity of 000, it is the title submitted on November 30th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/628 of " AVirtualMarketplaceAccessibleToWidgetizedAvatars ", 046 (its title requiring on February 17th, 2009 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/207 of " SystemAndMethodForProvidingExpertSearchInAModularComputi ngSystem ", the rights and interests of 980) part continuity, and be the title submitted on November 20th, 2009 be the US application serial No. 12/592 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", 207 (it is the title submitted on March 13rd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", the continuity of 663) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on February 17th, 2010 is the US application serial No. 12/707 of " SystemandMethodForProvidingExpertSearchInAModularComputi ngSystem ", 203 (its title requiring on February 17th, 2009 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/207 of " SystemandMethodforProvidingExpertSearchInaModularComputi ngSystem ", the rights and interests of 980) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on February 22nd, 2010 is the US application serial No. 12/709 of " VirtualMarketplaceAccessibleToWidgetizedAvatars ", the part continuity of 710, it is the title submitted on February 5th, 2010 is the continuity of the US application serial No. 12/701000 of " VirtualMarketplaceAccessibleToWidgetizedAvatars ", it is the title submitted on November 30th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/628 of " AVirtualMarketplaceAccessibleToWidgetizedAvatars ", 046 (its title requiring on February 17th, 2009 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/207 of " SystemAndMethodForProvidingExpertSearchInAModularComputi ngSystem ", the rights and interests of 980) part continuity, and be the title submitted on November 20th, 2009 be the US application serial No. 12/592 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", 207 (it is the title submitted on March 13rd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", the continuity of 663) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on February 22nd, 2010 is the US application serial No. 12/709 of " SystemAndMethodForDefinedSearchingAndWebCrawling ", 839 (its title requiring on February 20th, 2009 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/208 of " SystemAndMethodForDefinedSearchingAndWebCrawling ", the rights and interests of 277) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on February 24th, 2010 is " WidgetPlatform, SystemandMethod " US application serial No. 12/711, the part continuity of 666, it is the title submitted on March 17th, 2009 is " WidgetPlatform, SystemandMethod " US application serial No. 12/383, 001 (its title requiring on March 17th, 2008 to submit to is " WidgetPlatform, SystemandMethod " U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/069, the rights and interests of 777) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted to for 2010 is the US application serial No. 12/719 of " VirtualMarketplaceAccessibleToWidgetizedAvatars ", the part continuity of 218, it is the title submitted on November 30th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/628 of " AVirtualMarketplaceAccessibleToWidgetizedAvatars ", 046 (its title requiring on February 17th, 2009 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/207 of " SystemAndMethodForProvidingExpertSearchInAModularComputi ngSystem ", the rights and interests of 980) part continuity, and be the title submitted on November 20th, 2009 be the US application serial No. 12/592 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", 207 (it is the title submitted on March 13rd, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/381 of " AWidgetizedAvatarAndAMethodAndSystemOfCreatingAndUsingSa me ", the continuity of 663) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on March 11st, 2010 is the US application serial No. 12/722 of " SystemAndMethodForProvidingUserAccess ", 058 (its title requiring on March 11st, 2009 to submit to is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/209 of " SystemAndMethodForProvidingUserAccess ", the rights and interests of 974) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on March 24th, 2010 is " Apparatus, SystemandMethodforanIconDriveTileBarinaGraphicalUserInte rface " US application serial No. 12/730, 500 (title that this application requires on March 24th, 2010 to submit to is " Apparatus, SystemandMethodforanIconDriveTileBarinaGraphicalUserInte rface " U.S. Provisional Application No.61/210, the rights and interests of 936) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on May 19th, 2010 is " DeviceandMethodforCreating, Distributing, ManagingandMonetizingWidgetsinaMobileEnvironment " US application serial No. 12/783, the part continuity of 153, its title requiring on May 20th, 2009 to submit to is " ADeviceAndMethodForCreating, Distributing, ManagingAndMonetizingWidgetsInAMobileEnvironment " U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/216, the rights and interests of 718, and the title requiring on September 29th, 2009 to submit to is " ADeviceandMethodforCreating, Distributing, ManagingandMonetizingWidgets " US application serial No. 12/586, the title that on September 29th, 884 and 2009 submits to is " DeviceandMethodforCreating, Distributing, ManagingandMonetizingWidgets " US application serial No. 12/568, the right of priority of 904, its each title requiring on March 12nd, 2009 to submit to is " ADeviceandMethodforCreating, Distributing, ManagingandMonetizingWidgets " U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/210190 and on April 7th, 2010 submit to title be " ADeviceandMethodForCreating, Distributing, ManagementandMonetizingWidgetsUsingTemplates " US application serial No. 12/755, 818 (its title requiring on April 7th, 2009 to submit to is " ADeviceandMethodforCreating, Distributing, ManagingandMonetizingWidgetsUsingTemplates " U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/212, the rights and interests of 129) rights and interests, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on May 19th, 2010 is " DeviceandMethodforCreating, Distributing, ManagingandMonetizingWidgetsIncludingStreaming " US application serial No. 12/783, 172 (its title requiring on May 20th, 2009 to submit to is " DeviceandMethodforCreating, Distributing, ManagingandMonetizingWidgetsIncludingStreaming " U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/216, the rights and interests of 717) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

The application is the title submitted on August 2nd, 2010 is the US application serial No. 12/848 of " VirtualMarketplaceAccessibleToWidgetizedAvatars ", the part continuity of 276, it is the title submitted on March 8th, 2010 is the US application serial No. 12/719 of " AVirtualMarketplaceAccessibleToWidgetizedAvatars ", 218 (it is the title submitted on November 30th, 2009 is the US application serial No. 12/628 of " AVirtualMarketplaceAccessibleToWidgetizedAvatars ", 046 part continuity) part continuity, by reference it is eachly intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

This application claims the rights and interests that the title submitted on September 28th, 2012 is the U.S. Provisional Application sequence number 61/707,845 of " TabletComputerforChildren ", by reference it is intactly attached to herein, as proposing herein comprehensively.

Invention field

The present invention relates to computer realm, and more specifically, relate to the user environment for operating system and application and access control.

Background of invention

In flat computer, operating system (OS) and one or more application program can be run.The customization UI that OS usually starts to its oneself user interface (UI) or is positioned on operating system.Single UI can be at least debatable due to underlying cause:

Opening/limited accass power for everyone: each user (such as father and mother or child) of flat computer has access right to same application and content;

Confidentiality: the personal information relevant with user can be open to another user;

Security a: user can have unwarranted access right to the information of another user; And

Content Management: content cannot be filtered based on user profiles (userprofile) or limit.

The part that personal computer has also been subject to the same problem that flat computer user faces now affected.Known method for addressing these problems comprises provides two OS computing environment.In the two OS computing environment of typical case, user is by necessary: (1) installs two OS, and user will select an OS before being initiated thus, and must restart to select another OS; (2) install and start two different OS simultaneously, user is switched to another via thump or action from an OS thus; Or another OS (3) accessed on the virtual machine be positioned on the Internet or network.

Requiring to restart to comprise without limitation with the shortcoming of carrying out the configuration switched between OS, restarting required time and inconvenience when being switched to another OS from an OS.

The shortcoming relating to the configuration of the different OS simultaneously run comprises without limitation, across the application of OS and/or the incompatibility of content.

The shortcoming relating to the configuration of the OS on access remote virtual machine comprises without limitation, the requirement of the Internet and/or network access.

There are the needs for the user environment of flat computer, this user environment, providing customizable for multiple user, while ALARA Principle, user-applicable user environment and the access right to application, content and device setting, overcomes the problem associated with single UI.Also there are the needs for user environment, as reception, to user, interested other are movable in this user environment performs educational or other constructive benefits activity by excitation user, such as consumer entertainment content (as game, music and/or video), the condition precedent of access right, encourage expected behavior.

Invention preferred embodiment is summarized

In an exemplary embodiment, flat computer provides OS covering system, integrated adaptive learning system, high granularity, customizable and remote accessible father and mother control, planning is applied shop (CuratedApplicationStore), multiple profile management ability and child-safety and browsed ability.

Flat computer can comprise touch-screen display in certain embodiments; One or more processor; Storage medium; Wireless data communications interface; Operating system, it comprises application framework layer and application layer; And covering system, it to be stored in storage medium and to be configured to be run by one or more processor.

Covering system can comprise the instruction for controlling the whole substantially access rights to the application program in the application layer of operating system in certain embodiments, for providing the instruction at first user interface, for providing the instruction of the second operating environment associated with the second user interface, for requiring that the input of authentication code is to visit the instruction at first user interface from the second operating environment, and for the instruction of configuration controlled of accepting the interview in first user interface, access control is configured to permit or refuse setting access system in the second operating environment, application program, one or more request in data and hardware resource, wherein data comprise internet resource, text, image file, audio file, one or more in video file and e-book.Alternatively, covering system can be configured to be run by the one or more processors in the application framework layer of operating system.In certain embodiments, covering system can comprise the instruction for operational management program, wherein supervisory routine be configured to provide comprise first user interface, the second operating environment operating platform and the application space of the access right to application layer is provided.Covering system can also comprise the instruction for providing the first operating environment associated with first user interface alternatively.

In certain embodiments, covering system can be configured to respond one or more event (startup of such as flat computer, flat computer are from the activation of dormant state, flat computer from the activation of lock-out state and flat computer inertia within a predetermined period of time) and gives tacit consent to into the second operating environment.

In certain embodiments, covering system also can comprise and is configured to use wireless data communications interface and distant content source to carry out the instruction at the ecommerce interface communicated for providing, and the instruction that the content for arbitrating from distant content source obtains and installs on flat computer.

In certain embodiments, access control can comprise instruction for tackling the user's input in the second operating environment, for determining the instruction whether permitted under the operative configuration of access control the request of access right in the second operating environment, and for only when permitting the request of access right in the second operating environment under the operative configuration in access control just mandate to the second operating environment in the instruction of request of access right.

In certain embodiments, access control can comprise the instruction for requiring before the request permitting access right in the second operating environment observing the confirmation of one or more conditions of specifying in first user interface, and it is one or more that this one or more condition of wherein specifying in first user interface is included in the event of flat computer outside and event in the second operating environment.

In certain embodiments, covering system also can comprise the instruction for following the tracks of the User Activity in the second operating environment, for generating the instruction of the report about the User Activity in the second operating environment, and for showing the instruction of the report about the User Activity in the second operating environment in first user interface.

In certain embodiments, covering system also can comprise for using wireless data communications interface to accept from the instruction of the configuration of the access control of different computing machine, and for using wireless data communications interface to the instruction of different computing machine transmission about the report of the User Activity in the second operating environment.

In certain embodiments, flat computer also can comprise adaptive and learning system, it comprises for running the definition comprising Expecting Skill, technical ability obtains exercise and configures and assess the instruction of at least one the direct guiding assembly of at least one in interface, be designed to encourage and the acquisition of Expecting Skill or the one or more enhancings increasing strongly connected one or more behavior for running to comprise, the instruction of at least one indirect guiding assembly, and for running at least one techniques enable device to support the instruction of at least one in direct guiding assembly and indirect guiding assembly.

In certain embodiments, this at least one indirect guiding assembly of adaptive and learning system with required before the request permitting access right in the second operating environment to the confirmation of observing one or more conditions of specifying in first user interface, the configuration association of access control, it is one or more that one or more conditions of wherein specifying in first user interface are included in that the event of flat computer outside, the event in the second operating environment and technical ability obtains in the performance practised.

In certain embodiments, adaptive and learning system also can comprise dynamic learning path, it comprises the instruction of data of catching for analyzing the performance that obtains exercise about technical ability, for determining the instruction of the assessment obtaining the performance of exercise about technical ability based on one or more preassigned, and for automatically carrying out personalized instruction to the subsequent instance that technical ability obtains exercise based on assessment.This one or more preassigned can comprise one or more in the proficiency of Expecting Skill and user learning style of user.

In certain embodiments, adaptive and learning system also can comprise for responding the instruction of authorizing virtual prize with the acquisition of Expecting Skill or the performance increasing strongly connected one or more behavior and to the user of the second operating environment, wherein virtual prize comprises the one or more of virtual credit and badge, and for arbitrating with the one or more instruction in the mandate distributed virtual prize swap status, service time and access content.

In certain embodiments, for responding, adaptive and learning system also can comprise expects that the instruction of supplementary virtual prize is authorized in prize to the user of the second operating environment to the performance of behavior, wherein expect that prize comprises some or all of virtual prize are kept predetermined amount of time and meets about in the intended target of the distribution of virtual prize one or more to behavior.

In certain embodiments, this at least one techniques enable device of adaptive and learning system can comprise at least one in instructions: for catching the instruction of input data from input source, input source comprises touch-screen display and can operate to catch and transmit that input data carry out for one or more processor in the alternative input source processed is one or more, and wherein to comprise in keyboard, touch-sensitive pad, mouse, tracking ball, pen device, operating rod, game console, motion detection apparatus, microphone and camera one or more for alternative input source; For catching the instruction of reflection flat computer by the off-line usage data of the use of off-line mode; And for using wireless data communications interface automatically to transmit the instruction of reflection flat computer by the off-line usage data of the use of off-line mode to different computing machine when flat computer is in ray mode.

Each embodiment can while keeping within the spirit and scope of the present invention one or more in conjunction with these and other features as herein described.By referring to accompanying drawing and following detailed description, other features of flat computer, its character and various advantage and embodiment will be more obvious.

