Method and apparatus for governing the transfer of physiological and emotional user data
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1. A method of, comprising:
- receiving, from a requesting application, a request for emotion data characterizing an emotional state of a user;
accessing a firewall ruleset defining rules governing the transfer of the emotion data to requesting applications;
determining whether to provide the emotion data the requesting application on the basis of the firewall ruleset; and
denying the request if the firewall ruleset rules are not satisfied.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture are provided for governing the transfer of data characterizing a user'"'"'s behavior, physiological parameters and/or psychological parameters. One embodiment provides a method of handling a request, from a requesting application, for emotion data characterizing an emotional state of a user. A firewall ruleset defining rules governing the transfer of the emotion data to requesting applications is accessed to determine whether to provide the emotion data the requesting application. The request is denied if the firewall ruleset rules are not satisfied.
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1. A method of, comprising:
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receiving, from a requesting application, a request for emotion data characterizing an emotional state of a user;
accessing a firewall ruleset defining rules governing the transfer of the emotion data to requesting applications;
determining whether to provide the emotion data the requesting application on the basis of the firewall ruleset; and
denying the request if the firewall ruleset rules are not satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer readable medium containing a program which, when executed, performs an operation, comprising:
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receiving, from a requesting application, a request for data selected from;
(i) emotion data characterizing an emotional state of a user;
(ii) physiological data of the user; and
(iii) a combination of the emotion data and physiological data;
accessing a firewall ruleset defining rules governing the transfer of the data to requesting applications;
determining whether to provide the data the requesting application on the basis of the firewall ruleset; and
denying the request if the firewall ruleset rules are not satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer, comprising:
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a source of emotion data characterizing an emotional state of a user; and
an emotion firewall configured with;
an application programming interface defining a protocol for requesting the emotion data by applications; and
a ruleset defining rules governing the transfer of the emotion data in response to requests by the applications;
wherein the emotion firewall is configured to determine whether to provide requested emotion data to a requesting application on the basis of the ruleset. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer, comprising:
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a source of physiological data of a user, the physiological data having been collected by at least one input device interfacing with the user; and
an emotion firewall configured with;
an application programming interface defining a protocol for requesting the physiological data by applications; and
a ruleset defining rules governing the transfer of the physiological data in response to requests by the applications;
wherein the emotion firewall is configured to determine whether to provide requested physiological data to a requesting application on the basis of the ruleset. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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