Obfuscating reception of communiqué affiliated with a source entity

• US 20110081018A1
• Filed: 07/27/2010
• Published: 04/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Cohen, Alexander J., Rinaldo, John D. JR., Tegreene, Clarence T., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A., Mangione-Smith, William H.
• Application Number:
  US12/804,765
• Publication Number:
  US 20110081018A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/255
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: receiving a communiqué that is affiliated with a source entity and that is directed to a receiving user; and presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué affiliated with the source entity. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1-123. -123. (canceled)

124. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

means for receiving a communiqué

that is affiliated with a source entity and that is directed to a receiving user and

means for presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué

, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué

affiliated with the source entity.

126. The computationally-implemented system of claim 124, wherein said means for receiving a communiqué

that is affiliated with a source entity and that is directed to a receiving user comprises;

means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives to prevent indication of reception of the communiqué

from being at least initially presented.

141. The computationally-implemented system of claim 126, wherein said means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives to prevent indication of reception of the communiqué

from being at least initially presented comprises;

means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives by intercepting the communiqué

as a function of location of a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives.

142. The computationally-implemented system of claim 141, wherein said means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives by intercepting the communiqué

as a function of location of a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives by intercepting the communiqué

in response to determining that the receiving device is at one or more specified locations.

143. The computationally-implemented system of claim 126, wherein said means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives to prevent indication of reception of the communiqué

from being at least initially presented comprises;

means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives by intercepting the communiqué

as a function of time with respect to a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives.

144. The computationally-implemented system of claim 143, wherein said means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives by intercepting the communiqué

as a function of time with respect to a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives by intercepting the communiqué

only at one or more specified times of a day with respect to the receiving device.

145. The computationally-implemented system of claim 143, wherein said means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives by intercepting the communiqué

as a function of time with respect to a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives by intercepting the communiqué

only at one or more specified times of a calendar year with respect to the receiving device.

146. The computationally-implemented system of claim 126, wherein said means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives to prevent indication of reception of the communiqué

from being at least initially presented comprises;

means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives by intercepting the communiqué

as a function of one or more environmental conditions of a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives.

147. The computationally-implemented system of claim 146, wherein said means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives by intercepting the communiqué

as a function of one or more environmental conditions of a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for intercepting the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives by intercepting the communiqué

in response to determining presence of a third party within proximate vicinity of the receiving device.

173. The computationally-implemented system of claim 124, wherein said means for presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué

, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué

affiliated with the source entity comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

in lieu of presenting the indication of the reception of the communiqué

by presenting an indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the indicator to be presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user.

174. The computationally-implemented system of claim 173, wherein said means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

in lieu of presenting the indication of the reception of the communiqué

by presenting an indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the indicator to be presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a covert audio indicator that audioally indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the covert audio indicator to be presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user.

175. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, wherein said means for presenting the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a covert audio indicator that audioally indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the covert audio indicator to be presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting the covert audio indicator by presenting audioally at least a ping, a ring, or a hum that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the at least a ping, a ring, or a hum to be audioally presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives.

176. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, wherein said means for presenting the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a covert audio indicator that audioally indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the covert audio indicator to be presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting the covert audio indicator by presenting audioally at least one or more simulated natural background noises that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the at least one or more simulated natural background noises to be audioally presented being in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user.

177. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, wherein said means for presenting the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a covert audio indicator that audioally indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the covert audio indicator to be presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting the covert audio indicator by presenting audioally at least one voice message that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the at least one voice message to be audioally presented being in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user.

179. The computationally-implemented system of claim 177, wherein said means for presenting the covert audio indicator by presenting audioally at least one voice message that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the at least one voice message to be audioally presented being in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting audioally the at least one voice message that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting audioally at least one voice message in a particular tone or speech pattern that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the particular tone or speech pattern of the at least one voice message to be audioally presented being in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user.

181. The computationally-implemented system of claim 177, wherein said means for presenting the covert audio indicator by presenting audioally at least one voice message that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the at least one voice message to be audioally presented being in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting audioally the at least one voice message that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a modified version of a voice message that was previously presented and that has been modified to include a covert audio indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

.