Brief description

In the figure of accompanying drawing, exemplarily instead of as restriction, the preferred embodiments of the present invention are described, in accompanying drawing, similar reference number represents similar element, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the core architecture of OS covering system is shown.

Fig. 2 is according to some embodiments, the process flow diagram that the process for entering operator scheme is shown.

Fig. 3 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the graphic user interface for operator scheme is shown.

Fig. 4 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that child-safety and the study ecosystem are shown.

Fig. 5 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the assembly of basic adaptive and learning system (FALS) is shown.

Fig. 6 A-6C is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the aspect of the planned learning path of FALS is shown.

Fig. 7 A-7C is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the framework of FALS and the aspect of assembly are shown.

Fig. 8 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the aspect of parental control system is shown.

Fig. 9 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the example of the user interface for prompt cipher input is shown.

Figure 10 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the user interface for accessing father and mother's control panel is shown.

Figure 11 is according to some embodiments, the diagram of user interface that notice for managing the profile for child, message and alarm are shown.

Figure 12 being according to some embodiments, illustrating for warning user about the diagram of the user interface gone out by the chain stopped.

Figure 13 is according to some embodiments, the diagram of example of user interface for providing parental guidance, classification and alarm is shown.

Figure 14 being according to some embodiments, illustrating for notifying the diagram of father and mother about the example of the user interface of the particular alert for app.

Figure 15 being according to some embodiments, illustrating for following the tracks of and the diagram of example of user interface of control time and use.

Figure 16 is according to some embodiments, the diagram controlling to select the selection user interface of specific device for confession father and mother is shown.

Figure 17 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the user interface for managing access application is shown.

Figure 18 according to some embodiments, illustrate for by the diagram of Content placement to the user interface in approval content " white list ".

Figure 19 being according to some embodiments, illustrating for obtaining and the diagram of user interface of downloading contents.

Figure 20 is according to some embodiments, individualized content for specific child's user account.

Figure 21 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the user interface wherein being inputted profile details by parental control system is shown.

Figure 22 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the user interface comprised for the management of ideal money and the view of acquisition is shown.

Figure 23 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the user interface of the control for multiple child's user profiles and/or account of accessing the registration of subtend parental control system is shown.

Figure 24 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the user interface for routine work card system is shown.

Figure 25 being according to some embodiments, illustrating for examining the diagram with the user interface of following the tracks of the award relevant with the progress of educational content and excitation.

Figure 26 be according to some embodiments, illustrate for spend or exchange ideal money or other credit or reward for obtain digital content or actual items the diagram of user interface.

Figure 27 be according to some embodiments, illustrate for for user profiles to the diagram of the assembly and step of planning app.

Figure 28 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the user interface of the homepage for planning App shop is shown.

Figure 29 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the user interface of the homepage for the planning App shop by another view is shown.

Figure 30 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the user interface for planning App store interface is shown.

Figure 31 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that the user interface presented for available app is shown.

Figure 32 is according to some embodiments, the diagram that two views in planning App shop are shown.

Figure 33 is according to some embodiments, the block diagram that can realize the computer system of some embodiments of the present invention is thereon shown.

Figure 34 is according to some embodiments, the example that the view of the visual aspect at the interface for showing information is shown.

The detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention

In the following description, set forth a large amount of specific detail, to provide more thoroughly understanding some embodiments of the present invention.But, one skilled in the art will appreciate that embodiments of the invention can realize implementing when not having this kind of specific detail or with the difference of this kind of details.In addition, be not shown specifically some well-known structures, to avoid unnecessarily making the present invention fog.

Operating system on flat computer covers and functional user interface

According to some embodiments, the operating system (OS) of computing machine provides at least two different user interfaces (UI), and each UI can customize based on particular user types or profile thus.Such as, in the context of family's group, user interface type or profile can comprise for one or more interface of child or profile (" child's pattern ") with for one or more interface of father and mother or profile (" father and mother's pattern ").Example embodiment as herein described mentions father and mother/father and mother's pattern and child/child's pattern, represents the example of different user types and user interface.But this kind of description only in order to exemplary object, and can not limit the scope of the invention, and this kind of embodiment can benefit from UI and to the customization based on user profiles of the access right of application and content, be useful in any multi-user environment.Other users and user type can with embodiments of the invention with the use of, and do not deviate from spirit of the present invention.In certain embodiments, the UI of every type is at visual appearance and be different in workflow.Embodiment can adopt any OS to realize, and comprises mobile OS (such as Android, iOS, baba, BlackBerryOS, S40 and WindowsPhone) and OS desk-top or on knee (such as Windows and MacOS).In order to exemplary object, example embodiment more as herein described adopts the AndroidOS for mobile device to realize.

In demonstration child pattern, user provides " child-close friend " environment, it permits the access right to planning (be such as previously identified as and be suitable for an age or the gender group) app and game being in particular child's making; Browse the age to them and the specific Web content of sex; Ideal money is obtained by executed activity on flat board; Ideal money is spent in for the app shop of child; And their educational technical ability is improved by the total course of core, national standardization (state-standardized) course.

In demonstration father and mother pattern, user provides acquiescence OS environment, and it allows them to have unrestricted access power to all application and content; The setting that access is dull and stereotyped; Configuration pin is to the access control (such as child's pattern) of other users; And the unrestricted access power had content obtaining facility (such as online app shop, music shop or video store); And adopt one click to buy.

According to some embodiments, father and mother or supervisory user can monitor the time of their child in child's pattern and the use to content by checking report and analyzing.In addition, the father and mother child that can to allow or be limited in child's pattern them via other instructions of a series of on/off switch or whether enable access power is to the access right of the content of some app, game or some type.In certain embodiments, monitoring and allocative abilities can realize via online father and mother's control panel (it is addressable via the Internet).

The advantage that single OS and multiple different UI combine be, environment can control another environment or as its overseer.Another advantage is, dull and stereotyped each user can have his or she UI and Consumer's Experience.

OS covers

The framework that OS covers is very different from other solutions.According to some example embodiment, core architecture as shown in Figure 1.As shown, OS covers in existing OS core and builds, and wherein OS covering system Manager depot adds the application framework level 101 of existing OS core to, and additional application is included in the application layer 103 of existing OS core.As shown in the diagram of Fig. 1, this locality and third party OS cover application 105 and apply in the application layer being included in OS core together with 107 with third party Android with this locality.In application framework layer 100, OS covering system Manager depot 109 is involved together with android system Manager depot 111.

OS covers the multiple changeable and customizable UI that framework enables single OS provide to be supported by mode manager and manage.For in the example embodiment in family's group; changeable UI pattern allows child to use board device in protection child mode environment, allows father and mother to adopt the father and mother's control and management device in father and mother's pattern and/or online father and mother's control panel to carry out the access right of managing children pattern to app, content and setting simultaneously.Father and mother can also enjoy and weighing the unrestricted access of the all-round power of OS in father and mother's pattern.OS covers framework and also allows embedded father and mother to control, and it helps to protect child can access in security context, and in OS level, provide monitoring mechanism to provide this device to the access undertaken by child, use and time of spending on app.

In application framework level, OS covering system comprises following features and element:

1. mode manager

In some example embodiment, mode manager provides the advantage being better than the flat board being used same interface to share by child and father and mother when the independent controlled environment not for child.Usually in such cases, control is available, but do not apply with making any distinction between in pattern of " pinning (lockeddown) " can be called, or control to be turned off, thus cause without controling environment, any user can access content and change default wherein, no matter whether this kind of activity is suitable for given user.Mode manager provides changeable user interface mode, comprises father and mother's pattern and child's pattern.

2. father and mother's control and management device

In the exemplary embodiments, father and mother's control and management device provides management and is limited in the ability of access rights to application, content and other settings in child's pattern.

3. child's Monitoring Manager

In the exemplary embodiments, child's Monitoring Manager for all activities in child's pattern provide access, use and time tracking.In certain embodiments, child's Monitoring Manager be linked via the Internet addressable online father and mother's control panel service, to provide the report based on real-time network.In certain embodiments, child's Monitoring Manager also provide to content, test, performance appraisal and and content between the monitoring of use result of other user interactions.Except being directly used in and being combined with adaptive and learning system, as described herein, monitored results also can upload to remote facility, such as server, more extensively can show analysis there.

4. application manager

In the exemplary embodiments, application manager provides the ability managing and limit the access right to application based on individual consumer's profile via interpolation App interface.This allows authorized set of applications to become available in child's pattern.In child's pattern can, authorized set of applications can plan by service provider or by father and mother or other authoritative sources, makes them be identified as being suitable for the user of certain age or gender group or other groups.

5. content manager

In the exemplary embodiments, content manager carrys out filtering content based on the user profiles parameter of such as age, sex and interest and so on.Its limiting access power to provide security context in child's pattern.Such as, content manager can use the content having and adopt and classify with the predefine of the metadata tag of user profiles relating to parameters.Content manager by the metadata of content and the parameter of user profiles being compared, and is only content and provides the metadata meeting user profiles parameter, limits and weighs the access to content of user profiles.Content manager provides customizable setting, and it can be revised by father and mother, for providing the personalized access right of each user profiles of content.

At application layer, the example embodiment that OS covers comprises OS covering system App, third party's prestrain App, local AndroidApp and third party App.

1.OS covering system App

Demonstration OS covering system applied environment comprises the complete queue (fullline-up) of the customized application creating dull and stereotyped ecosystem environment.This is enable for application access and the central user account of purchase (" in app " buy) that carries out in application.Demonstration OS covers applied environment and comprises:

A. content service, comprises for the free or planning app selected by child obtained that pays.

B. to the music service of child and father and mother;

C. to the Video service of child;

D. there is the cloud storage that father and mother control;

E. file synchronization services-for the simple and easy file transfers between board device and computing machine

F. education services-employing adaptive learning supports multiple education subject;

G. content-comprise is for online child's content of network, Online Video, game and craft;

H. books-story-book creator;

I. diagnostic tool-be designed for device and removal of faults on system and feedback;

J. father and mother's control panel-provide fast access to network father and mother's control panel.

2. prestrain customization third party App

The example embodiment that OS covers comprises the customization third party App of prestrain, it can comprise one or more customization third party app (it is chosen to provide and/or supplement be considered to the experience wanted of overstating for child in advance, such as learns, creates, watches, reads and plays).Some third party app and OS covering system environment closely integrated, comprise be linked to OS covering system e-retail shop, App district application, such as, to promote that free third party app is to the upgrading of paying version.In the exemplary embodiments, the customization third party App of prestrain can comprise following one or more:

a.App

B. play

C. social media

D. e-book

E. video

When being directly embedded in the application framework level of the operating system of mobile device with these core supervisor storehouses, OS covers and provides a kind of protected environment, and it provides the outstanding beneficial effect being better than other modes, comprises following advantages without limitation:

1. compatible.Because it builds as the covering on existing operating system, so it does not have compatibility issue with any application or content that are designed for the general-purpose operating system.

2. wink dynamic (InstantOn) experience.When device one powers up, just enable all father and mother control correlated characteristic.

3. security.Realize (it can be easily bypassed or present and the application compatibility issue that other are applied) from the application layer of security different, the security that OS covers relies on the security features of basal core OS, thus reduces the possibility got around.

4. integrated.Different from the mode realizing separately independent characteristic wherein, OS covers the fully-integrated ecosystem providing all application and feature.It also allows the mandate of all compliant applications requests in the safety of the ecosystem and defendance (such as by the input of father and mother's password in child's pattern, or passing through the configuration of the control in father and mother's control panel).

5. what use is easy.As a part for integrated OS covering system, in child's pattern, the setting of all application and content and access control manage in the ecosystem, and without the need to the setting to various application management independent sum individuality.

6. directly access.Integrated due to OS covering system and core os, the application run under OS covering system and process can directly access rudimentary driver, such as Wi-Fi, camera, display, sound equipment etc.This provides the access of the otherwise nonlicet unprecedented so far rank to core os feature.

Mode manager (multi-mode UI)

Mode manager embeds in OS covering system, thinks that child and father and mother provide multi-user interface support.Child's pattern and father and mother's pattern can use the use flow process shown in Fig. 2 to switch back and forth.As shown in Figure 2, in step 201, run the device with the Mobile operating system of OS covering system and be activated.In step 203, system determines whether acquiescence is arranged to child's pattern.In step 205, if default setting becomes child's pattern, then enter child's pattern.In step 207, silent admitting a fault is arranged to child's pattern, enters father and mother's pattern.In step 209, in order to enter father and mother's pattern from child's pattern, system determines whether father and mother's password is provided.If father and mother's password is provided, then system is switched to father and mother's pattern from child's pattern.In step 211, in order to enter child's pattern from father and mother's pattern, selecting child's mode icon, and turning back to step 205, entering child's pattern.

Father and mother's pattern

In certain embodiments, father and mother's pattern is the default user interface of core os.Among other things, father and mother's pattern provides following feature, include but not limited to, general UI, to the open visit power of any application and content, the open visit power set all devices, perform the complete privilege that one click is bought and the control completely that executive system is upgraded.

Child's pattern

In certain embodiments, child's pattern provides the embedded solution to the unprotect of flat board and unrestricted access power problem.As a part for OS covering system, it is at the dull and stereotyped security context based on profile allowed in time powering up for child.Child's pattern comprises time that the father and mother for application control, use and restrict access.The example of this kind of restriction comprise restriction to the access right of the friendly content of predefine child and app, be limited in and there is no direct parental monitoring when the time restriction that uses and the parental monitoring used by the device of child's Monitoring Manager.

