Method and apparatus for governing the transfer of physiological and emotional user data
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, from a requesting application, a request for emotion data characterizing an emotional state of a user, wherein the requesting application is of a particular type;
accessing a firewall ruleset defining rules governing the transfer of the emotion data to requesting applications, wherein at least some of the rules of the firewall ruleset each specify a different application type selected from a plurality of application types;
determining whether to provide the emotion data to the requesting application;
wherein determining comprises;
locating each rule in the firewall ruleset that includes a parameter specifying the particular type of the requesting application; and
determining whether the located rules are satisfied;
whereby the rules are applied to each requesting application according to its respective application type; and
denying the request if the firewall ruleset rules are not satisfied.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture are provided for governing the transfer of data characterizing a user'"'"'s behavior, physiological parameters and/or psychological parameters. One embodiment provides a method of handling a request, from a requesting application, for emotion data characterizing an emotional state of a user. A firewall ruleset defining rules governing the transfer of the emotion data to requesting applications is accessed to determine whether to provide the emotion data the requesting application. The request is denied if the firewall ruleset rules are not satisfied.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, from a requesting application, a request for emotion data characterizing an emotional state of a user, wherein the requesting application is of a particular type; accessing a firewall ruleset defining rules governing the transfer of the emotion data to requesting applications, wherein at least some of the rules of the firewall ruleset each specify a different application type selected from a plurality of application types; determining whether to provide the emotion data to the requesting application;
wherein determining comprises;locating each rule in the firewall ruleset that includes a parameter specifying the particular type of the requesting application; and determining whether the located rules are satisfied;
whereby the rules are applied to each requesting application according to its respective application type; anddenying the request if the firewall ruleset rules are not satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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