Interactive office play station

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an office play station for a child. The office play station includes a desk, an office controller and one or more peripheral play devices. The peripheral play devices may represent devices commonly found in an office setting. Each of the peripheral play devices may be in communication with the office controller and may include an age setting that adjusts the functionality of the peripheral play device. The office controller may configure the age setting for the peripheral play devices and record activity data that indicates the manner in which the user interacts with the peripheral play devices.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for providing an office play station, comprising:
 a desk including at least one device integrator situated on a upper surface of the desk;   one or more peripheral play devices including at least one of a telephone, printer, scanner or fax machine, wherein each of the one or more peripheral play devices include a device setting that specifies an age setting; and   an office controller in communication with the one or more peripheral play devices, wherein the office controller is configured to be coupled to the at least one device integrator situated on the upper surface of the desk and includes a display device, an input device and instructions for configuring the device setting for the one or more peripheral play devices to specify the age setting.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the office controller is a tablet device and the input device comprises a touch screen display. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a server that is in communication with the office controller over a network, wherein the server is accessible from a personal computing device over the network and the server is configured to remotely modify the settings of the office play station. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein a user may download multimedia content and software from the server using the office controller. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the office controller includes educational software that may be utilized by a user. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the age setting adjusts the functionality for the one or more peripheral play devices. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the office controller includes functions for tracking and recording activity data that indicates the manner in which a user interacts with the one or more peripheral play devices and the office controller. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 7 , wherein the office controller permits a user to establish a profile and the activity data is recorded in the profile as the user interacts with the office play station. 
     
     
         9 . A system for providing an office play station, comprising:
 a desk;   one or more peripheral play devices, wherein each of the one or more peripheral play devices include a device setting that specifies an age setting; and   an office controller in communication with the one or more peripheral play devices, wherein the office controller includes a display device, an input device and a memory device that stores instructions for:   configuring the device setting for the one or more peripheral play devices to specify the age setting;   maintaining a profile for a user; and   recording activity data.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the office controller is a tablet device and the input device comprises a touch screen display. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 9 , further comprising a server that is in communication with the office controller over a network, wherein the server is accessible from a personal computing device over the network and the server is configured to remotely modify the settings of the office play station. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein a user may download multimedia content and software from the server using the office controller. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the office controller includes educational software that may be utilized by a user. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein the age setting adjusts the functionality for the one or more peripheral play devices. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 9 , wherein activity data indicates the manner in which a user interacts with the one or more peripheral play devices and the office controller. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the activity data is recorded in the profile as the user interacts with the office play station and the profile is periodically transmitted to a server over a network. 
     
     
         17 . A system for providing an office play station, comprising:
 a desk;   one or more peripheral play devices each of which includes a configurable age setting; and   an office controller in communication with the one or more peripheral play devices, wherein the office controller is configured to be coupled to the an upper surface of the desk and configured to specify the age setting for the one or more peripheral play devices.   
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the office controller is a tablet device that includes a touch screen display and the one or more peripheral play devices include at least one of a telephone, printer, scanner or fax machine. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising a server that is in communication with the office controller over a network, wherein the server is accessible from a personal computing device over the network and the server is configured to remotely modify the settings of the office play station. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the office controller includes functions for tracking and recording activity data that indicates the manner in which a user interacts with the one or more peripheral play devices and the office controller.