In certain embodiments, content consumption manages in child's pattern, comprises by craft and remote method.Such as, the service based on cloud keeps based on individual child's user profiles and provides contents list.Content consumption manager provides content consumption model that is personalized and customization.

In certain embodiments, there is the instant availability of the integrated OS covering system generator of preloaded applications and content (comprising being suitable for the game of special selection of child, app, music and video), and have nothing to do with the availability of the access to the Internet of downloading for content.Preloaded applications and content can be corresponding with content type (comprising the classification learning, create, watch, read and play), to help to maximize user to the enjoyment of flat board.

In certain embodiments, prestrain app and for providing the interface available app that (it comprises App district and The Treasure Chest interface) downloads planned or select and be verified as child-friendly app or game especially from the content of the ecosystem.

In certain embodiments, in child's pattern, can bring in ideal money by completing activity on flat board, wherein activity includes but not limited to such as following activity: on Mathematics Curriculum, obtain full marks; For completing routine work (chore).Ideal money directly can be obtained by the distribution undertaken by father and mother.Ideal money can be deducted because of not completing activity.Remaining sum for the ideal money of user profiles can local store and the profile based on cloud being synchronized to the ecosystem for telemanagement.Ideal money distributes not only provides excitation and award to be meddlesome child, but also makes them self-disciplined.

In certain embodiments, educational app carries out prestrain as a part for OS covering system, and it can access in child's pattern.This provides the comprehensive study solution based on the total course of standard.It introduces the part studied hard as overall user experience.Educational app also links with the educational platform service based on cloud, and educational platform service follows the tracks of progress and the performance of each child, and provide every section object advise improving the analysis in district.

In certain embodiments, child's multi-modal user interface comprises for the simple of child and intuitive user interface.The intrinsic problem of the Standard user interfaces (it comprises the user interface for father and mother's pattern) of the core os of mobile device is complexity to child's navigation and difficulty.Below solve the feature of child in the face of the problem of conventional flat-panel computing machine especially:

Large App icon.For the child that the age is less, finger controls not yet well to grow accurately to aim at the surface compared with small size.Therefore, use larger app icon 301, homepage parting line block diagram as shown in Figure 3 shows shown in 300, makes child more easily start app.Child's pattern also provides multiple can supply easy to access to the shortcut storing these large app icons by roll screen.

Pop-up access hurdle.For the function of usually infrequently accessing, child's mode interface comprises Pop-up access hurdle 303 as shown in Figure 3, to provide simple setting access and father and mother's mode access link.This reduction can check the confusion in interface, and keeps the friendly theme of general child.

App icon tissue and placement.Child's pattern provides by allowing app to be dragged and dropped into desired locations and multiple app to be gathered in app file 305 various ways of the screen customizing them for child.This promotes personalized and creativity.Child's pattern also enables some app be locked in the position of their correspondences.

System state hurdle filtrator.Unapproved notice is filtered, and thinks that children stop dangerous display and the access of the security context may violating child's pattern.

Based on the customization of profile.Wallpaper, App button pattern and App shortcut tissue can customize based on the profile of different child.Father and mother's pattern comprises completely independent setting, the overall appearance between its permission UI pattern and the difference of sensation.

In certain embodiments, multi-mode system provides planning child-secure content.Only provide being predefined for the access be applicable to the content of dating or gender group or other groups by father and mother or service provider.Multi-mode configuration also can content in filtration application, and it provides safer access to content environment for child.Content comprises the prestrain music for child; For the prestrain music video of child; For the prestrain e-book of child; For the music shop of child; The cartoon of child and video; For the Web content of child; For the Online Video of child; For the online craft of child.

Child-safety, study and the general introduction of the prize ecosystem

Fig. 4 illustrates according to some embodiments of the present invention, child-safety, study and the diagram of aspect of rewarding the ecosystem 400.The ecosystem provides the restricted environment of child-security system and content.According to some embodiments, this ecosystem comprises the server 402, the mobile device 404 that are connected communicatedly by network (such as the Internet).Mobile device 404 comprises father and mother's operating environment 406, all father and mother's patterns of running in the application layer framework of Mobile operating system as discussed and user interface; Managing process 408, such as mode manager, content manager and father and mother's control and management device as above; And child's operating environment 410, such as child's pattern as above and user interface, it is managed by father and mother's operating environment 406 and managing process 408 access right of app and resource 412.Child's operating environment 410 also comprises the access right to the user interface that adaptive and learning system uses, and further describes below.

Fig. 4 also illustrate to one or more mobile device (comprising mobile device 404) provide online service and support, the aspect of server 402.In certain embodiments, server 402 comprises engine and other online services of adaptive and learning system 414, further describes below.Server 402 keeps user account, comprises father and mother account 416 and child account 418.Father and mother account 416 comprises account information, such as profiling parameters, the app bought, the award credit bought, Service Ticket, the identity of ecosystem mobile device had and the child account associated with father and mother account 416.Child account 418 comprises account information, such as profiling parameters (such as photo, age, sex, education degree, education subject, usage data, expected behavior), from adaptive and learning system collect and obtain data and from the award credit assignment father and mother account 416 to any award credit of child account 418.According to some embodiments, the individuation data for the child's operating environment on mobile device can store with child account 418, and can download on the different device that associates with child account 418.In certain embodiments, single password or Service Ticket are propagated by all accounts, profile and mobile device pattern and operating environment, to access the restricted area of any one of the interface resources of the ecosystem.

Server 402 is as shown in Figure 4 trustship choice of topics store system 420 also, and it provides content to supply the user of the ecosystem to buy.Also further describe the details of choice of topics store system below.Choice of topics store system 420 comprises planning and rewards shop 422, and its letter of acceptance is used as the payment for buying choice of topics.In certain embodiments, and further describe below, the credit accepted by award shop 422 is repaid by the child's mode interface carrying out self-moving device 404 and is used the purchase of rewarding the planning app that credit is carried out by child user, wherein reward credit to be earned by meeting some condition (such as by completing the learning path in adaptive and learning system, or by completing the task from routine work list) by child.

Server 402 comprises for being the website of the ecosystem and the webserver 424 of web service.The website served comprises father and mother's control panel interface 426, may have access to father and mother account 416 with managing children account 418 from wherein supervisory user, comprise the usage data of monitoring child account 418, examine and generate from adaptive and learning system 414 analysiss, see clearly (insight) and promotion and conversion, buy the new credit for distributing to child account 418 and manage routine work list and reward system.

Father and mother account 416 can associate with some mobile devices, and each child account can associate with any or all of this kind of device.Each father and mother account 416 thus provide public child-safety, study and reward the ecosystem, from child's user interface customization characteristic sum resource that can be wherein each child account 418 and associate with child account 418.

Adaptive learning on dull and stereotyped PC

Fig. 5 illustrate according to some embodiments of the present invention aspect, the diagram of the assembly of basic adaptive and learning system (FALS).FALS comprises and directly instructs assembly, indirectly instructs assembly and techniques enable device.Directly instruct component organization, provide and monitor technical ability acquisition activity, and be in the center of FALS application program, this is acquisition in order to ensure skill collection or enhancing.Directly instruct assembly comprise courseware definition for presenting from guiding material to user and personalized 502, for provide with the technical ability acquisition methods 504 of teaching course (coursework) alternately of user and for assessment and follow the tracks of for provide the next stage in progressive path and other recommend see clearly and recommend control panel 506.Assembly is directly instructed to cause acquisition or the enhancing of basic skills set.

As shown in Figure 5, assembly is indirectly instructed to be the part of the foundation structure supporting the FALS directly instructing assembly.Assembly is indirectly instructed to enable FALS realize acquisition and the enhancing of basic skills set most effectively.Indirectly instruct assembly to be indirectly make the enhancing of contributing or feature to the acquisition of technical ability by there being impact to user's motivation, user's motivation such as: practice frequency and quantity; The repetition of exercise; Improve the ambition of proficiency; Improve the competition of proficiency; The symbol of achievement (progress and proficiency) is rewarded; And the tangible or virtual reward to achievement.Strengthen in human behavior science and deed of constitution by widely accreditation for obtain and maintain cause show improve Behavioral change be required.Therefore, although be indirectly, they are crucial to the achievement of the object of FALS.Assembly is indirectly instructed to comprise content shop 508, the touching device ecosystem and app510, the UI of similar game and mechanism 512 and ideal money and reward system 514.

As further illustrated in fig. 5, techniques enable device is the part being developed the technical foundation structure supporting directly and indirectly to instruct assembly.Techniques enable device comes software solution needed for Operating Guideline assembly and service according to the maximized mode of practical value making it to user and supervisory user.Techniques enable device comprise off-line/online ability 516, data capture and acquisition 518, supervisory user environment 520, synchronous 522 and confidentiality close rule system 524.The off-line operation of FALS, it has the ability of maintenance data capture and acquisition and has the ability of automatically data set and cloud service being carried out synchronous increase while being in off-line mode, enable user maintain exercise when Internet connection is unavailable, obtain simultaneously with there is available Internet connection under identical beneficial effect.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, basic adaptive and learning system (FALS) provides individualized learning program to each skill level of the basic skills set required by total course to each user based on him or she.Its allows supervisory user to obtain the progress in obtaining basic skills set and the seeing clearly of proficiency.In some respects, it provide accretion learning courseware (it conforms to the required skill collection required by core total course national standard (CoreCurriculumStateStandards)) and working environment (wherein user can by learn, practising, repeat, assess, immediate feedback, excitation and satisfiedly independently obtain or strengthen these skill collections).

FALS organizes around skill collection (hereinafter referred to as " basis (fundamental) "), wherein each is a certain skills set, it obtains at the end of must arriving given section object stratification levels, to proceed to given section object next stage not level.FALS conforms to determine what required technical ability is with core total course national standard, and in its structure and progress path, reflect how to teach in classroom and to obtain each basis.FALS provides Personalization Courseware to each skill level of basic skills set required in total course to each user based on him or she subsequently.

FALS can realize on the mobile device with touch screen input interfaces.Each basic skills set benefits from user interface and the look and feel of himself set, carrys out optimization for based on the user interactions touched, and is specifically designed to the acquisition of professor or enhancing skill collection.

According to the aspect of some embodiments of the present invention, overall application user interface is the interface being designed so that exercise and the maximized similar game of repeated accesses.Belong in visual learning path that the course on given basis and user browse along it providing unique visual identification system to identify, its combines and strengthens and the prompting of the gaming establishment of the joint of FALS, vision, the sense of hearing, kinaesthesia and motion and mutual, and drives the repeated accesses repeating to practise and to FALS.

FALS touch mobile device on press off-line mode operate-namely, when do not arrive the Internet and to the connection of cloud service-there is the access right of all core features needed for obtaining skill collection, automatically to catch user profile and user behavior (" data set ") when off-line, and automatically that this data set is synchronous with cloud application and service when device becomes online.

FALS adopts touch screen input interfaces to catch user behavior and mutual with mobile device.Specifically, FALS catches the information relevant with educational objective, comprises and not necessarily causes proficiency assess or cause the exercise completed of guide item to attempt.In addition, FALS catches customer incident and mutual with software, and allows from educational viewpoint and the performance from application point optimization system generally.

The assembly synergistic work of FALS meets educational target, and it is in order to acquisition that the is enable or set of enhancing basic skills.Details are as follows for the character of these assemblies, mutual and interdependent property.

Basic adaptive and learning system comprises: courseware definition and personalization system; Be integrated into application and the cloud service of mobile computing device; Be integrated into the user interface of the similar game touching mobile computing device and dynamic, skill collection acquisition methods; Seeing clearly and recommending solution based on on-line analysis; And the reward system based on ideal money of convertible virtual and tangible goods; For the content shop of FALS courseware and third-party application and data; And for the ecosystem by third-party application and FALS platform, application and annex Seamless integration-.

The each of feature noted earlier will be described below in more detail.

Courseware definition and personalization system

In certain embodiments, basic adaptive learning (FAL) system comprises courseware definition and personalization system (CDPS).CDPS comprises: along with the total course of reference of the incompatible structure of substantially required skill set; For each planned learning path of basic skills set; And adaptive learning algorithm, it is each user individual learning path, and carries out dynamic conditioning to the skill level of skill collection to it based on the performance of user's individuality and user.FAL system is unique because its creates and best learning path in dynamic conditioning predefine courseware, its cause the total course of symbol standard (such as the total course of common core national standard), the grasp of basic skills set.The comfort level of each user this to be dynamically updated and motivation and progress are continuously guaranteed in personalization.

In certain embodiments, the total course of the reference of FAL system conforms to common core national standard.The primary element of total course is " substantially " skill collection.The required technical ability that must obtain at the end of basic skills set is user to School Grade, and regulate the ability made progress by grade level.

In basic skills set and across the hierarchy of basic skills set and the sequencing of interdependent property definition courseware.Progress in basic skills set is based on the skill level reached higher than standard and completes the sequence of required course.Scoring and analyzing promotes dynamically updating of learning path in basic skills set.

The user interface of similar game is with dynamic

According to the aspect of some embodiments of the present invention, the user interface of similar game guarantees that high level engages, and its quantity being converted into practised course increases, the improvement repeating exercise, practise the increase of hourage and the proficiency score of basic skills set and the grasp spent of same course.Gaming establishment operates as the exercise excitation of behavior and enhancing, and drives user to reach higher skill level especially.

