Providing greater access to one or more items in response to verifying device transfer

• US 20120254989A1
• Filed: 09/29/2011
• Published: 10/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Application Number:
  US13/200,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20120254989A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/19
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring one or more indicators that suggest that a computing device has been transferred to a first user from a second user, the first user having at least greater accessing rights than the second user to one or more items via the computing device; detecting, in response to said acquiring, input that verifies that the computing device has been transferred to the first user; and providing at least greater access via the computing device to the one or more items in response to detecting the input verifying that the computing device has been transferred to the first user. 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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201. A system comprising:

a transfer indicator acquiring module configured to acquire one or more indicators that suggest that a computing device has been transferred to a first user from a second user, the first user having at least greater accessing rights than the second user to one or more items via the computing device;

a verification input detecting module configured to detect, in response to said acquiring, input that verifies that the computing device has been transferred to the first user; and

an access providing module configured to provide at least greater access via the computing device to the one or more items in response to detecting the input verifying that the computing device has been transferred to the first user.

202. The system of claim 201, wherein said transfer indicator acquiring module comprises:

a sensing module configured to sense the one or more indicators that suggest that the computing device has been transferred to the first user from the second user.

203. The system of claim 202, wherein said sensing module comprises:

a visual cue sensing module using one or more image capturing devices configured to sense presence or absence of one or more visual cues in proximate vicinity of the computing device that suggest that the computing device has been transferred to the first user from the second user.

204. The system of claim 203, wherein said visual cue sensing module comprises:

a face sensing module configured to sense presence of at least one face in the proximate vicinity of the computing device that is determined to be associated with the first user.

205. The system of claim 204, wherein said face sensing module comprises:

a face sensing module configured to sense presence of the at least one face being at one or more specified locations relative to orientation of the computing device.

208. The system of claim 203, wherein said visual cue sensing module comprises:

a face sensing module configured to sense presence of a first face associated with the first user and a second face associated with the second user in the proximate vicinity of the computing device, the first face being visually sensed as being closer to the computing device than the second face.

209. The system of claim 203, wherein said visual cue sensing module comprises:

an eye sensing module configured to sense presence of at least one eye in the proximate vicinity of the computing device that is determined as being associated with the first user.

210. The system of claim 209, wherein said eye sensing module comprises:

an eye sensing module configured to sense presence of the at least one eye being at one or more specified locations relative to orientation of the computing device.

214. The system of claim 203, wherein said visual cue sensing module comprises:

a visual cue sensing module configured to sense visually that the computing device has moved closer to the first user.

215. The system of claim 214, wherein said visual cue sensing module comprises:

a visual cue sensing module configured to sense visually that the computing device has moved closer to one or more physical features associated with the first user.

217. The system of claim 214, wherein said visual cue sensing module comprises:

a visual cue sensing module configured to sense visually that the computing device has moved closer to the first user and has moved away from the second user.

220. The system of claim 202, wherein said sensing module comprises:

an audio cue sensing module configured to sense presence or absence of one or more audio cues in proximate vicinity of the computing device that suggest that the computing device has been transferred to the first user from the second user.

221. The system of claim 220, wherein said audio cue sensing module comprises:

a voice pattern sensing module configured to sense in the proximate vicinity of the computing device presence of a voice pattern that matches with a signature voice pattern of the first user.

223. The system of claim 220, wherein said audio cue sensing module comprises:

an audio cue sensing module configured to sense audibly that the computing device has moved closer to the first user.

225. The system of claim 223, wherein said audio cue sensing module comprises:

an audio cue sensing module configured to sense audibly that the computing device has moved closer to the first user and has moved away from the second user.

228. The system of claim 202, wherein said sensing module comprises:

a movement sensing module configured to sense one or more movements of the computing device that suggest that the computing device has been transferred to the first user from the second user.

229. The system of claim 228, wherein said movement sensing module comprises:

a tilt sensing module configured to sense that the computing device no longer has a particular tilt orientation that the computing device was detected as having when the computing device was possessed by the second user.

