Spam control for sharing content on mobile devices
First Claim
1. In a telecommunications system having at least one network coupled among multiple mobile devices, wherein a content sharing system and a content provider are also coupled to the network, a method of limiting the sharing of content between a user and a recipient, wherein the content is shared using a share content message that is initiated by the user and that is to be received on a mobile device of the recipient, and wherein the share content message, when received, encourages the recipient to access the content using the mobile device, the method comprising:
- tracking a history of share content messages initiated by the user;
in response to receiving a share content request from a device of the user, providing a recipient information form for display to the user, wherein the recipient information form includes a request for the user to designate one or more recipients to receive the share content message;
receiving, over a network link associated with the network, user input information submitted by the user via the provided recipient information form, wherein the user input information identifies the one or more recipients; and
determining whether to generate a share content message to send to the one or more recipients, wherein the determining is based on analyzing the received user input information and the history of share content requests initiated by the user to determine if a threshold for sharing content will be exceeded if one or more share content messages are generated as requested by the user.
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Abstract
Sharing content among users of mobile devices is facilitated and controlled by a system and method that employs a content sharing application to receive and process requests to share content among users of devices such as mobile devices and personal computers. Recipients receive share content messages from the content sharing application indicating that they have been selected to access shared content. Such messages may provide direct or indirect access to the shared content via the recipient mobile device. Recipients can specify privacy management schemes to limit or control the receipt of such messages. The content sharing application may also provide various spam filtering techniques that prevent users from abusing the system, including restricting the number or type of requests to share content that may be effectuated over time.
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37 Claims
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1. In a telecommunications system having at least one network coupled among multiple mobile devices, wherein a content sharing system and a content provider are also coupled to the network, a method of limiting the sharing of content between a user and a recipient, wherein the content is shared using a share content message that is initiated by the user and that is to be received on a mobile device of the recipient, and wherein the share content message, when received, encourages the recipient to access the content using the mobile device, the method comprising:
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tracking a history of share content messages initiated by the user;
in response to receiving a share content request from a device of the user, providing a recipient information form for display to the user, wherein the recipient information form includes a request for the user to designate one or more recipients to receive the share content message;
receiving, over a network link associated with the network, user input information submitted by the user via the provided recipient information form, wherein the user input information identifies the one or more recipients; and
determining whether to generate a share content message to send to the one or more recipients, wherein the determining is based on analyzing the received user input information and the history of share content requests initiated by the user to determine if a threshold for sharing content will be exceeded if one or more share content messages are generated as requested by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A mobile device registered with a mobile service provider including a content sharing system, the mobile device comprising:
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means for receiving user input;
means for providing output;
memory means;
radio transceiver and processing means coupled to the memory means;
means for presenting privacy management options via an output component, wherein the privacy management options allow the user of the mobile device to specify the extent to which the user would like to receive share content messages initiated by another user, as facilitated by the content sharing system;
means for inputting a set of privacy management settings associated with the privacy management options;
means for transmitting the inputted set of privacy management settings associated with the privacy management options to the content sharing system; and
means for receiving share content messages in accordance with the inputted set of privacy management settings. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A wireless telecommunications service provider system for facilitating the sharing of content among wireless device users via one or more networks, the system comprising:
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a server computer;
a database coupled to the server computer; and
a share content application running on the server computer and having access to the database, wherein the share content application receives and processes requests to share content among the wireless device users, and wherein the processing of requests to share content among the wireless device users includes;
in response to a share content request initiated by a first one of the wireless device users, providing an input page for display to the first one of the wireless device users, wherein the input page includes a request for the first one of the wireless device users to designate one or more recipients with whom to share content;
receiving, over a network link associated with the network, user input information submitted by the first one of the wireless device users via the provided input page, wherein the user input information identifies the one or more recipients; and
determining whether to generate a share content message to send to the one or more recipients, wherein the determining is based, at least in part, on analyzing the received user input information. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer-readable medium containing a data structure for limiting the sharing of content among users of mobile devices in a telecommunications system having at least one network coupled among multiple mobile devices, wherein a content sharing system and a content provider are also coupled to the network, the data structure comprising:
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an indication of a first privacy management setting, wherein the first privacy management setting corresponds to an extent to which a first user of a mobile device would like to receive share content messages initiated by other users attempting to share content via the content sharing system, and wherein the share content messages, when received by the first user, allow the first user to access content provided by the content provider via the mobile device; and
an indication of a second privacy management setting, wherein the second privacy management setting relates to exceptions to the first privacy management setting. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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