Main user interface is designed to provide multiple visual cues and menu, and it makes skill collection obtain becomes attractive and happy mutual, and excitation user makes progress on learning path simultaneously.Exercise is become discovery procedure by navigation elements in user interface in the following way: by theme being organized into the specific region of the user interface can recognized immediately after using first; By the character carried across stratification levels and theme to represent individual basic skills set; For the course in given basis provides unique identity system and color coding (it extends to outside the existence of character); Running through whole interface uses specific character to provide special characteristic, such as guide, instruction or hint; Course is visually organized in the path of browsing along user; When milestone is satisfied and unlocks new guide item or additional course, progressively to user's disclosure; Learning path level and score have visually been represented; Complete additional " unblock " that previous locked content and discovery (such as exploring) are provided under given base case; Performing is not the educational activity being directly integrated into user learning path, such as supplements optional activity (as exploration amusement, explore and reward and badge); And provide all the time can with but take the menu bar of foldable form, to provide the shortcut of the dynamic feature (described) being tied to similar game below.

Except the navigation elements of user interface, audio frequency, video and animation run through the application and are used to provide attracting experience.The element of similar game comprises the background illustrated with animation; With background music and the audio of mutual and result; Voice & Video guide and instruction; Question and answer animation and audio.

To very similar in game, user enters in the pungency environment with directly perceived mutual and prompting (it increases the interactivity of learning experience, and for preparing to the excitation of frequent access and additional exercise and enhancing).

Enhancing from gaming establishment is used for encouraging use and retain user.Gaming establishment comprises the progressive unblock of additional content; There is the discovery of the frontier of additional capabilities; There is the immediate feedback mechanism that audio frequency strengthens; For obtain each achievement or reward vision and Augmented audio; The ranking list compared with good friend or general user colony; There is reserve value and the badge of rewarding for achievement showing off right; Interests in the hint can bought with ideal money, prompting and game; And to the access right bought in third party's award and app for substance spreading.

The typical consequence obtained from these mechanisms participates in by user and loyalty is measured, as access frequency and access the time spent and measure at every turn.It is also typical performance indicator that user keeps, and it is reached by reward system.

By game dynamically and social gaming tool applications in learning behavior be the innovation that the external ability tapping into additional application and customer group by extending to mobile device realizes.

To the self-adaptation of school environment

When FALS and classroom learning work in coordination with use and in the context of classroom, system provides the option to using main user interface or alternative user interfaces, and alternative user interfaces provides more traditional guidance path and content discovery model.

By specific control panel, teacher to different user, individual course project or can distribute basic skill collection-or subset according to skill level.User in access certain content in the individuality of user environment " shelf ", and can practise this course subsequently.

Although skill collection acquisition methods is identical, between FALS, connected components is disabled in that simplifying interface.But user profile is captured and may have access to for seeing clearly and recommending in specific control panel.

Additional total Curriculum basis instrument also can be used to updates are conformed to class course outline, and can be used in non-traditional curriculum activity and strengthen learning behavior.Specific assessment tool is also available.

Planned learning path

In certain embodiments, FAL system is the planned learning path of each definition of basic skills set.Proficiency to basic skills set is shown in completing of learning path.In addition, some embodiments provide " able to programme " learning path and/or basic skills set, and course content and/or instructional technology can be easily changed with the total course of applicable real world school or syllabus.Except other benefits, this customization permitting FAL system is to conform to from different course content and/or instructional technology, and it can use together with given individuality or educational system.

Fig. 6 A-6C be according to some embodiments aspect, the diagram of the aspect of the planned learning path of FALS is shown.Fig. 6 A be according to embodiments of the invention aspect, present the diagram of learning path for obtaining and show the proficiency to theme 1602, theme 2604, theme 3606 and theme 4608.To illustrate with runic and learning path to the proficiency of theme 1 is shown in theme 1 path comprising course 611,612,613,614.In order to show the proficiency of theme 1, require that user completes " L1 " and path between " theme 1 proficiency ".

In a typical case, the skilled course 611,612,613,614 required indicated by solid arrow line of theme 1 is reached.Depend on that user is to the proficiency completing course, user can follow the alternative path indicated by dotted arrow line.As shown, user can skip 612 and 613 and directly enter 614 after 611.

As shown in Figure 6A, course can be shared between different themes.Such as, course 611 is shared milestone courses, and it starts to obtain, and theme 1 is skilled 602, theme 2 is skilled 604, theme 3 skilled 606 and the path needed for theme 4 skilled 608.Specifically, course 611,618 and 619 is learnt and is in progress until reach theme 2 skilled 604.

To the planned learning path of theme proficiency

Fig. 6 B according to aspect of the present invention, illustrate that navigation is towards the diagram of an example in the stage of the learning path of " theme 1 is skilled " 602 when locking course 613 and 614.Unlock the control method that course is the sequencing completed for course.At first, user only have in the paths can sequence in the first course 611.If user completes available course to be satisfied with score, then next course 612 in unlock sequences.In the stage as shown in Figure 6B, user has 611 and 612 and can use.Course 613 and 614 is lockings.User can not attempt 613 or 614.When 612 complete, unblock becomes available by 613.

Dynamic route is in progress

According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, the path progress towards theme proficiency is dynamic.In some instances, complete course will continue linearly through course with the minimum score that completes, as shown in Figure 6B.Completing course with top score can allow user to unlock some or all courses until next milestone course, skips some courses along path thus.

Shown in example path as shown in figure 6c, according to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, if user does not complete or by attempt course, then along path, user's " backward " can be delivered to more low-level course.Attempt this more low-level course strengthen user by the ability of defective course.Especially, as shown in Figure 6 C, at route segment P1620, user has completed course 611, and proceeds to course 612.At route segment P2622, user obtains classification with height and completes course 612, and thus can " jump " course 614.At route segment P3624, user is defective at course 614, and " backward " is moved back into course 613.At route segment P4626, user by course 613, and moves to course 614 again.At course section P5628, user by course 614, and completes course path to obtain " theme 1 is skilled " 602 states.

Course completes score

According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, solve each the movable generation digital value in course.Store this value.Solve and all present activity by this course of end.When End-of-Course, storing value sum is for completing " score ".

If user completes score coupling or exceedes predefine standard, then course is considered to " completing " or " passing through ".Completing course makes user advance along learning path.

If user completes score lower than by score, then course does not complete.As shown in Figure 6, do not complete course can cause and remedy movement along course path.

Adaptive learning algorithm

In certain embodiments, adaptive learning algorithm (ALA) operates by basic horizontal.It determines the proficiency of user to basic skills set, and provides recommendation, and it is designed to provide guidance about action, to improve user to the proficiency of rank, subject or basic skills and grasp degree to supervisory user.

The recommendation of ALA and output comprise additional courseware, textbook, accretion learning application and other products & services.In addition, ALA can recommend to visit again previous skill collection for current goal skill collection, introduces associative skills set or additional content.

Evaluation engine comprises at least two evaluation processes, and it is included in ALA.Initial assessment is used for assessment user to the given understanding of basic skills set and the diagnostic tool of proficiency by supervisory user.Completing of initial assessment provides data to come for the arrangement generating recommendations of user on specific milestone course.ALA also comprise along learning path, the continuous evaluation process of user's progress and skill level.When user attempts additional course, the evaluation engine in continuous evaluation process creates or amendment is recommended, Regeneration dynamics course path, feedback tolerance and seeing clearly based on labor, and improves and refinement assessment in future.

Fig. 7 A be according to embodiments of the invention aspect, the diagram of the framework of basic adaptive and learning system is shown, it comprises 3 primary clusterings, i.e. user environment 701, supervisory user environment 703 and cloud environment 705.Supervisory user environment 703 and user environment 701 in mobile computing device this locality, and are mainly used in display and organize content.In certain embodiments, all analyses, storage and calculating are provided by cloud service, although embodiment can carry out analyzing, store and calculating according to any combination that is local or distributed way, and do not deviate from spirit of the present invention.

User environment 701 and supervisory user environment 703 cover mutually integrated permission adaptive and learning system with the OS adopting two or many UI to configure and manage shaking hands and transferring between each user environment.As detailed below, adaptive and learning system is starting to select basic skills set to be instructed by supervisory user during its work, but user independently can complete assessment.In certain embodiments, submit to assessment result and recommend courseware for supervisory user approval, its can assessment be not conclusive situation make decision approval or refusal.Once recommend to go through, user can be autonomous by learning program progress in not supervision situation.

The trustship in cloud of essence assets and engine allows to dispose basic adaptive and learning system across large-scale device.Some embodiments are that the realization on the device with touch screen input interfaces is prepared.This cross-device method expands use-case situation, and promotes exercise.

With further reference to Fig. 7 A, user environment 701 is responsible for presenting lesson data.It receives lesson data from cloud 705, and shows problem to user in user environment 701.The input method that it is provided by mobile computing device and user interactions.By the input type of problem being extended to the ability of mobile computing device, it allows user have when practising course interactive and participate in experiencing.Show problem one at a time, wait for the answer from user separately.At the end of exercise, result is submitted to cloud for storing and analyzing.

The interface of similar game

Although basic skills set comprises the core learning materials conformed to national standard, user interface provides abundant and high interactive experience.By using the learning path interface of similar game, user can visual they progress and keep participation in learning energetically.User can see that what milestone they have reached and what needs to be unlocked, to make them grasp basic skills set.

Supervisory user environment

Supervisory user environment provides and supervisory user is instructed and monitors the progress had in one's pocket in basic skills set.Supervisory user can initiate assessment, and it is used for recommending learning path by adaptive and learning system, and this learning path adapts to by assessing user's skill level of showing.During assessing, put question to, until courseware can be recommended based on the performance of user based on the evaluation engine of cloud to user.In certain embodiments, provide recommendation to supervisory user, and if gone through, then courseware will add the learning path of user to.

Shop be also supervisory user can, for the additional courseware of purchase.This allows the one click of new courseware to buy the courseware list being added to user.

Cloud service environment

According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, cloud service environment 705 comprises evaluation engine 707, see clearly and recommended engine 709 and the data knowledge storehouse 711 for courseware and other data and content.Evaluation engine 707 is designed to assessment user to the proficiency of basic skills set, and sets up learning path to reach skill collection.See clearly the lesson data of being responsible for recommended engine 707 preserving and analysis user has obtained.In certain embodiments, just network solution provide have to the performance of user and proficiency immediately see clearly, the interface of highly customization.Supervisory user is supplied to, to help the courseware of personalized user by based on the recommendation seen clearly.

Based on knowledge base storage system 711 primary responsibility supply lesson data and the assets of cloud.Downloadable courseware bag constructed by portable offline access can be imported in user environment.Lesson data adopts input tool (it allows data input user visually to create problem via socket) to be input in knowledge base.This allows controlled and standardized outward appearance and the sensation of lesson data and input type.

Be integrated into the technical ability acquisition methods touching mobile computing device

The primary user interface of mobile computing device is touch interface, and it allows user interactions directly perceived and natural and instruction.Recognize that this is expanded, for some embodiments of the present invention, basic adaptive and learning system has been specifically designed as and has made full use of touch interface.Such as, the user-interface design of course for touching input, thus provides by touching " can click " and selectable assets.Use holder widely and put input action.Menu bar is deployable/recoverable, comfortable to allow.More importantly, some skill collection requires the use touched, and can not copy on non-tactile device.What further describe below is non-conventional input method and integrated with the firmware level at mobile computing device interface.

And not all skill collection can both be obtained by traditional curriculum activity.Such as, required in the total curricular standard of core or require non-traditional input method in some basic skills set (such as technical performance and voice technical ability) that school is taught usually.Some behavior technical ability cannot taught when the intervention not having supervisory user, strengthen or measure but be of value to the successful acquisition of course basic skills set.The example of technical performance comprises calligraphy, and it can be practised by using pointer input media (its can by user's handling).Use touch screen input interfaces, calligraphy can be assessed for standard alphabet, and it can introduce in interface, for child when copying letter together with guideline.The example of voice technical ability comprises recording voice input, and assesses input for stored answer (waveform of such as sound), to determine whether to say correct word, morpheme or phoneme.

Basic adaptive and learning system adopts non-existent specific and unique method in traditional online learning environment to solve two of these challenges.These methods are set up based on the firmware level at mobile computing device interface is integrated, so that the customization of enable kinaesthesia and sound sensation activity and the user interface to specific collection activity; And to cover with OS and with come across double-H groove weld I system (it supports the acquisition of non-traditional course technical ability) that integrated this locality applies integrated.

Enhancing and the assessment of the layout in required user interface, course and visual cues, sequence that they are introduced and grasp are excited by classroom instruction, and follow teacher about the recommendation how completing skill collection and obtain.FALS also allows to solve non-traditional curriculum activity (comprising research and the outdoor collection of project), and strengthen the learning behavior (such as child to task diligent) being of value to the grasp of basic skills set, there is clean work space, it all can be endowed score by being undertaken assessing by overseer, and as the input from overseer by system acceptance.

Integrated with the firmware level at mobile computing device interface

In certain embodiments, basic adaptive and learning system is in conjunction with technical ability construction activities and a series of input/output method (it supports the acquisition of technical performance and voice technical ability).Specifically, input/output method call single and many touch gestures, based on finger and based on the input of pointer, audio recording and voice reproducing, vision and sense of hearing display for hint with instruct.With the acquisition of technical performance required by the integrated direct enhancing of the contact bed at these I/O interfaces or voice technical ability.

