Conditionally releasing a communiqué determined to be affiliated with a particular source entity in response to detecting occurrence of one or more environmental aspects

• US 20110173440A1
• Filed: 10/12/2010
• Published: 07/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (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.
• Granted Patent: US 8,929,208 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/153
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: intercepting a communiqué that is determined to be affiliated with a source entity and that is addressed to an end user to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué from being received by a communication device associated with the end user; and releasing the communiqué to the communication device in response to at least detecting occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device, the releasing of the communiqué being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the end user to conditionally obfuscate the communiqué determined to be 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

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174. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

circuitry for intercepting a communiqué

addressed to an end user and that has been determined to be affiliated with a source entity to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from reaching a communication device associated with the end user; and

circuitry for releasing, in response to at least detecting occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device.

175. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, wherein said circuitry for intercepting a communiqué

addressed to an end user and that has been determined to be affiliated with a source entity to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from reaching a communication device associated with the end user comprises;

circuitry for selectively intercepting the communiqué

that is addressed to the end user and that is determined to be affiliated with the source entity while allowing one or more other communiqué

s that are addressed to the end user but are determined not to be affiliated with the source entity to reach the communication device.

176. The computationally-implemented system of claim 175, wherein said circuitry for selectively intercepting the communiqué

that is addressed to the end user and that is determined to be affiliated with the source entity while allowing one or more other communiqué

s that are addressed to the end user but are determined not to be affiliated with the source entity to reach the communication device, comprises;

circuitry for selectively intercepting the communiqué

that is addressed to the end user and that is determined to be affiliated with the source entity in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the end user to conditionally obfuscate the communiqué

determined to be affiliated with the source entity.

185. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, wherein said circuitry for intercepting a communiqué

addressed to an end user and that has been determined to be affiliated with a source entity to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from reaching a communication device associated with the end user comprises;

circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the source entity.

186. The computationally-implemented system of claim 185, wherein said circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the source entity comprises;

circuitry for ascertaining that the communiqué

includes header data that identifies the source entity as a source for the communiqué

.

187. The computationally-implemented system of claim 185, wherein said circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the source entity comprises;

circuitry for ascertaining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates a subject heading for the communiqué

that affiliates the communiqué

with the source entity.

188. The computationally-implemented system of claim 187, wherein said circuitry for ascertaining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates a subject heading for the communiqué

that affiliates the communiqué

with the source entity comprises;

circuitry for ascertaining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates a subject heading that includes one or more phrases identified by one or more conditional directives of the end user as being associated with the source entity, the one or more conditional directives being directives to conditionally obfuscate the communiqué

determined to be affiliated with the source entity.

192. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, wherein said circuitry for intercepting a communiqué

addressed to an end user and that has been determined to be affiliated with a source entity to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from reaching a communication device associated with the end user comprises;

circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes message content data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the source entity.

193. The computationally-implemented system of claim 192, wherein said circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes message content data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the source entity comprises;

circuitry for ascertaining that the communiqué

includes message content data that indicates one or more items associated with the source entity.

196. The computationally-implemented system of claim 192, wherein said circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes message content data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the source entity comprises;

circuitry for ascertaining that the communiqué

includes message content data that comprises image data for at least one image associated with the source entity.

197. The computationally-implemented system of claim 192, wherein said circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes message content data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the source entity comprises;

circuitry for ascertaining that the communiqué

includes message content data that comprises audio data for at least one voice having a voice signature associated with the source entity.

210. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least detecting occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

211. The computationally-implemented system of claim 210, wherein said circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether sensor data that was at least originally provided by one or more sensors and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

212. The computationally-implemented system of claim 211, wherein said circuitry for determining whether sensor data that was at least originally provided by one or more sensors and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received, comprises:

circuitry for determining whether image data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

213. The computationally-implemented system of claim 211, wherein said circuitry for determining whether sensor data that was at least originally provided by one or more sensors and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether audio data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

214. The computationally-implemented system of claim 211, wherein said circuitry for determining whether sensor data that was at least originally provided by one or more sensors and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether locational data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

215. The computationally-implemented system of claim 211, wherein said circuitry for determining whether sensor data that was at least originally provided by one or more sensors and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether biometric sensor data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

216. The computationally-implemented system of claim 210, wherein said circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether end user log data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

217. The computationally-implemented system of claim 216, wherein said circuitry for determining whether end user log data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether end user log data that was at least originally entered through the communication device and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

218. The computationally-implemented system of claim 210, wherein said circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that was at least originally entered through a personal information management application and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

219. The computationally-implemented system of claim 210, wherein said circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that was at least originally entered through a social networking application and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

220. The computationally-implemented system of claim 219, wherein said circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that was at least originally entered through a social networking application and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that was at least originally entered through a microblogging application or a social networking website application and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

222. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least detecting occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to detecting the communication device having reached one or more particular points or intervals of time, the communiqué

to the communication device.

