Methods and Apparatus for Enabling a Dynamic Network of Interactors According to Personal Trust Levels Between Interactors
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- (1) a first computerized appliance dedicated to a first user and comprising;
a first processor;
a coupled first data repository storing first contact identities and trust metrics associated with the individual ones of the first contact identities;
one or more communication applications executable by the first processor; and
trust software executing on the first processor from a non-transitory medium;
(2) a second computerized appliance dedicated to a second user and comprising;
a second processor;
a coupled second data repository storing contact identities and trust metrics associated with the individual ones of the contact identities;
one or more communication applications executable by the processor; and
trust software executing on the second processor from a non-transitory medium; and
(3) a network coupling the first and second computerized appliances;
wherein, in a process of sending or receiving a communication over the network using one of the communication applications, the first computerized appliance, noting contact identities associated with the communication, interacts with the second computerized appliance, determining one or more routing decisions by consulting the trust metrics associated with the first and second contact identities.
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Abstract
A system for causing routing of a communication event includes a sending platform for initiating and sending the communication event, a communications network for carrying the communication event, a receiving platform for receiving the communication event for final routing, and a router resident at least in the receiving platform for preparing and executing or forwarding for execution a routing instruction for handling the incoming communication event or notification thereof, the routing instruction thus executed, overriding a default routing instruction, the overriding routing instruction initiated upon discovery by the router of some level of trust metric between the sender and intended recipient of the event.
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16 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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(1) a first computerized appliance dedicated to a first user and comprising; a first processor; a coupled first data repository storing first contact identities and trust metrics associated with the individual ones of the first contact identities; one or more communication applications executable by the first processor; and trust software executing on the first processor from a non-transitory medium; (2) a second computerized appliance dedicated to a second user and comprising; a second processor; a coupled second data repository storing contact identities and trust metrics associated with the individual ones of the contact identities; one or more communication applications executable by the processor; and trust software executing on the second processor from a non-transitory medium; and (3) a network coupling the first and second computerized appliances; wherein, in a process of sending or receiving a communication over the network using one of the communication applications, the first computerized appliance, noting contact identities associated with the communication, interacts with the second computerized appliance, determining one or more routing decisions by consulting the trust metrics associated with the first and second contact identities. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising the steps:
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(a) considering, by a first computerized appliance having stored contact identities associated with trust metrics and executing trust software from a non-transitory medium, a communication received or prepared to be sent, the communication having associated contact identities; (b) interacting by the first computerized appliance with a second computerized appliance, consulting trust metrics associated with each computerized appliance, based on the contact identities associated with the communication; and (c) determining one or more routing decisions for the communication based on any trust metrics found associated with the contact identities associated with the communication. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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