Such as, the input relevant with calligraphy can be caught via the device of similar pen, it enables user practise experiencing in similar environment to practice calligraphy to conventional pen and paper, it is also prepared for marking catching of relevant data with pen, and prepare to the transmission of computing machine for this data, for assessment and via the providing of feedback of flat computer screen to user.Pen device can comprise one or more photographic camera or other sensors, the data relevant with the mark of catching with adopt pen to carry out and the data relevant with the gripping of user to pen.Drills to improve one's handwriting can provide in printing writing surface (it is included in the physical representation of drills to improve one's handwriting available in FALS).One or more camera can be arranged on the top of pen or install along the length of pen, and with the image of the gripping of recording user and the paper around marked area, system uses it to be dissolved in the numeral of physics writing surface by mark of user.Alternatively, optical sensor can be arranged on pen writing tip place or near, to catch the relevant data of movement with this tip on paper, similar to the mode of operation of known optical mouse input device.FALS receives and input from the user of the device of similar pen, the consistance of assessment and corresponding guidance standard, and provides feedback via the screen of flat computer, comprises the instruction that depends on the circumstances and remedies exercise.

In some instances, the tolerance of user's proficiency cannot be realized by robotization mode by the collection of the input through user interface.In those examples, supervisory user by the result of synchronous or asynchronous observation user, and can make response come into force or makes it lose efficacy, and carrys out accretion learning model.

Cover with OS and with come across double-H groove weld I system that integrated this locality applies integrated

According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, the activity of two types cannot perform separately in computerized environment, and requires in the off-line execution of activity and by its tracking of calculation element and alternately managed between verifying.Such as, this kind of activity comprises requirement user off-line with the activity of execute the task (such as research, project are collected and writes report); And strengthen or regulate the employing of the acquisition of knowledge and the behavior (being called " learning behavior ") of maintenance here.

In two kinds of examples, basic adaptive and learning system provides interface and the system of shaking hands between user environment and supervisory user environment, its enable action for monitoring performance, comprises the approval to task and goal (it is pre-defined or next personalized by supervisory user in the user interface) or " concluding a treaty "; The frequency of tolerance and duration be associated with that contract or be associated with reaching of target; Award being associated with reaching of target, taking the form of the ideal money of convertible virtual or tangible goods, as further described below; And checking is achieved and provides award.

In certain embodiments, obtain achieving in the learning path be included in for the activity as required basic skills set, and by see clearly with recommend solution together with receive awards and report.

Based on seeing clearly and recommended engine of analyzing

With reference to Fig. 7 A, seeing clearly with recommended engine 709 is on-line monitoring and report interface, and it is tied in cloud service foundation structure.It provides Functional Capability for supervisory user, and it allows to generate seeing clearly in detail final user's proficiency, test problems region and recommend to intervene or adaptive learning path.Monitoring interface can visit by user's set or by any other device being connected to the Internet.

According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, see clearly and comprise feature with recommended engine 709, such as the recommendation of the tracking of the real-time monitoring of the progress of standard and performance, tracking by the data mining analysis of 4 to 5 grain size categories, direct access to the aggregative index of performance, achievement and award, practice periods and use and the guide item needed based on user, additional exercise or courseware, as further described below.

The real-time monitoring of progress and the performance provided with recommended engine 709 for standard is provided.Monitoring comprises from this locality application real-time collecting user-level data and is stored in cloud, compiles data, and automatically upgrade monitoring interface according to standardization key performance designator.Except comparing with proficiency standard, user's performance or can also show benchmark with peer-group and compares with the individualized criteria defined by supervisory user.

Understanding and recommended engine 709 also provide data mining analysis by such as 4 to 5 grain size categories.Fig. 7 B provide according to some embodiments aspect, the explanatory view at interface that provides in network browser interface 713.In some example embodiment, as shown in Figure 7 B, data mining analysis provides by for the coarse-grained grade of whole subject (such as mathematics, reading and writing), and can be drilled through downwards (drill) with more fine granulation grade.Crucial performance designator, completeness 717 and institute's spended time 719 of such as earned score 715, courseware can provide by the subject grain size category for each subject 721,723 and 725.At the lower grain size category from rough to meticulous, crucial performance designator is for each basic skills set in subject, for the theme in basic skills set, provides for the course in theme and for the problem in course.About supervisory user can customize some parameters to divide, crucial performance designator is to obtain other hierarchies of information, comprise the analysis by the different reference cycle, comprise daily, week, the moon, year or customization cycle, or by the analysis of the skill level in main difficulty region and each region.The distinct methods of customization report is available to supervisory user, is such as upgraded by Dynamic controlling plate or passes through the renewal based on selecting.The analysis of this class hierarchy allows supervisory user to investigate average details behind with high grain size category, come identification problem point with adopt the learning activities of special (tailored) carry out for.

See clearly the direct access right that the summary designator to performance is also provided with recommended engine 709.In order to make data analysis process streaming, summarizing designator and at first glance easily can use at general introduction reporting hierarchies.Further drilling through (drilldowns) downwards in detail also can be used for each data point according to grain size category defined above.

See clearly and to be just also provided as with recommended engine 709 and the tracking of rewarding, also comprise except performance designator achieve in the past, receive the searched for knowledge base of prize, gained certificate and collected award.

See clearly the tracking that practice periods and use are also provided with recommended engine 709.Except the monitoring based on performance and proficiency, supervisory user can also by user's level result and institute's spended time and with attempt practising course and be associated.

See clearly the recommendation that additional exercise or courseware are also provided with recommended engine 709.Depend on reached skill level, recommend additional courseware to user.Such as, if skill level is lower than acceptable standard (by default setting or supervisory user setting), then additional exercise is recommended, until reach grasp.In adaptive learning method, this can cause the exercise of lower difficulty course, until can grasp considered course.If skill level is in or higher than acceptable standard (by default setting or supervisory user setting), then considered course is considered to grasp.Additional exercise is recommended at same subject or in identical basic skill collection, until it is more high-grade to grasp in hierarchy.In adaptive learning method, this can cause the exercise of more highly difficult course, until grasp consider theme or basic skills set.

By the acquisition seeing clearly the ability enhancing basic skills set provided with recommended engine 709.Their allow problem area early detection, by teach or the intervention provided of guide, the self-adaptation of learning path and achievement enhancing.They provide the timetable in adaptive learning path to conform to classroom learning and to be applicable to the ability of timetable of user.

According to the aspect of some embodiments, see clearly with recommended engine 709 by seeing clearly and recommending solution to visit in network browser interface 713.Allow from there is the mobile computing machine of OS covering system and adaptive and learning system or there is the flexible access of any device of the web browser that it runs for the network browser interface 713 recommended and see clearly solution.

The reward system based on ideal money of convertible virtual and tangible goods

Based on ideal money reward system to user provide excitation to maintain exercise and be just excited into.Ideal money can by reaching high skill level to earn in each course, theme and basic skills set.After each course, user receives the immediate feedback about its performance, and is apprised of about earned number of coins.Account's designator is available in user environment, and is shown to number of coins earned so far.Except providing the excitation to expected behavior, in certain embodiments, ideal money is used as a part for financial learning process, to teach currency management, how to save bit by bit, how to use, how to select and other financial technical ability.The part that education of financial course work can be used as FAL system is included, or can be configured according to individual criterion by father and mother.

Virtual coin can exchange true award in user environment.User can access The Treasure Chest shop, and with a series of award of coin exchange.Reward according to classification and organize according to virtual coin value, and from virtual goods-such as play, apply, music, e-book, video content ...-to real goods-such as toy, game, outdoor gear, consumer and consumer electronics's accessory, scope in variation.User can also identify the project wanted, and carrys out work towards the coin of the specific quantity needed for these projects.

The virtual coin used in reward system controls to buy by the father and mother in father and mother's environment, and can use in routine work list, further describes below, with towards educational or non-educational target.Supervisory user such as can add " bonus " coin to specific basic skills set master goal reaching, and assists in ensuring that user focuses on preference learning target.From another viewpoint, supervisory user can by authorize additional coin to reward in routine work list maintain exercise or excellent performance, to make a vow the exchange of specific project of prestige towards being identified as user institute.

The user that is integrated into of basic adaptive and learning system and virtual currency award system promotes the reality and institute's perceived value that learn to achieve, and drives repeated accesses.

Content shop

Content shop in FALS allows interpolation to existing guide item, expansion and renewal.In certain embodiments, content shop also open F ALS to provide third party content, the content of multimedia of such as application, textbook, homework book, books and such as video.This expands the subject provided and the language provided, and to make FALS day by day relevant with the child of larger quantity, comprises the user that English is its second language.

Content shop environment provides the feature of browsing according to grade, subject, basic skills set and searching for; Courseware upgrades and expands, and wherein has preview capability; From the total course of FALS or from recommendation that is third-party, guide item; Buy in the app of third-party application and obtain; And the location of other geography, comprise navigation, content and payment.

In some example embodiment, buy functional permission third-party application in app and use central user account to be bought by the payment critical point of a part for the ecosystem as flat board.Transaction can require password, for preventing unwarranted purchase.

Integrated with the ecosystem of third party app

According to the aspect of some embodiments of the present invention, to be applied as some of the enable above-mentioned functions of lever with the ecosystem as the FALS of platform, such as child-safe shop (wherein virtual coin can exchange award), and plan and goal-setting application (promise between its organizing user and supervisory user).FALS is not also by the guidance application of authorizing and configuration-system adopts third party to provide (it is directly the ingredient of FALS), and such as third party's game and application, come enable monitoring and controlling behavior.In addition, FALS enables third-party application and accessory be seamlessly integrated in some of FALS function, such as recommendation, overseer's monitoring and award and exchange system.These enablers allow to provide control, data capture, monitoring and excitation, come towards the aims of education of FALS.The large-scale content type of FALS platform support and form, comprise paper, digital book, interactive textbook and homework book, Voice & Video material and application.

The environment that FALS platform is educational third party developer, Content owner and accessory wright create the application be integrated in adaptive and learning system.This platform allows third party to be integrated in the user data of adaptive and learning system, function and other features and has controlled access power to it, wherein other features of adaptive and learning system comprise user authentication and mandate, adaptive learning path, achievement and reward system, to reward for " in app " and ideal money, tracking and analysis, the cloud that is cross-device and website bought store and integrated, to be found by the application of environment and to distribute.Final user's benefit is particularly including the expansion of the addressable courseware of subject of variable range and additional teaching method and multilingual.

This platform has software development kit, instrument, document information and developer's Web portal, to help the exploitation of third-party application, integrated and management.Software development kit (SDK) is made up of Component Gallery, example application and the document information for the developer of the application of platform.Component Gallery standardization is used for the method for the integrated point of access platform.In certain embodiments, Component Gallery is used in and uses based in the application of Android and network application (HTML/Javascript).This platform comprises developer's Web portal, and wherein developer asks account, submits to application and content for examination and approval, management application license, and access application report.Developer's Web portal is also the position of developer's access document data, storehouse, example and support facility.

This platform allows in the third-party application user authentication that is integrated into adaptive and learning system and mandated program.This integrated consistent workflow and Consumer's Experience of providing " is registered " and license request to initiate user.In certain embodiments, OpenID and the Oauth2.0 standard being used for authentication and authorization is used.Certification uses the Component Gallery that provides to represent to third-party application.This storehouse simplifies the initiation and UI that are used for authentication request.For third-party application simplifies mandate similarly.Such as, third-party application use institute provide Component Gallery to ask permit particular list.Component Gallery will present standard UI to point out user to allow or to refuse request.Result then returns to application.

The integrated benefit of user authentication/mandate comprises makes final user use third-party application and service fast open begin and need not experience the ability of tediously long signing process; By the maintenance of final user to the control of the data that application can be accessed; And the needs eliminated the flow process of contract/registering in third-party application, save the workload of developer thus.

Platform also allows third-party application or content " course " to be integrated in adaptive learning path by the user of classification and metadata tag.Course is the element of application or the content library of typically consuming in once having a meeting.Such as, in gaming, course will be the grade of playing.In book, course is a chapter of book.Personalized learning path can be carried out for final user by using this lesson data to create in adaptive learning path.

Final user is integrated in adaptive learning path and allows developer to receive the increase of spontaneous use, because will experience and find its application and content on organ.Final user benefits from and finds and experience variable application and content.

This platform also allows the achievement in adaptive learning path and rewards feature to be integrated in third-party application and content.Final user can reward by being just marked as in the badge of platform Plays, ranking list and challenge and receiving.Integrated permission final user has the progress exceeding single application and the sensation completed, and developer's benefit from that final user experiences in adaptive and learning system stronger and more deeply participating in.

To third-party application and content supplier can other incentive programs of adaptive and learning system comprise access to ideal money system.In integrated situation, bought by father and mother and distribute to user reward as the excitation used and monetization and the ideal money/credit of achievement convertible to obtain third-party application by child's pattern redemption interface, and can be distributed by the achievement on third-party application.Ideal money can also be used for third-party application from probation or light version upgrading.

This platform also allows the integrated of the tracking of adaptive and learning system and analytical characteristic and third-party application.In certain embodiments, third-party application submits result, action and experience to platform.Data processing is formed available information, for the recommendation be integrated in shop, in the report of final user and the analysis for the developer in developer's Web portal.Integrated by this, final user receives about the report of learning activities and for based on the state of the fresh course of FALS and third-party application and activity, progress and recommendation from third-party application.

