IP Library Granted Patent US 12,438,714
Granted Patent B2
US 12,438,714 · App. 18/182,973 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Method and system for improving coupling and cohesion of at least one educational program

Inventor: Suzette Zacharias (Chatham, NJ)
H04L9/0891G06F18/214G06N20/00H04L9/3236H04L9/3297
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Patent No.
US 12,438,714
App. No.
18/182,973
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems to improve coupling and cohesion of at least one educational program are provided. In some examples, the methods and systems include at least one educational program, where the at least one educational program comprises a first application programming interface (API) that is configured to be coupled to a second API of an internet enabled electronic device in a restricted state and partially decoupled in an unrestricted state.

Claims (27)

1. A system comprising:

a remote source;

a first internet enabled electronic device, where the first internet enabled device is in an unrestricted state;

a register of a plurality of physical items, each physical item having a respective item value; and

a second internet enabled electronic device;

where the first internet enabled electronic device is configured to download, from the remote source, at least one educational program, where the at least one educational program

comprises a first application programming interface (API), where the first API is associated with the at least one educational program;

where the unrestricted state comprises the first API of the educational program partially decoupled from a second API,

where, while partially decoupled, the second API runs freely from the first API except for at least one coupled component;

where the second API is associated with an operating system of the first internet enabled electronic device,

where the first API is partially decoupled from the second API upon the first API sending at least one unlock instruction from the first API to the second API,

where the at least one unlock instruction commands the second API to allow a user of the first internet enabled electronic device to access restricted content for a predetermined amount of time,

where the restricted content is content that is ordinarily accessible by the user of the first internet enabled electronic device;

where the second internet enabled electronic device is configured to allow the user to manually preselect a list of restricted content remotely, via the first API;

where the second internet enabled electronic device is further configured to allow the user to, via the first API, the first internet enabled electronic device into a restricted state, such that the user is prevented from accessing the restricted content;

where the restricted state comprises the first API of the educational program coupled to the second API;

where, while coupled, the second API runs cohesively with the first API;

where the first API is coupled to the second API upon the first API

sending at least one lock instruction to the second API,

where the at least one lock instruction commands the second API to prevent access to the restricted content;

where the first internet enabled electronic device is further configured to obtain a set of rules associated with the user, where the set of rules comprises a preset educational quota and an educational count for the user, the educational count having no limit;

where the first internet enabled electronic device is further configured to generate, via the first API, the at least one educational program that can be played by the user to raise the educational count;

where the first internet enabled electronic device is further configured to apply the set of rules to determine whether the educational count is lower than the preset educational quota;

where the first internet enabled electronic device is further configured to raise the educational count, upon completion of the at least one educational program;

where the first internet enabled electronic device is further configured to apply the set of rules and raise the educational count until the educational count is greater than or equal to the preset educational quota; and

where, once the educational count is greater than or equal to the preset educational quota, the second internet enabled electronic device is configured to remotely revert, via the at least one unlock instruction, the first internet enabled electronic device to the unrestricted state, such that the user is granted access to the restricted content, for the predetermined amount of time.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a register of where the at least one coupled component of the second API in the unrestricted state comprises a timer, where the timer is configured to measure the predetermined amount of time where the first user is granted access to the restricted content.

Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 18176239 · Feb 28, 2023
Continuation 17390670 · Jul 30, 2021
Continuation In Part 17390670 · Jul 30, 2021
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