Patent ID: 9165474
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A system for enhancing and rewarding an individual's educational facility, the system being comprised of: a first computer comprising a processor to execute a management module that is accessible to an administrator having administrative rights; two or more computers that are each accessed by a managed user that does not have administrative rights, each of the two or more computers comprising a processor to execute one or more background processes including a monitor utility to configure each computer to determine an amount of time the managed user has been accessing the two or more computers in two or more sessions without achieving one or more predetermined tasks and comparing the amount of time to a predetermined period of time; wherein the management module is in communication with the background processes of the two or more computers to: compare the individual's ability to achieve the one or more predetermined tasks at a predetermined competency level and at a predetermined task completion level; determine the individual's achievement of predetermined milestones; allow continued use for the individual to the two or more computers for a second predetermined period of time if the individual achieves the one or more predetermined tasks at the predetermined competency level; administer of one or more system settings selected from the group consisting of tasks and any associated variables, milestones and any associated variables, any associated time variables, competency level, completion level, rewards, and combinations thereof; wherein the system provides for one or more rewards for individuals upon achieving one or more predetermined milestone; wherein the one or more predetermined tasks are selected from the group consisting of one or more questions, one or more physical activities, and combinations thereof; wherein the one or more selected tasks are adjusted based on one or more factors selected from the group consisting of the individual's age, educational level, educational ability, previous achievements of the one or more predetermined tasks, competency in one or more particular subjects, user-defined subject and level, and combinations thereof; wherein the one or more predetermined tasks are adjusted based on the individual's performance; wherein the limiting or substantially ceasing use of the two or more computers continues until one or more predetermined tasks are achieved by the individual; wherein the second predetermined period of time decreases if the individual achieves the one or more predetermined tasks at a percentage less than the predetermined competency level; and wherein the awards are selected from the group consisting of certificates of achievement, awards, ability to skip the next scheduled predetermined task, earning time, increasing the time until the next scheduled task, and combinations thereof.