The integrated of cloud storage of the ecosystem enables third-party application storing state and data in cloud.Progress, score and other User Status data will be available and be synchronized to cloud storage system on each device, to provide the Seamless integration-across multiple device for final user.Be integrated into persistent subscriber data and be provided in the reliable of ecosystem place and safe storage, thus the needs that elimination third-party application developer provides independent data to store for final user.

Application finds and distribution system is used for issuing and third-party application and content being integrated in content shop environment.Developer uses developer's Web portal to submit to application and content for approval.Ratification process is guaranteed that quality grade and API use and is reached standard.Once through approval, application and content can be used for final user and buy and download.

Tracking data is caught and is obtained

Fig. 7 C illustrates the diagram of display for some example embodiment of the system of catching and obtaining of tracking data.According to the aspect of some embodiments of the present invention, FALS data tracking technology permission basis catches user profile and behavior alternately with mobile device.All institutes capture-data is stored, and can be used in direct educational object, such as notice adaptive learning algorithm, or for indirect educational object, such as improvement user interactions to obtain or to strengthen certain skills set.Although and not all institute capture-data uses all in advance, store it for historical purpose, and provide and can be excavated to keep the data set of abundant and evolution FALS.

In the process of data capture and acquisition, tracking data generates 727 and submit 729 to as statement.Individual part, event or other states expressed in each statement.The form of the statement person of taking action-verb-object.Actor is the final user of implementation verb.Object is the target of verb.Statement also changes into human-readable sentence.Statement also comprises statement mark (I.D.) for detecting repeat statement; The timestamp of statement; Actor; Verb; And object.

Statement also has the common property relying on tracked verb/object, comprises the data of the result representing statement.Such as, for the statement of actor-verb-object comprising " user answers a question ", result will comprise the answer that whether user correctly answers a question, answer a question spent duration and user submit to.The common property of statement also comprises the contextual information of descriptive statement.Such as, if statement is a part for larger statement set, then context will comprise quoting compared with big collection.Another use contextual is device or the position of descriptive statement.

Trace statement is designed to flexibly.Newspeak Jurong is easily created.Optional context and additional data character allow across polytype device and environment, tracking to user behavior.This comprises the institute's commit statement based on input mechanism (touch, pointer, keyboard), device screen size, physical location and other devices and demographic information.

Original tracking data is stored in high-performance, high availability data-carrier store 731.Therefrom, by being statement type 735 by statement parse 733, original tracking data is processed and is transformed to data available.Submit to the data available of report services, such as report data 737 and mainly produce report for the father and mother of the final user of FALS and final user, overseer or educator.

Data available is also used for the state of sync client machine and back-end services.Achievement, award and other gaming establishment data 739 submit to by following the tracks of API741 the service of award.Data available be also used for understanding and analyze in internal procedure user behavior, participation rate, the benchmark of validity of adaptive learning and other use tolerance and statistics.

Other data 743 can comprise free form structural data, and it does not fall into any known statement type.Data 743 are stored in back-end services 745 in the future.Free form structural data can be generated by new Client application, and wherein new Client application is configured to follow the tracks of some data that also non-tracking API741 is known.In time after a while, renewable tracking API741, makes free form data 743 become data available, and such as, for this data define new statement type, and data 743 can be attached in report.This accommodation of other data 743 allows new client app to develop independently mutually with the exploitation following the tracks of API741, and allows use the future of fetched data.

The ability building simple trace statement in asynchronous tracker allows third-party application to provide identical high-performance to follow the tracks of and data syn-chronization for adaptive and learning system platform user.

Off-line use and off-line with online between synchronous

According to the aspect of some embodiments of the present invention, FALS in off-line mode, that is, when not having Internet connection, operates and transmits direct guiding ability.The enable service condition greatly expanding the FALS of existing solution of this ability.Different with paper solution from pen, FALS system can catch user interactions and input, and not about place and the restriction of time.Such as, any part is attempted or exercise is caught within the system, and can be seen clearly for skill level and the additional of learning path by excavation.Different from traditional pen and paper, on-line synchronous is enable to make peace detailed report about one of User Activity.

Different from online solution, user can be mobile, and can use FALS in the setting not providing Internet connection.Such as, user can outside classroom or school environment, " at the scene " carry out work by grouping, and seek to practise or catch to align seeing clearly of carrying out.In addition, FALS can configure with the distribution undertaken by a supervisory user and syllabus, and in different time, position or hereinafter transfer in order to the interests of user in study.The ability reaching personalization in so far while being asynchronous making supervision is very different from online solution model (it requires that supervisory user is on the scene during session usually).

Institute's capture-data collection, input and mutual captured and when Internet connection becomes available immediately with rear end and cloud service automatic synchronization.

In order to support that off-line uses, back-end services is designed to receive data asynchronously.When Internet connection is available, a large amount of commit statement of client computer.Back-end services is lightweight and flexibly, with allow tracking data fast and submit to reliably.By using asynchronous statement submit to and put in a client by the core of applied logic, educational service can operate when not having Internet connection.

If fixed sum data is periodically synchronized to educational server/client from back-end services.This is enable " propelling movement " service effectively, and service can send to client-side and upgrade, for renewal courseware and total lesson data thus.

Father and mother on dull and stereotyped PC control

Father and mother control in digital television service service, computing machine, browser, video-game, mobile phone and software.Father and mother control to realize according to various forms, comprising: 1) content filter-its restriction access to content; 2) use control, its application time limits or forbids the use of some type; 3) use management instrument, it allows the pressure of behavior; And 4) monitoring tools, it can follow the tracks of activity.Father and mother control the management typically for film, music, picture and webpage or other traditional definition contents.But on flat computer, these functions are very different because flat computer also comprise in touch screen input interfaces, third-party application, app buy, the integrated and interface of social networks and social gaming feature.

According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, father and mother control to comprise content obtaining white list, and it allows child to select according to character picture instead of according to text description or title for the child that can't read.In certain embodiments, father and mother's control inerface realizes instead of is inputted by mouse and cursor in touch-screen input environment.

Father and mother control to embed across multiple child's profile and across different user interface or device (its registration or under being based upon parental control system), in certain embodiments one for father and mother another for child.Flat board is provided for realizing the unique environments that father and mother control because its introduce be used for operating system, system covers, multiple user interface of browser and third-party application and software environment, comprise in social networks, social gaming characteristic sum app and buying.

According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, also control for the third-party application run on OS covering system realizes father and mother.Although may not be effective as the information filtering for realizing the method that father and mother control in third-party application (it can walk around this kind of control), the use that the father and mother realized in OS covering system control for control third-party application be effective.Such as, on web browser, father and mother control the access can filtered and stop the network address or webpage (it may otherwise allow user to obtain the access right of the local OS system to device).In a browser the request of Internet resources is captured, and only their meet preset parameter corresponding with user environment (such as determine can allowing content, webpage and/or territory, the parameter to buy in app etc.) time is just allowed to process.Request for resource nonlicet in respective user environment is out in the cold.This method advantageously prevents the display of third party's advertisement and goes out to the chain not ratifying webpage and/or territory.

In certain embodiments, Password Input can be required, to authorize the access to some process in OS covering system and action while being in child's pattern.Password can be the same password set for entering father and mother's pattern.The mandate of the access undertaken by the input of password does not require leave child pattern UI or leave current navigation state.In addition, for point out the interface of input password comprise prompting child user ask father and mother with obtains access right perhaps can, instead of input the direct instruction of password.Across in the dull and stereotyped environment of the dedicated user interface for child, content constraints and the similar purchase whether second level ratify compared with not too important.

In certain embodiments, except restriction and management access right, father and mother control to comprise and use ideal money to carry out the positive act that rewarding device monitors.For rewarding and using the example at the interface of ideal money to comprise redemption center for content, app, game, app and reality game, it can determine to theme as The Treasure Chest theme.

In certain embodiments, father and mother control to provide that the use in third party app controls, to buy in app and social networks links and advertisement.Although third-party application can go through and/or be suitable for given user, it may comprise for do not go through and/or be not suitable for user, purchase in app, advertisement, social networks link functional.OS covers and local driver realizes by interception all-links network request and only allow through ratify webpage and/or territory through authorisation links, promote the such link of forbidden energy.In addition, in certain embodiments, father and mother control at browser, such as move the browser of OS for Android, middle realization and/or enforcement.

Fig. 8 be according to embodiments of the invention aspect, the diagram of parental control system 800 is shown.Parental control system 800 can be as the interface on board device, as the interface of browser Network Based or addressable as the personal computer applications run in PC operating system.Can propagate to applicable devices the change of management parameters or setting.Parental control system 800 comprises safety/protection feature 801, monitoring and tracking characteristics 803, content management features 805, profile management feature 807 and rewards and incentive characteristic 809.

Safety/protection feature 801 comprises the feature of the security of the privacy of management system environments and your child.Such as, safety/protection feature 801 comprises for prompt cipher input and authorizes the sustainable management instrument of the access right to limited action, interface, application or region when password is certified.Fig. 9 illustrates that being used to indicate user seeks the interface 902 and 904 of father and mother's password and the example of prompting 906 and 908.

Figure 10 to Figure 25 comprises the user interface by some features visiting parental control system 800.Interface can realize according to multiple format, to be included in the app of mobile device, in Windowing computing application, in based on the environment of browser or other user interface formats or above combination.

Figure 10 illustrates the example at the part as safety/protection feature 801, the interface 1000 for management of buddy lists.The buddy list characteristics of management is asked by interpolation, deletion or prevention good friend, such as good friend asks 1002 and 1004, allows the management can got in touch with whom each child.From father and mother account, which other ecosystems user foundation supervision father and mother can control is connected with the good friend of child account.

Figure 11 illustrates the example at interface 1100 for managing notice, message and alarm for the profile of child.According to some embodiments, parental control system 800 provide from child-safe ecosystem server, interface in father and mother account.This interface transmit and management be father and mother account addressable, about the alarm of the activity of each child in the ecosystem, message and progress and notice, such as message 1102.This interface also allows to control when and how receiving the notice relevant with child account.

Figure 12 illustrates that warning user is about the example being prevented from chain and going out the interface 1200 of (stoped by OS covering system and parental control system 800).Parental control system also systematically stops in third party's advertisement, app to be bought and goes out to the chain not ratifying website on third party app, and without the need to any change to the third party app provided by third party app developer.In the exemplary embodiments, OS covering system catches all users input substantially, the user's input comprised in third party app, determine each user request whether for determine in user profiles through granted resources, and only allow the process that is confirmed as asking for the user of the resource can permitted under respective user profile.In addition, relative to Internet resources, OS covering system is by the content of permitting browser access and present only from predetermined webpage and/or territory, carry out addressable content in limiting network browser, thus stop from buying in the display of not third party's advertisement of same area, app and going out to the chain not ratifying website.

Figure 13 illustrates the example for providing the interface 1300 gone out about advertisement, social networks, lattice chain and for the parental guidance of the age adaptability of app, website and third party content, classification and alarm.Figure 14 illustrates for notifying the interface 1400 of father and mother about the particular alert for app.

According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, with further reference to Fig. 8, for activity that is online or that perform on device, monitoring and tracking characteristics 803 be included in parental control system 800.Follow the tracks of and monitoring features 803 comprises monitoring message, it comprises: the message that examination and ratifying sends to/from the account of each child, and it can perform from interface as shown in figure 11; Monitor each child can get in touch with whom by ratifying or refuse good friend's request, it can perform from interface as shown in Figure 10; The time of following the tracks of and control on interface 1500 and use, as shown in figure 15, comprise the activity following the tracks of and control each child to use and institute's spended time, receive about complete feedback immediately and their possible interested certain content or the recommendation of movable type and grade; And carry out locating device by individual GPS steady arm or Wi-Fi steady arm.

With further reference to Figure 15, it illustrates the particular figure at interface 1500, time management and use interface 1500 to comprise to use instruction, the date 1502 of such as playing for last, institute's spended time 1504, for the specific child's profile on specific device.Activity immediately-specific feedback and content and activity recommendation are by time management and use one of view (not shown) in interface 1500 to introduce to father and mother.This information can for father and mother provide the child about them to perform how good or seeing clearly of not performing.

With further reference to Fig. 8, the content management features 805 for the Content Management of website, video, music, picture and app is included in parental control system 800.Content management features 805 comprises the management of multiple device and control, the management of application, the management of content white list and for the classification of the third-party application of child's friendly and the management of classification, the management for the individualized content list of each child's user account in the ecosystem.

Figure 16 illustrates the diagram selecting interface 1600, wherein selects interface 1600 to control from the one group of device be registered in same parental control system, select specific device for management for father and mother.This concentrated system and interface allow across be registered in this intrasystem multiple device (that is, computing machine 1602, dull and stereotyped 1604, TV box 1606), the father and mother of available content are controlled.

Figure 17 be according to embodiments of the invention aspect, the diagram at interface for managing the access to application is shown.As shown, interface 1700 is for managing the application of the specific device previously selected from interface 1600 as shown in figure 16.The app that interface 1700 allows father and mother manually to add and remove each child to see, listen, play and experience.This feature allows user to control to show what content in child's pattern and father and mother's pattern respectively.In two kinds of patterns, exist and become available independent browser.In child's pattern, there is child-secure browser, wherein child can explore certain content in safety on line ground, and in father and mother's pattern, browser is hard-core full feature browser.

Figure 18 illustrates for by the diagram of Content placement to the interface 1800 in approval content " white list ", and wherein " white list " is organized on interface 1800 as shown by the icon (it is applicable at the age and conforms to child's interest, manually plan and select in advance) based on classification.Contrast with the blacklist content of the list based on limited word, white list content provides the control completely wanted child to check to them and what is explored for father and mother.

