APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND REPORTING ONLINE PREDATORS

• US 20080059198A1
• Filed: 09/04/2007
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pudding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Pudding Ltd.
• Inventors: Maislos, Ariel, Maislos, Ruben, Arbel, Eran
• Application Number:
  US11/849,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20080059198A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/273
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/26 Recognition of special voice characteristics, e.g. for use in lie detectors; Recognition of animal voices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking

Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer-code is disclosed for detecting predators (i.e. sexual or financial predators) and for reporting and/or blocking access to the detected predators. Electronic media content (i.e. voice content and optionally also video content) or at least one multi-party conversation is monitored and analyzed. At least one predator-handling operation such as reporting the predator and/or blocking access to the predator is carried out.

Claims

1. ) A method of providing at least one of predator alerting and predator blocking services, the method comprising:

a) monitoring electronic media content of at least one multi-party voice conversation; and

b) contingent on at least one feature of said electronic media content indicating given party of said at least one multi-party conversation is a sexual predator, effecting at least one predator-protection operation selected from the group consisting of;

i) reporting said given party as a predator;

ii) blocking access to said given party.

2. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said predator-protection operation is contingent on a personality profile, of said electronic media content for said given party, indicating that said given party is a predator.

3. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said predator-protection operation is contingent on a personality profile, of said electronic media content for a potential victim conversing with said given party, indicating that said potential victim is a victim.

4. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said contingent reporting is contingent on at least one gender-indicative feature of said electronic media content for said given party.

5. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said contingent reporting is contingent on at least one age-indicative feature of said electronic media content for said given party.

6. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said contingent reporting is contingent on at least one at least one speech delivery feature selected from the group consisting of:

i) a speech tempo feature;

ii) a voice tone feature; and

iii) a voice inflection feature.

7. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said contingent reporting is contingent on a voice print match between said given party and a voice-print database of known predators.

8. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said contingent reporting is contingent on a vocabulary deviation feature.

9. ) The method of claim 1 wherein:

i) said monitoring includes monitoring a plurality of distinct conversations'"'"'

ii) said plurality of conversations includes distinct conversations separated in time by at least one day.

10. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one said influence feature includes at least one of:

A) a person influence feature of said electronic media content; and

B) a statement influence feature of said electronic media content.

11. ) An apparatus for providing at least one of predator alerting and predator blocking services, the apparatus comprising:

a) a conversation monitor for monitoring electronic media content of at least one multi-party voice conversation; and

b) at least one predator-protection element selected from the group consisting of;

i) a predator reporter; and

ii) a predator blocker,

said at least one predator-protection element operative, contingent on at least one feature of said electronic media content indicating given party of said at least one multi-party conversation is a sexual predator, to effect at least one predator-protection operation selected from the group consisting of;

i) reporting said given party as a predator;

ii) blocking access to said given party.

12. ) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said at least one predator-protection element is operative to effect said predator-protection operation contingent on a personality profile, derivable from said electronic media content, of said given party.

13. ) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said at least one predator-protection element is operative to effect said predator-protection operation contingent on a personality profile, derivable from said electronic media content, of a potential victim party that converses with said given party in said at least one multi-party voice conversation.

14. ) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said at least one predator-protection element is operative to effect said predator-protection operation contingent on a personality profile, of said electronic media content for said given party, indicating that said given party is a predator.

15. ) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said at least one predator-protection element is operative to effect said predator-protection operation contingent on at least one gender-indicative feature of said electronic media content for said given party.

16. ) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said at least one predator-protection element is operative to effect said predator-protection operation contingent on at least one age-indicative feature of said electronic media content for said given party.

17. ) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said at least one predator-protection element is operative to effect said predator-protection operation contingent on said contingent reporting is contingent on at least one

at least one speech delivery feature selected from the group consisting of:

iii) a speech tempo feature;

iv) a voice tone feature; and

iii) a voice inflection feature.

18. ) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said at least one predator-protection element is operative to effect said predator-protection operation contingent on a voice print match between said given party and a voice-print database of known predators.

19. ) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said at least one predator-protection element is operative to effect said predator-protection operation contingent on a vocabulary deviation feature.

20. ) The apparatus of claim 11 wherein:

i) said conversation monitor is operative to monitor a plurality of distinct conversations;

ii) said plurality of conversations includes distinct conversations separated in time by at least one day;

iii) said at least one predator-protection element is operative to effect said predator-protection operation in accordance with electronic media content of said at least one day separated distinct conversations.