182. The computationally-implemented system of claim 173, wherein said means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

in lieu of presenting the indication of the reception of the communiqué

by presenting an indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the indicator to be presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a covert visual indicator that visually indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the covert visual indicator to be presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user.

184. The computationally-implemented system of claim 182, wherein said means for presenting the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a covert visual indicator that visually indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the covert visual indicator to be presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting the covert visual indicator by presenting visually one or more particular colors that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the one or more particular colors to be visually presented being in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user.

185. The computationally-implemented system of claim 182, wherein said means for presenting the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a covert visual indicator that visually indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the covert visual indicator to be presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting the covert visual indicator by presenting visually at least one visual message that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the at least one visual message to be visually presented being in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user.

187. The computationally-implemented system of claim 185, wherein said means for presenting the covert visual indicator by presenting visually at least one visual message that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the at least one visual message to be visually presented being in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting visually the at least one visual message by presenting visually at least one visual message that includes one or more words or phrases in a particular font or style that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the one or more words or phrases to be visually presented in a particular font or style being in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user.

188. The computationally-implemented system of claim 185, wherein said means for presenting the covert visual indicator by presenting visually at least one visual message that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the at least one visual message to be visually presented being in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting visually the at least one visual message by presenting visually a fictional visual message that indirectly indicates reception of the communiqué and

that is presented in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user or by presenting visually a modified version of a visual message that was previously presented and that has been modified to include the covert visual indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

.

189. The computationally-implemented system of claim 173, wherein said means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

in lieu of presenting the indication of the reception of the communiqué

by presenting an indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the indicator to be presented being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a covert vibrating indicator that indicates, via a specific vibration, the reception of the communiqué

, the specific vibration to be presented being in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user.

192. The computationally-implemented system of claim 124, wherein said means for presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué

, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué

affiliated with the source entity comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a graphical user interface that includes the covert indicator.

193. The computationally-implemented system of claim 192, wherein said means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a graphical user interface that includes the covert indicator comprises;

means for presenting the graphical user interface that includes the covert indicator by presenting a modified version of an original graphical user interface that was previously presented, the modified version of the original graphical user interface to be presented including the covert indicator.

194. The computationally-implemented system of claim 193, wherein said means for presenting the graphical user interface that includes the covert indicator by presenting a modified version of an original graphical user interface that was previously presented, the modified version of the original graphical user interface to be presented including the covert indicator comprises:

means for presenting the modified version of the original graphical user interface that was previously presented by modifying the original graphical user interface that was previously presented to include the covert indicator.

195. The computationally-implemented system of claim 124, wherein said means for presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué

, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué

affiliated with the source entity comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

by presenting a communiqué

application interface that includes an indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the indicator to be included in the communiqué

application interface being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user.

196. The computationally-implemented system of claim 195, wherein said means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

by presenting a communiqué

application interface that includes an indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

, the indicator to be included in the communiqué

application interface being defined by the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user comprises;

means for presenting the communiqué

application interface that includes the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a modified communiqué

application interface that is a modified version of an original communiqué

application interface that was previously presented and modified to include the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

.

197. The computationally-implemented system of claim 196, wherein said means for presenting the communiqué

application interface that includes the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

by presenting a modified communiqué

application interface that is a modified version of an original communiqué

application interface that was previously presented and modified to include the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

comprises;

means for modifying the original communiqué

application interface that was previously presented to include the indicator that indirectly indicates the reception of the communiqué

.

219. The computationally-implemented system of claim 124, wherein said means for presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué

, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué

affiliated with the source entity comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the one or more conditional directives directing the presentation of the covert indicator as a function of location of a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives.

220. The computationally-implemented system of claim 219, wherein said means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the one or more conditional directives directing the presentation of the covert indicator as a function of location of a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the one or more conditional directives directing the presentation of the covert indicator in response to determining that the receiving device is at one or more locations as specified by the one or more conditional directives.

221. The computationally-implemented system of claim 124, wherein said means for presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué

, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué

affiliated with the source entity comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the one or more conditional directives directing the presentation of the covert indicator as a function of time of a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives.

222. The computationally-implemented system of claim 221, wherein said means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the one or more conditional directives directing the presentation of the covert indicator as a function of time of a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the one or more conditional directives directing the presentation of the covert indicator in response to determining that the receiving device is at one or more particular times of a day as specified by the one or more conditional directives.