Figure 19 be according to embodiments of the invention aspect, illustrate for obtaining and the diagram at interface 1900 of downloading contents, it comprise according to the appropriateness of age, sex, personality, reputation and interest, for the filtering option 1902 of the list of third-party application and content.

Figure 20 is the diagram that interface 2000 is shown, its median surface 2000 has the view that the father and mother for the individualized content of specific child's user account control.Interface 2000 is regions of customization white list that father and mother could search for and create website, video, game and craft.In the view shown in Figure 20, website 2002 and 2004 adds white list to.In certain embodiments, white list is managed by the server of child-safe ecosystem, and controls via socket.Make white list available via the network connection to any mobile device in child-safe ecosystem, for the access to white list item permitting being undertaken by the device associated with specific child's user account.Each white list item can be assigned with icon, comes selective shown in its child's mode interface on the mobile device.In certain embodiments, arrange for each independent child's user account and customize white list.Customize white list allow father and mother widen the access right of mobile appliance system to content available on the Internet, but can not be a part of planning app available in child-safe ecosystem.This feature also allows father and mother to control the special all the elements of specific child.

With further reference to Fig. 8, profile management feature 807 is included in parental control system 800.Profile management feature 807 comprises the management to creating or be registered under parental control system 800, one or more specific child's user account.More particularly, profile management feature 807 comprises automatically plans to experience across content and application, creates robotization experience with the profile that is each child based on the age associated with profile, sex and other preferences.Figure 21 is the diagram of the example that interface 2100 is shown, wherein profile details is inputted by parental control system.Other profile management features 807 comprise multiple child's user account of ideal money management and the registration of subtend particular parent parental control system and the management of profile.

Figure 22 is the diagram that interface 2200 is shown, its median surface 2200 comprises the view of management for ideal money and acquisition.According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, earning ideal money is as completing some return that is movable or task, and these movable or tasks have comprised from the course of above-mentioned adaptive and learning system or by the completing of logger task (routine work in such as routine work list) in interface.Be described in more detail routine work list below.

Interface 2200 as shown in figure 22 allows distribution and the management of the currency to child (it can earn and spend in child-safe ecosystem).In certain embodiments, the management of coin and distribution are activity based on each child and performance.Such as, employing real money is comprised to buy ideal money for rewarding movable method; Ideal money is distributed to user account by the record completed based on some task in child-safe ecosystem, target or activity, and provides content and app to the user account of child, to complete the order that ideal money pays.In certain embodiments, parental control system 800 controls completely to adopting the ideal money of real money purchase to have, and currency can be manually assigned to the user account of child, or it automatically can distribute based on achieving to some and complete relevant predetermined allocative decision.Predetermined allocative decision for automatically distributing can also be managed by father and mother account and be overthrown.In certain embodiments, if the user account of different child adopt ideal money buy in perhaps app, when interior perhaps apply bought by the account of another child with same father and mother's account association, then will give new child account to the access right of this interior perhaps app, but father and mother account can the ideal money that spends by credit.Interface 2200 illustrates the remaining sum 2202 of ideal money that can be used for distributing, and for inputting sendout for the region 2204 of user account distributing to child.

Figure 23 is the diagram at the interface 2300 of the control illustrated for multiple child's user profiles and/or account of accessing subtend parental control system 800 registration.Parental control system 800 be provided on any device control, monitoring and the ability of the multiple child account of personalization.

Figure 24 to Figure 26 is for accessing the diagram with the interface of the award in managing children-safe ecosystem and excitation, comprising routine work card system, adaptive and learning system and The Treasure Chest ideal money store system.Figure 24 is the diagram of the routine work list interface 2400 that routine work card system is shown.Routine work card system, by distributing and tracking activity or routine work to child through routine work list interface, is helped child and is learnt responsibility, obligation and trust.Which routine work priority father and mother can have according to selecting in sky and week child, and follow the tracks of in routine work list interface 2400 and reward them.

Figure 25 illustrates for examining the diagram with the interface 2500 of following the tracks of the award relevant to the progress of educational content and excitation.Interface 2500 shows the report associated with selected child's user profiles, comprising pressing the performance of theme, the report by the performance of course, progress across distributing, problem set, course and theme, proficiency assessment, and acquire skill, be in progress in the summary of technical ability, defect, problem points or difficulty.Interface 2500 comprises the view for specific child, comprising the report of the performance associated with specific child's user profiles.Interface 2500 also provides by grade, subject, theme and course to the detailed tolerance of the proficiency of child user with see clearly.

Figure 26 illustrates for cost or the diagram of exchanging ideal money or other credit or rewarding for the interface 2600 obtaining digital content or real goods (such as game, app, music, video or tangible goods or accessory).As previously for as described in some embodiments, ideal money had been managed by parental control system and had distributed, and can buy with true fund.Ideal money can also carry out credit to father and mother account by popularization or subscription program.In certain embodiments, The Treasure Chest or money and valuables box theme are used for presenting interface 2600.

The display based on personage (Character-based) of father and mother's control information

Figure 34 is for controlling or the exemplary interface of other information-related message to user's display with father and mother.In certain embodiments, (such as time controling and access control) the relevant information that controls with father and mother uses that child is friendly, animated character in the touch screen display of flat computer, its example is shown in Figure 34.In this kind of embodiment, the use of animated character provides flat computer to be can to the illusion of user talker thing.Animated character is not limited to display and controls relevant information with father and mother, but on the contrary, can use together with the display of any information to user.

Without limitation such as, personage animation can: illustrate the time limit just close to or arrived; Illustrate that institute's request content requires that father and mother authorize; Advise from the interruption of the use of flat computer for exercise or other are movable; Reminding user about demand fulfillment under the operative configuration controlled father and mother to make user receive the condition of institute's request access; Or instruction and/or feedback are provided in FALS as herein described.Animation can be compiled into alternatively and apply father and mother as the use of computing machine to flat computer itself and/or the access to content and control or other restrictions, thus alleviate the time burden of father and mother or other overseers, inconvenience and with the direct interpersonal conflict implementing control association.Visual style that is in the design (such as without limitation shown in Figure 34) of face and in the word of the said content of animated character, friendly, non-threat also helps the user emotion response of applyings of diffusion couple time controling, access control and/or other restrictions.

Planning application shop on dull and stereotyped PC

According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, the child-safe ecosystem of flat computer comprises for the interface to the access from planning App shop purchase planning app.In certain embodiments, plan App shop and be embodied as the application of installation run on the OS covering system of mobile device.Depend on and use which UI, the different application with different interface can be used to and plans App shop and be connected.In certain embodiments, plan App shop and comprise the planning app organized into groups according to age, sex and interest.In certain embodiments, each app was selected separately, is proved and test before it is shown in planning App shop.Alternatively, some app carry out automatic evaluation based on the parameter value of the parameter of the such as age of being distributed by third party app publisher, sex and interest and so on.Each app can be given content classification.In certain embodiments, the App shop in child pattern UI is bought to be limited to and is concluded the business by ideal money or credit, and the purchase in father and mother pattern UI adopts true fund, ideal money or other credit to conclude the business.

According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, planning App shop in planning app before being included in shop through filtration step.App, first by developer, such as, via receiving the dedicated web site of all app for approval, submits to.App be included in shop for being investigated before buying, classification and approval.In certain embodiments, classification associates with the demographic parameters of such as age, sex and/or interest and so on approval.The demographic parameters of app and the profile of user are compared, to determine the adaptability of app for certain profiles.Based on child's profile and general classification make app be specific child account can.The benefit with planning app shop guarantees that app is suitable for given user type.

Can by app publisher, by system operator or the content classification planning of helping app of app determined by father and mother user.Content classification can comprise categorised content and describe classification, such as " social media " or " maturity content ", or can carry out classification for ripeness standard (maturityscale).Content classification can provide the visual prompting of (1) app, and (2) are based on the examination grade of user profiles.Some classification can make app not be included in shop, because such as, content classification does not leave the profile keeping being suitable for app.Content classification can give app by third party content classification provider, and it can be retrieved and be stored in device ecosystem database, and it is used for filtering planning App shop content based on user profiles together with user profiles.

Figure 27 be illustrate for for user profiles to plan the process 2700 of app.Third party content classification 2702 sends to for the device ecological database 2704 of its board device, the database that such as managed by Fuhu, Inc. via wide area network, such as the Internet.The app with content classification is sent to device, wherein the content classification of app and user profiles 2706 is compared.The determination whether being suitable for profile about specific app is carried out by device.If app will show as in planning App store interface (interface represented by the view such as shown in Figure 28 to 32) available, further describe below.

Except except the examination in the stage of purchase, to buy and the app being published to an environment (such as child's pattern) by turning on and off access via app management tool, can control from another environment (such as father and mother's pattern) or monitoring.

Planning App shop also provides the advantage of less stock, and it can be app developer and proposes popularization opportunity, and perhaps it be not possible to the application shop with larger stock.App developer's (otherwise may immerse oneself in other app " superstore ") can come by feature on large app banner or as the display app that highlights running through whole app shop.App superstore is different from being typically developer's charging with popularization opportunity of these types, and planning app shop can give the exposure that " boutique " app shop that developer only has less stock can provide.

Figure 28 to Figure 29 be according to embodiments of the invention aspect, illustrate in comfortable father and mother's pattern the diagram of the view 2800 and 2900 in the planning App shop provided.Figure 28 and Figure 29 illustrates the homepage of planning App shop app.Figure 28 illustrates feature app banner at the top at interface 2800, is the region 2802 of the marshalling (such as new app) for illustrating app below it.Region 2802 is horizontal scrollable fields irrelevant with other parts at interface.Interface 2800 also comprises region 2804 for illustrating app classification and the region 2806 for another marshalling (such as app key element) that app is shown.Region 2808 comprises the icon in other regions being linked to planning App shop.

Figure 29 illustrates different views or the interface 2900 in planning App shop.Interface 2900 comprise wherein by app feature go out level can roll and can select the Album Cover Art of banner illustrate (coverartillustration) banner 2902, for selecting the region 2904 of classification, for showing the region 2906 of the marshalling of app and the region 2908 for accessing other planning App Store trait (such as account setup, download app, purchase virtual coin or credit, exchange virtual coin or credit, support and terms of service).

Figure 30 illustrates and to appear at an example in child's pattern operating environment, planning App store interface 3000 when logging under specific child's user profiles.When special design for child, for child's pattern operation planning App store interface 3000 there is simple, easy-to-use interface, browse its app interested for child by the app being rolled to different screen.It is that father and mother are sought in requirement Password Input and prompting or guardian inputs password to eliminate the security system bought without permission from child to buying each time.Pay critical point based on father and mother's user account, and allow father and mother's environment overseer's reception notification he or she about buy Email.

Figure 31 illustrate when device by child's pattern to operate time, can scrolling interface 3100 for another the simple level presenting available app.Planning App store interface for child's pattern filter out to overseer can the subset of all app for purchase.According to the aspect of embodiments of the invention, planning app not comprise in app advertisement or any social networks integrated.Can automatically make the app bought from planning App shop can be used for being in the user of child's pattern, or it also can limit based on the profile of user.

Figure 32 illustrates and is restricted to two views 3200 and 3202 that the planning App adopting ideal money or credit to carry out buying rewards shop.In certain embodiments, plan App award shop and do not require Password Input before buying each time.As discussed previously, corresponding ideal money can adopt the purchase of true fund to obtain by the payment critical point through father and mother account.Once purchased, currency can by completing learning activities to pay, or the progress of task in routine work list or reward to child when completing.Planning App rewards providing in shop can comprise some (if not all) app that can supply purchase to this specific user profile in planning App shop.Planning App rewards the simple classification that shop provides game, app and music.

Many profile managements on dull and stereotyped PC

According to the aspect of some embodiments of the present invention, user profiles is the account linked with the unique individual user of electronic installation.The specific settings of individual associates with unique identifier with preference by it, and requires that password is to log in the option of profile for individual provides.This allows individual to carry out its user interface personalized, simultaneously for they provide confidentiality and safety practice.

Computing machine faces and has the problem that multiple user shares single electronic device, and this causes well-known risk: the infringement of privacy, stolen personal data, unwarranted purchase, credit card information or identity theft.Flat computer is vulnerable to these danger especially according to its character: they are portable, and different from smart phone, and they usually share in family or working environment.

The device ecosystem creates multiple user profiles to manage the option of the content on flat computer.First, it is independent that this allows the father and mother of multiple child the experience of each child to be remained with another child, and this is important in previous year or when age range is larger.Secondly, father and mother can based on such as age, sex, interest, preference and so on because of usually to each user profiles customized experience.3rd, because built-in father and mother control, father and mother can monitor the activity of each profile, comprise frequency of utilization, preference, position use, system requirements, system functionality, the availability of peripheral hardware and connectedness.

Child safety on dull and stereotyped PC is browsed

Child-secure browser is a kind of web browser, its run on portable, based on touch calculation element on.Child safety browser checks all requests, and itself and father and mother are agreed to that the white list of URL compares.If request URL does not exist in white list, then prevention request completes by child-secure browser.Other features of child-secure browser comprise and stop for the simpler and easy UI of young child, father and mother's control, security feature, content and filter.

In certain embodiments, the browser UI based on the device touched requiring simplify is run on.Text Input can be challenge, particularly for young child.Replace requiring Text Input, the URL adding white list shows for graphic icons by child-secure browser.By using figure to replace text, young child can identify its website liked fast like a cork.

