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Method and apparatus for determining privacy policy for devices based on brain wave information

  • US 10,069,867 B2
  • Filed: 11/29/2013
  • Issued: 09/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • processing sensor data, at a user device, to determine an identification of at least one object;

    determining contextual information based on the sensor data, wherein the contextual information includes location of the user device;

    generating identified object data based on the identification of the at least one object;

    determining brain wave data associated with at least one user during an exposure of the at least one object to the at least one user, wherein the brain wave data is determined using, at least in part, a brain computer interface configured to communicate with the user device, the method further comprising;

    detecting that the one user is within a location that is sensitive based on the contextual information, wherein the sensitivity level is determined accordingly and the one or more privacy policies are configured to prevent sharing of the location;

    correlating the contextual information with the brain wave data;

    processing the brain wave data to determine sensitivity information of the at least one user to the at least one object, the sensitivity information selected from a combination of a thought process, an emotional state, and a reaction to a specific object of the at least one user;

    categorizing the identified object data based, at least in part, on the sensitivity information;

    cross-referencing the identified object data with capabilities of a plurality of applications to determine relevancy of the identified object data for the plurality of applications for selectively triggering one or more of the plurality of applications;

    determining a sensitivity level based on the sensitivity information and on the correlation of the contextual information with the brain wave data;

    configuring one or more privacy policies, which are applied to corresponding one or more of the plurality of applications, of the user device based, at least in part, on the sensitivity level; and

    enforcing protective actions for the identified object data based, at least in part, on at least one of the one or more privacy policies and the categorization of the identified object data,wherein one or more parameters for the protective actions is based, at least in part, on application capabilities, application trustworthiness, application functionality, or a combination thereof.

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