232. The system of claim 228, wherein said movement sensing module comprises:

a spatial location sensing module configured to sense that the computing device is at least no longer at a particular spatial location that the computing device was detected as being located at when the computing device was possessed by the second user.

236. The system of claim 228, wherein said movement sensing module comprises:

a spin rotation sensing module configured to sense that the computing device has been spin rotated from a first orientation associated with the computing device when the computing device was possessed by the second user to a second orientation that at least suggests that the computing device has been transferred between two users.

237. The system of claim 228, wherein said movement sensing module comprises:

a vibration sensing module configured to sense that the computing device is vibrating in a manner that matches with a signature vibration pattern associated with the first user.

239. The system of claim 228, wherein said movement sensing module comprises:

a three-dimensional movement sensing module configured to sense that the computing device has exhibited one or more three-dimensional movements that suggest that the computing device has been transferred between two users

240. The system of claim 202, wherein said sensing module comprises:

a sensing module configured to sense the one or more indicators by sensing multiple types of indicators that when sensed suggest that the computing device has been transferred to the first user from the second user.

243. The system of claim 240, wherein said sensing module comprises:

a visual cue sensing module configured to sense presence or absence of one or more visual cues in proximate vicinity of the computing device and a movement sensing module configured to sense one or more movements of the computing device that suggest that the computing device has been transferred to the first user from the second user.

253. The system of claim 201, wherein said verification input detecting module comprises:

a verification input soliciting module configured to solicit, in response to said acquiring, the input that verifies that the computing device has been transferred to the first user.

256. The system of claim 253, wherein said verification input soliciting module comprises:

a biometric verification requesting module configured to request for, in response to said acquiring, biometric input that verifies that the computing device has been transferred to the first user.

257. The system of claim 256, wherein said biometric verification requesting module comprises:

an audio input requesting module configured to request for, in response to said acquiring, audio input that verifies that the computing device has been transferred to the first user.

258. The system of claim 257, wherein said audio input requesting module comprises:

an audio input requesting module configured to request for, in response to said acquiring, one or more words to be spoken in order to audibly verify that the computing device has been transferred to the first user.

259. The system of claim 256, wherein said biometric verification requesting module comprises:

a visual input requesting module configured to request for, in response to said acquiring, visual input that verifies that the computing device has been transferred to the first user.

260. The system of claim 259, wherein said visual input requesting module comprises:

a visual input requesting module configured to request for, in response to said acquiring, a face to be brought closer to the computing device.

261. The system of claim 259, wherein said visual input requesting module comprises:

a visual input requesting module configured to request for, in response to said acquiring, one or more eyes to be brought closer to the computing device.

263. The system of claim 253, wherein said verification input soliciting module comprises:

a gesture verification requesting module configured to request for, in response to said acquiring, a gesture to be executed that verifies that the computing device has been transferred to the first user.

264. The system of claim 263, wherein said gesture verification requesting module comprises:

a gesture verification requesting module configured to request for, in response to said acquiring, the gesture to be executed through a touch screen in order to verify that the computing device has been transferred to the first user.

265. The system of claim 264, wherein said gesture verification requesting module comprises:

a gesture verification requesting module configured to request for, in response to said acquiring, the gesture to be executed through a touch screen using one or more fingers.

266. The system of claim 201, wherein said access providing module comprises:

an access providing module configured to provide at least greater access to the one or more items by providing greater access to the one or more items that were at least not partially accessible by the second user when the second user had possession of the computing device.

269. The system of claim 201, wherein said access providing module comprises:

an access providing module configured to provide at least greater access to the one or more items by providing greater access to the one or more items from a second level of access to the one or more items enjoyed by the second user when the second user had possession of the computing device to a first level of access to the one or more items, the second level of access being a diminished level of access to the one or more items compared with the first level of access.

270. The system of claim 201, wherein said access providing module comprises:

a visual access providing module configured to provide greater visual access via the computing device to the one or more items.