The security feature of child-secure browser comprises the father and mother URL administration interface of the white list of URL, wherein has the limited accass undertaken by Password Input.Father and mother URL administration interface allows the interpolation of white list, amendment and renewal.Stop download, eject and other dangerous activities.Its password is successfully inputted to any change request father and mother of child-secure browser setting.Any advertisement of child never on white list, marketing and popularization link is stoped to follow the link of external site.Stop child in the address field of child-secure browser, input any URL.In addition, acquiescently, the access to network search engines is stoped.

Figure 33 is the block diagram that the computer system 3300 that can realize some embodiments of the present invention is thereon shown.Computer system 3300 comprises: bus 3302 or for transmitting other communication mechanisms of information; And processor 3304, be coupled for process information with bus 3302.Computer system 3300 also comprises primary memory 3306, such as random-access memory (ram) or other dynamic storage device, and it is coupled to bus 3302, for storing information and the instruction that will be performed by processor 3304.Primary memory 3306 be also used in will instruction performed by processor 3304 the term of execution store temporary variable or other intermediate informations.Computer system 3300 also comprises ROM (read-only memory) (ROM) 3308 or other static memories, and it is coupled to bus 3302, for storage static information and the instruction for the treatment of device 3304.The memory storage 3310 of such as disk, CD or flash memory device and so on is provided and is coupled to bus 3302, for storing information and instruction.

Computer system 3300 can be coupled to display 3312, such as cathode ray tube (CRT) or liquid crystal display (LCD) via bus 3302, shows information for computer user.The input media 3314 comprising alphanumeric and other buttons is coupled to bus 3302, for transmitting information and command selection to processor 3304.The user input apparatus of another kind of type is cursor control 3316, such as mouse, tracking ball or cursor direction key, for processor 3304 direction of transfer information and command selection, and moves for the cursor controlled on display 3312.This input media typically has along two axles (the first axle (two degree of freedom of such as x) He the second axle (such as y)), the position in its permission device given plane.In certain embodiments, input media 3314 is integrated in display 3312, such as touch-screen display, selects for processor 3304 transferring command.The input media of another kind of type comprises video camera, depth cameras or 3D camera.The input media of another kind of type comprises voice command input media, such as microphone, and it is operationally coupled to speech interpretation module, for transmitting command selection to processor 3304.

Some embodiments are relevant with the computer system 3300 for realizing technology described herein.According to some embodiments, those technology perform in primary memory 3306 the one or more instructions comprised one or more sequences by computer system 3300 answer processor 3304 perform.This kind of instruction can be read in primary memory 3306 from another machine readable media, such as memory storage 3310.The execution of the sequence of the instruction comprised in primary memory 3306 makes processor 3304 perform process steps as herein described.In an alternative embodiment, hard-wired circuit can be used to replace software instruction or with its combination, to realize the present invention.Therefore, these embodiments are not limited to any particular combination of hardware circuit and software.In other embodiments, multiple computer system 3300 is operationally coupled to realize the embodiment by distributed system.

As used herein term " machine readable media " represents any medium, and it participates in providing making machine carry out the data operated according to ad hoc fashion.In the embodiment using computer system 3300 to realize, various machine readable media is included, such as, providing instruction in execution to processor 3304.This medium can take various ways, includes, but are not limited to storage medium and transmission medium.Storage medium comprises non-volatile media and Volatile media.Non-volatile media comprises such as, CD, disk or flash memory device, such as memory storage 3310.Volatile media comprises dynamic storage, such as primary memory 3306.Transmission medium comprises concentric cable, copper core and optical fiber, comprising the electric wire of composition bus 3302.Transmission medium can also take the form of sound wave or light wave, such as generate during radiowave and infrared data communication those.All this kind of media must be tangible, are detected by physical mechanism instruction read in machine to enable the instruction entrained by medium.

The common form of machine readable media comprises, and carrier wave or the computing machine of such as floppy disk, flexible plastic disc, hard disk, tape or any other magnetic medium, CD-ROM, any other light medium, punched card, paper tape, any other physical medium with sectional hole patterns, RAM, PROM and EPROM, FLASH-EPROM, flash memory device, any other memory chip or encoder tape, the following stated can from any other media wherein read.

Various forms of machine readable media can be included in and transmit one or more sequences of one or more instruction in execution to processor 3304.Such as, instruction can be carried at first on a magnetic disk of a remote computer.Remote computer can by instruction load in its dynamic storage, and use modulator-demodular unit to send instruction by data line.The modulator-demodular unit of computer system 3300 this locality can receive the data on data line, and uses infrared transmitter to convert data to infrared signal.Infrared detector can receive the data of carrying in infrared signal, and proper circuit can by data placement in bus 3302.Bus 3302 sends data to primary memory 3306, retrieves and operating instruction from wherein processor 3304.The instruction received by primary memory 3306 can be stored on memory storage 3310 alternatively before or after being performed by processor 3304.

Computer system 3300 also comprises the communication interface 3318 being coupled to bus 3302.Communication interface 3318 provides bidirectional data communication, and it is coupled to the network link 3320 be connected with local network 3322.Such as, communication interface 3318 can be Integrated Service Digital Network(ISDN) (ISDN) card or other internet connection devices or be provided to corresponding types data line data communication connect modulator-demodular unit.As another example, communication interface 3318 can be LAN (Local Area Network) (LAN) card, connects with the data communication being provided to compatible LAN.Also wireless network links can be realized.In any this realization, communication interface 3318 sends and receives electricity, electromagnetism or light signal, and it carries the digit data stream representing all kinds information.

Network link 3320 provides the data communication with other data sets typically over one or more network.Such as, network link 320 is provided to host computer 3324 or the connection to the data equipment operated by ISP (ISP) 3326 by local network 3322.ISP3326 provides data communication services by global range packet data communication network (present so-called the Internet 3328) successively.Local network 3322 and the Internet 3328 all use the electricity, electromagnetism or the light signal that carry digit data stream.By the signal of various network and be the demonstration form of the carrier wave of transmission information on network link 3320 and by the signal of communication interface 3318 (its to and transmit numerical data from computer system 3300).

Computer system 3300 can send message by (one or more) network, network link 3320 and communication interface 3318 and receive data, comprises program code.In the Internet example, server 3330 can transmit institute's request code of application program by the Internet 3328, ISP3326, local network 3322 and communication interface 3318.

Receive code and can be performed by processor 3304 when it is received, and/or to be stored in memory storage 3310 or other Nonvolatile memory devices for performing later.In this way, computer system 3300 can obtain the application code of carrier format.

By examination accompanying drawing and claim, other features of the present invention, aspect and object can be obtained.Should be understood that other embodiments of the present invention can be developed and fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention and claim.

In order to the purpose of illustration and description, provide the above description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention.And be not intended to be exhaustive or limit the invention to disclosed precise forms.Expect that various interpolation, deletion and amendment fall within its scope.Therefore, scope of the present invention is indicated by claims instead of above description.In addition, all changes that can fall within the equivalent connotation of claim and element and feature and scope will be included within its scope.

Claims

1. a flat computer, comprising:

Touch-screen display; One or more processor; Storage medium; Wireless data communications interface; Operating system, it comprises application framework layer and application layer; And covering system, it is stored in described storage medium, and is configured to be run by described one or more processor, and described covering system comprises:

For controlling the instruction of the access right to the one or more application programs in described application layer,

For providing the instruction at first user interface,

For providing the instruction of the second operating environment associated with the second user interface,

For requiring that the input of authentication code is to visit the instruction at described first user interface from described second operating environment; And

For the instruction of the configuration controlled of accepting the interview in described first user interface, described access control be configured to permit or refusal to the one or more request in access system setting, application program, data and hardware resource in described second operating environment, it is one or more that wherein said data comprise in internet resource, text, image file, audio file, video file and e-book.

2. flat computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said access control comprises:

For tackling the instruction of the user's input in described second operating environment,

For determining the instruction whether permitted under the operative configuration of described access control the request of access right in described second operating environment, and

For only just authorizing the instruction of the request of access right in described second operating environment when permitting the request of access right in described second operating environment under the operative configuration in described access control.

3. flat computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said access control comprises:

For requiring the instruction to observing the confirmation of one or more conditions of specifying in described first user interface before the request permitting access right in described second operating environment, it is one or more that described one or more condition of specifying in wherein said first user interface is included in the event of described flat computer outside and event in described second operating environment.

4. flat computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said covering system also comprises:

For following the tracks of the instruction of the User Activity in described second operating environment,

For generating the instruction of the report about the described User Activity in described second operating environment, and

For showing the instruction of the report about the described User Activity in described second operating environment in described first user interface.

5. flat computer as claimed in claim 4, wherein said covering system also comprises:

For using the acceptance of described wireless data communications interface from the instruction of the configuration of the described access control of different computing machine, and

For using described wireless data communications interface to the instruction of different computing machine transmission about the described report of the described User Activity in described second operating environment.

6. flat computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said covering system is configured to be run by the described one or more processor in the described application framework layer of described operating system.

7. flat computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said covering system also comprises:

For providing the instruction of the first operating environment associated with described first user interface.

8. flat computer as claimed in claim 1, wherein said covering system comprises the instruction for operational management program, described supervisory routine be configured to provide comprise described first user interface, described second operating environment operating platform and the application space of the access right to described application layer is provided.

9. flat computer as claimed in claim 1, also comprise adaptive and learning system, it comprises:

The instruction of at least one the direct guiding assembly of at least one in exercise and configuration and assessment interface is obtained for running the definition, the technical ability that comprise Expecting Skill;

For run comprise be designed to encourage with the acquisition of described Expecting Skill or increase strongly connected one or more behavior one or more enhancings, the instruction of at least one indirect guiding assembly; And

For running at least one techniques enable device to support the instruction of at least one in described direct guiding assembly and described indirect guiding assembly.

10. flat computer as claimed in claim 9, at least one indirect guiding assembly described of wherein said adaptive and learning system with required the confirmation in accordance with one or more conditions of specifying in described first user interface before the request permitting access right in described second operating environment, the configuration association of described access control, described one or more condition of wherein specifying in described first user interface is included in the event of described flat computer outside, it is one or more that event in described second operating environment and technical ability obtain in the performance of exercise.

11. flat computers as claimed in claim 9, wherein said adaptive and learning system also comprises dynamic learning path, and it comprises:

Obtain about described technical ability the instruction practising the data of catching for analyzing,

For determining the instruction of the assessment obtaining exercise about described technical ability based on one or more preassigned, and

For automatically carrying out personalized instruction to the subsequent instance that technical ability obtains exercise based on described assessment.

12. flat computers as claimed in claim 11, wherein said one or more preassigned comprises one or more in the proficiency of described Expecting Skill and user learning style of user.

13. flat computers as claimed in claim 9, wherein said adaptive and learning system also comprises:

For responding with the acquisition of described Expecting Skill or increasing strongly connected described one or more behavior and authorize the instruction of virtual prize to the user of described second operating environment, wherein said virtual prize comprises the one or more of virtual credit and badge, and

For arbitrate with described virtual prize swap status, service time share and the mandate that accesses content in one or more instructions.

14. flat computers as claimed in claim 13, wherein said adaptive and learning system also comprises:

Expect that the instruction of supplementary virtual prize is authorized in prize to the user of described second operating environment to behavior for responding, wherein said expectation is encouraged and is comprised some or all of described virtual prize are kept predetermined amount of time and meets about in the intended target of the distribution of virtual prize one or more to behavior.

15. flat computers as claimed in claim 9, at least one techniques enable device wherein said comprises following at least one:

For catching the instruction of input data from input source, described input source comprises described touch-screen display and can operate to catch and transmit that input data carry out for described one or more processor in the alternative input source processed is one or more, and it is one or more that wherein said alternative input source comprises in keyboard, touch-sensitive pad, mouse, tracking ball, pen device, operating rod, game console, motion detection apparatus, microphone and camera;

For catching the instruction of the described flat computer of reflection by the off-line usage data of the use of off-line mode; And

Automatically the instruction of the described flat computer of reflection by the described off-line usage data of the use of off-line mode is transmitted to different computing machine for using described wireless data communications interface when described flat computer is in ray mode.

16. flat computers as claimed in claim 1, wherein said covering system is configured to respond one or more event selected from the group of lising comprising and give tacit consent to into described second operating environment: the startup of described flat computer, described flat computer are from the activation of dormant state, described flat computer from the activation of lock-out state and described flat computer inertia within a predetermined period of time.

17. flat computers as claimed in claim 1, wherein said covering system also comprises:

For providing the instruction being configured to the ecommerce interface using described wireless data communications interface and distant content source to carry out communicating, and

For the instruction that the content of arbitrating from described distant content source obtains and installs on described flat computer.

18. flat computers as claimed in claim 1, wherein said access control comprises for based on time in sky, time quantum, the meeting and one or more instructions permitted or refuse the request to access right in max-session duration of predetermined condition.

19. flat computers as claimed in claim 1, also comprise for making described touch-screen display use the interface based on personage to show the instruction of information.

20. 1 kinds of flat computers, comprising:

For providing the instruction of the first operating environment associated with first user interface,

For the instruction of the configuration controlled of accepting the interview in described first user interface, described access control is configured to permit or refuse the one or more request in access system setting, application program, data and hardware resource in described second operating environment, it is one or more that wherein said data comprise in internet resource, text, image file, audio file, video file and e-book

Wherein said access control comprises:

For tackling the instruction to the request of access right in described second operating environment,