223. The computationally-implemented system of claim 221, wherein said means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the one or more conditional directives directing the presentation of the covert indicator as a function of time of a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the one or more conditional directives directing the presentation of the covert indicator in response to determining that the receiving device is at one or more particular times of a calendar year as specified by the one or more conditional directives.

224. The computationally-implemented system of claim 124, wherein said means for presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué

, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué

affiliated with the source entity comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the one or more conditional directives directing the presentation of the covert indicator in response to determining occurrence of one or more specified environmental conditions associated with a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives, the one or more specified environmental conditions being specified by the one or more conditional directives.

225. The computationally-implemented system of claim 224, wherein said means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the one or more conditional directives directing the presentation of the covert indicator in response to determining occurrence of one or more specified environmental conditions associated with a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives, the one or more specified environmental conditions being specified by the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the one or more conditional directives directing the presentation of the covert indicator in response to determining that one or more third parties are in proximate vicinity of the receiving device.

231. The computationally-implemented system of claim 124, wherein said means for presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué

, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué

affiliated with the source entity comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the presenting of the covert indicator being in lieu of presenting the indication of reception of the communiqué

including in lieu of presenting the communiqué

.

232. The computationally-implemented system of claim 124, wherein said means for presenting, in lieu of presenting indication of reception of the communiqué

, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué

affiliated with the source entity comprises;

means for presenting the covert indicator that covertly indicates the reception of the communiqué

in accordance with the one or more conditional directives of the receiving user, the presenting of the covert indicator being in lieu of presenting any direct indication of reception of the communiqué

.

233. The computationally-implemented system of claim 124, further comprising:

means for receiving the one or more conditional directives from the receiving user.

234. The computationally-implemented system of claim 233, wherein said means for receiving the one or more conditional directives from the receiving user comprises:

means for soliciting the one or more conditional directives from the receiving user.

235. The computationally-implemented system of claim 124, further comprising:

means for storing the received communiqué

; and

means for presenting the received communiqué

in response to detecting occurrence of one or more triggering events associated with a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives.

242. The computationally-implemented system of claim 235, wherein said means for presenting the received communiqué

in response to detecting occurrence of one or more triggering events associated with a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for presenting the received communiqué

in response to detecting the receiving device being at one or more particular locations as specified by the one or more conditional directives.

243. The computationally-implemented system of claim 235, wherein said means for presenting the received communiqué

in response to detecting occurrence of one or more triggering events associated with a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for presenting the received communiqué

in response to detecting the receiving device being outside of one or more particular locations as specified by the one or more conditional directives.

244. The computationally-implemented system of claim 235, wherein said means for presenting the received communiqué

in response to detecting occurrence of one or more triggering events associated with a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for presenting the received communiqué

in response to detecting the receiving device being at one or more particular times of a day as specified by the one or more conditional directives.

245. The computationally-implemented system of claim 235, wherein said means for presenting the received communiqué

in response to detecting occurrence of one or more triggering events associated with a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for presenting the received communiqué

in response to detecting the receiving device being at one or more particular times of a calendar year as specified by the one or more conditional directives.

246. The computationally-implemented system of claim 235, wherein said means for presenting the received communiqué

in response to detecting occurrence of one or more triggering events associated with a receiving device executing the one or more conditional directives comprises;

means for presenting the received communiqué

in response to detecting that at least a particular third party is outside proximate vicinity of the receiving device as specified by the one or more conditional directives.

125. (canceled)

127-140. -140. (canceled)

148-172. -172. (canceled)

178. (canceled)

180. (canceled)

183. (canceled)

186. (canceled)

190-191. -191. (canceled)

198-218. -218. (canceled)

226-230. -230. (canceled)

236-241. -241. (canceled)

247-248. -248. (canceled)

249. A method for obfuscating reception of a communiqué

, comprising;

receiving a communiqué

that is affiliated with a source entity and that is directed to a receiving user; and

presenting, by a network communication device, a covert indicator that covertly indicates reception of the communiqué

, the presenting of the covert indicator being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the receiving user to conditionally obfuscate the reception of the communiqué

affiliated with the source entity, the presenting of the covert indicator being in lieu of presenting indication of the reception of the communiqué

.