271. The system of claim 270, wherein said visual access providing module comprises:

a visual representation providing module configured to provide visually one or more visual representations of the one or more items via the computing device, the one or more visual representations not being previously presented through the computing device when the second user had possession of the computing device.

272. The system of claim 271, wherein said visual representation providing module comprises:

a visual replacing module configured to replace visually through the computing device and in response to said detecting of the input one or more obfuscating locum tenentes of one or more true visual representations of the one or more items with the one or more true visual representations, the one or more obfuscating locum tenentes having been presented through the computing device when the second user had possession of the computing device.

273. The system of claim 201, wherein said access providing module comprises:

an audio access providing module configured to provide greater audio access via the computing device to the one or more items.

274. The system of claim 273, wherein said audio access providing module comprises:

an audio representation providing module configured to provide audibly one or more audio representations of the one or more items via the computing device, the one or more audio representations not being previously presented through the computing device when the second user had possession of the computing device.

275. The system of claim 274, wherein said audio representation providing module comprises:

an audio replacing module configured to replace audibly through the computing device and in response to said detecting of the input one or more obfuscating locum tenentes of one or more true audio representations of the one or more items with the one or more true audio representations, the one or more obfuscating locum tenentes having been presented through the computing device when the second user had possession of the computing device.

276. The system of claim 201, wherein said access providing module comprises:

an editable format presenting module configured to present, via the computing device and in response at least in part to said detecting the input verifying that the computing device has been transferred to the first user, the one or more items in one or more formats that allow one or more editorial actions to be executed on one or more parts of the one or more items, the one or more editorial actions not previously available to be executed on the one or more parts of the one or more items when the second user was in possession of the computing device.

282. The system of claim 201, wherein said access providing module comprises:

a functional format presenting module configured to present, via the computing device and in response at least in part to said detecting the input verifying that the computing device has been transferred to the first user, the one or more items in one or more formats that allow one or more functionalities of the one or more items to be executed, the one or more functionalities of the one or more items not previously available for execution when the second user was in possession of the computing device.

293. The system of claim 201, wherein said access providing module comprises:

an access providing module configured to provide at least greater access via the computing device to one or more items that are affiliated with one or more particular entities in response at least in part to said detecting the input verifying that the computing device has been transferred to the first user, the one or more items selectively being at least partly not accessible as a result of their affiliation with the one or more particular entities when the computing device was in the possession of the second user.

299. The system of claim 293, wherein said access providing module comprises:

an access providing module including a source ascertaining module configured to provide at least greater access via the computing device to the one or more items that are affiliated with the one or more particular entities in response at least in part to said detecting the input verifying that the computing device has been transferred to the first user, the one or more items being ascertained by the source ascertaining module to be sourced from the one or more particular entities.

300. The system of claim 293, wherein said access providing module comprises:

an access providing module including a word/phrase/number inclusion ascertaining module configured to provide at least greater access via the computing device to the one or more items that are affiliated with the one or more particular entities in response at least in part to said detecting the input verifying that the computing device has been transferred to the first user, the one or more items ascertained by the word/phrase/number inclusion ascertaining module to include one or more particular words, phrases, and/or numbers affiliated with the one or more particular entities.

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301. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

circuitry for acquiring one or more indicators that suggest that a computing device has been transferred to a first user from a second user, the first user having at least greater accessing rights than the second user to one or more items via the computing device;

circuitry for detecting, in response to said acquiring, input that verifies that the computing device has been transferred to the first user; and

circuitry for providing at least greater access via the computing device to the one or more items in response to detecting the input verifying that the computing device has been transferred to the first user.

302. An article of manufacture, comprising:

a non-transitory signal bearing storage medium bearing;

one or more instructions for acquiring one or more indicators that suggest that a computing device has been transferred to a first user from a second user, the first user having at least greater accessing rights than the second user to one or more items via the computing device;

one or more instructions for detecting, in response to said acquiring, input that verifies that the computing device has been transferred to the first user; and

one or more instructions for providing at least greater access via the computing device to the one or more items in response to detecting the input verifying that the computing device has been transferred to the first user.