Look ahead of links/alter links

• US 20090164992A1
• Filed: 06/20/2008
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Rinaldo, John D. JR., Tegreene, Clarence T., Flake, Gary W., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Whitmer, Charles, Levien, Royce A., Wood, Lowell L. JR., Hyde, Roderick A., Malamud, Mark A., Gates, William H. III, Rashid, Richard F.
• Granted Patent: US 8,489,981 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45537 Provision of facilities of other operating environments, e.g. WINE I/O emulation G06F13/105

Abstract

A computationally-implemented method comprises retrieving at least a portion of data from a data source, determining an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences, and providing at least one data display option to the end user'"'"'s real machine based on the determining acceptability of the effect of the retrieved at least a portion of the data.

Claims

1-78. -78. (canceled)

79. A computationally-implemented system comprising:

a data retriever engine configured to retrieve at least a portion of data from a data source;

an effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences; and

a data provider engine configured to display at least one data display option to the end user'"'"'s real machine based on a determination of an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data.

90. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences.

91. The computationally-implemented system of claim 90, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences, at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating on a separate core of a system comprising at least two cores.

92. The computationally-implemented system of claim 90, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences, at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating on a separate operating system.

95. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine a state change of a virtual machine representation between a prior state and a subsequent state of the virtual machine representation after loading at least a portion of data.

96. The computationally-implemented system of claim 95, wherein the circuitry configured to determine a state change of a virtual machine representation between a prior state and a subsequent state of the virtual machine representation after loading at least a portion of data includes:

circuitry configured to determine a state of a virtual machine representation prior to loading at least a portion of data.

97. The computationally-implemented system of claim 95, wherein the circuitry configured to determine a state change of a virtual machine representation between a prior state and a subsequent state of the virtual machine representation after loading at least a portion of data includes:

circuitry configured to determine a state of a virtual machine representation after loading at least a portion of data.

98. The computationally-implemented system of claim 95, wherein the circuitry configured to determine a state change of a virtual machine representation between a prior state and a subsequent state of the virtual machine representation after loading at least a portion of data includes:

circuitry configured to determine whether the state change is an undesirable state change based on one or more end-user specified preferences.

99. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences within an acceptable amount of user interface time.

100. The computationally-implemented system of claim 99, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences within an acceptable amount of user interface time includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences in approximately one-tenth of a second.

101. The computationally-implemented system of claim 99, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences within an acceptable amount of user interface time includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences in less than approximately 1 second.

102. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to at least one user setting.

107. The computationally-implemented system of claim 102, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to at least one user setting includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a desirability setting.

108. The computationally-implemented system of claim 107, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a desirability setting includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a religious desirability setting.

109. The computationally-implemented system of claim 107, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a desirability setting includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a political desirability setting.

110. The computationally-implemented system of claim 107, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a desirability setting includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a cultural desirability setting.

111. The computationally-implemented system of claim 107, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a desirability setting includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a theme related desirability setting.

113. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to at least one privacy related setting.

117. The computationally-implemented system of claim 113, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to at least one privacy related setting includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a type of transmitted user information.

118. The computationally-implemented system of claim 113, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to at least one privacy related setting includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a type of captured user information.

119. The computationally-implemented system of claim 113, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to at least one privacy related setting includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to a type of exposed user information.

120. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data in response to visually examining a data image.

121. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of content of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences.

122. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of software of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences.

123. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of hardware of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences.

124. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of an operating system of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences.

125. The computationally implemented system of claim 79, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences including at least a portion of a computing device.

126. The computationally implemented system of claim 79, wherein effect of content acceptability determination engine configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences including at least one peripheral device.

127. The computationally implemented system of claim 126, wherein the circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences including at least one peripheral device includes:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences including at least one peripheral device including at least one peripheral device that is at least one of a printer, a fax machine, a peripheral memory device, a network adapter, a music player, a cellular telephone, a data acquisition device, or a device actuator.

128. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the data provider engine configured to display at least one data display option to the end user'"'"'s real machine based on a determination of an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data includes:

circuitry configured to provide a data display option of displaying the retrieved at least a portion of data.

129. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the data provider engine configured to display at least one data display option to the end user'"'"'s real machine based on a determination of an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data includes:

circuitry configured to provide a data display option of not displaying the retrieved at least a portion of data.

130. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the data provider engine configured to display at least one data display option to the end user'"'"'s real machine based on a determination of an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data includes:

a data modification engine configured to provide a data display option of displaying a modified version of the retrieved at least a portion of data.

131. The computationally-implemented system of claim 130, wherein the data modification engine configured to provide a data display option of displaying a modified version of the retrieved at least a portion of data includes:

a data obfuscation engine configured to provide a data display option of obfuscating an objectionable data portion.

132. The computationally-implemented system of claim 130, wherein the data modification engine configured to provide a data display option of displaying a modified version of the retrieved at least a portion of data includes:

a data anonymization engine configured to provide a data display option of anonymizing an objectionable data portion.

144. The computationally-implemented system of claim 79, wherein the data provider engine configured to display at least one data display option to the end user'"'"'s real machine based on a determination of an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data includes:

a data redirection engine configured to redirect to alternative data.

146. The computationally-implemented system of claim 144, wherein the data redirection engine configured to redirect to alternative data includes:

circuitry configured to provide a list of selectable alternative data options.

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