223. The computationally-implemented system of claim 222, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to detecting the communication device having reached one or more particular points or intervals of time, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to detecting the communication device having reached one or more specified points or intervals of time as specified by one or more conditional directives of the end user to conditionally obfuscate the communiqué

determined to be affiliated with the source entity, the communiqué

to the communication device.

225. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least detecting occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to detecting the communication device being at one or more particular locations, the communiqué

to the communication device.

226. The computationally-implemented system of claim 225, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to detecting the communication device being at one or more particular locations, the communiqué

to the communication device, comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to detecting the communication device being at one or more specified locations as specified by one or more conditional directives of the end user to conditionally obfuscate the communiqué

determined to be affiliated with the source entity, the communiqué

to the communication device.

227. The computationally-implemented system of claim 225, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to detecting the communication device being at one or more particular locations, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to detecting the communication device being outside of one or more specified locations as specified by one or more conditional directives of the end user to conditionally obfuscate the communiqué

determined to be affiliated with the source entity, the communiqué

to the communication device.

229. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least detecting occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device.

230. The computationally-implemented system of claim 229, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within a maximum distance from the communication device from which the one or more third parties can hear, see, or sense communiqué

s that are presented through the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device.

231. The computationally-implemented system of claim 230, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within a maximum distance from the communication device from which the one or more third parties can hear, see, or sense communiqué

s that are presented through the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within five feet from the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device.

232. The computationally-implemented system of claim 230, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within a maximum distance from the communication device from which the one or more third parties can hear, see, or sense communiqué

s that are presented through the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within ten feet from the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device.

233. The computationally-implemented system of claim 229, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device, the one or more third parties being one or more specified parties specified by one or more conditional directives of the end user to conditionally obfuscate the communiqué

determined to be affiliated with the source entity.

234. The computationally-implemented system of claim 229, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device based on sensor data.

235. The computationally-implemented system of claim 234, wherein said circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device based on sensor data comprises:

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the communication device based on sensor data provided by the communication device.

236. The computationally-implemented system of claim 234, wherein said circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device based on sensor data comprises:

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the communication device based on image data that provides indication of the one or more third parties not being within the proximate vicinity of the communication device.

237. The computationally-implemented system of claim 234, wherein said circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device based on sensor data comprises:

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the communication device based on audio data that provides indication of the one or more third parties not being within the proximate vicinity of the communication device.

238. The computationally-implemented system of claim 229, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response at least to determining that the one or more third parties are not detectably present in the proximate vicinity of the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device.

239. The computationally-implemented system of claim 229, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the communication device based on log entry data that was at least originally entered by the end user.

240. The computationally-implemented system of claim 239, wherein said circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the communication device based on log entry data that was at least originally entered by the end user, comprises:

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the communication device based on the log entry data that was at least originally entered by the end user and that was entered via a personal information management application.

241. The computationally-implemented system of claim 239, wherein said circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the communication device based on log entry data that was at least originally entered by the end user comprises:

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the communication device based on the log entry data that was at least originally entered by the end user and that was entered via a social networking website application.

242. The computationally-implemented system of claim 229, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the communication device and in response to detecting that the communication device being at one or more particular locations, the communiqué

to the communication device.

244. The computationally-implemented system of claim 229, wherein said circuitry for releasing, in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing, in response to determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the communication device and in response to detecting the communication device having reached one or more particular points or intervals of time, the communiqué

to the communication device.

250. The computationally-implemented system of claim 174, further comprising:

circuitry for receiving one or more conditional directives of the end user to conditionally obfuscate the communiqué

determined to be affiliated with the source entity from the end user.

251. The computationally-implemented system of claim 250, wherein said circuitry for receiving one or more conditional directives of the end user to conditionally obfuscate the communiqué

determined to be affiliated with the source entity from the end user comprises;

circuitry for soliciting for the one or more conditional directives from the end user.

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253. A system, comprising:

a communiqué

intercepting module including a source entity affiliated determining module configured to intercept a communiqué

addressed to an end user and that has been determined by the source entity affiliated determining module to be affiliated with a source entity to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from reaching a communication device associated with the end user; and

a communiqué

releasing module including an environmental aspect occurrence detecting module configured to release, in response to the environmental aspect occurrence detecting module at least detecting occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device, the communiqué

to the communication device.

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