Look ahead of links/alter links

• US 8,489,981 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2008
• Issued: 07/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Malamud, Mark A., Levien, Royce A., Rashid, Richard F., Lord, Robert W., Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Tegreene, Clarence T., Flake, Gary W., Whitmer, Charles, Gates, III, William H., Wood, JR., Lowell L., Hyde, Roderick A., Jung, Edward K. Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): LEGGETT, ANDREA C.
• Application Number:
  US12/214,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164992A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,852 Days
• Field of Search: 715/812, 715/1
• US Class Current: 715/208
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45537 Provision of facilities of other operating environments, e.g. WINE I/O emulation G06F13/105

Abstract

A computationally-implemented method comprises retrieving at least a portion of data from a data source, determining an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences, and providing at least one data display option to the end user'"'"'s real machine based on the determining acceptability of the effect of the retrieved at least a portion of the data.

Claims

1. A computationally-implemented system, implemented in a processor, comprising:

a data retriever engine configured to retrieve at least a portion of data from a data source in response to an activation of at least one link;

an effect of content acceptability determination engine implemented in a processing device configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least a part of at least one real machine at least in part via determining a state change of a virtual machine representation of at least a part of the at least one real machine after loading the at least a portion of data; and

a data provider engine configured to display at least one data display option to the end user'"'"'s real machine based on a determination of an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data.

2. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination

is further configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least one real machine at least in part via determining a state change in on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of the least one real machine.

3. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of the least one real machine include:

at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of the least one real machine, at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating on a separate core of a system comprising at least two cores.

4. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of the at least one real machine includes:

at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of the at least one real machine having at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating on a separate operating system.

5. The computationally-implemented system of claim 4, wherein the at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating on a separate operating system includes:

at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating on a separate operating system at a location of the retrieved at least a portion of data.

6. The computationally-implemented system of claim 4, wherein the at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating on a separate operating system each running on a separate operating system includes:

at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating on a separate operating system at a location geographically distinct from a location of the retrieved at least a portion of data.

7. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the determining a state change of a virtual machine representation of at least a part of the least one real machine after loading at least a portion of data includes:

determining a state of a virtual machine representation of at least a part of the least one real machine prior to loading at least a portion of data.

8. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the determining a state change of a virtual machine representation of at least a part of the least one real machine after loading at least a portion of data includes:

determining a state of a virtual machine representation of at least a part of the least one real machine after loading at least a portion of data.

9. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the determining a state change of a virtual machine representation of at least a part of the least one real machine after loading at least a portion of data includes:

determining whether the state change is an undesirable state change based on one or more end-user specified preferences.

10. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine

is further configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least one real machine at least in part via determining a state change in a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine within an acceptable amount of user interface time.

11. The computationally-implemented system of claim 10, wherein the acceptable amount of user interface time is approximately one-tenth of a second.

12. The computationally-implemented system of claim 10, wherein the acceptable amount of user interface time is less than approximately 1 second.

13. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination

is further configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least one real machine in response to at least one user setting.

14. The computationally-implemented system of claim 13, wherein the at least one user setting includes:

a desirability setting.

15. The computationally-implemented system of claim 14, wherein the desirability setting includes:

a religious desirability setting.

16. The computationally-implemented system of claim 14, wherein the desirability setting includes:

a political desirability setting.

17. The computationally-implemented system of claim 14, wherein the desirability setting includes:

a cultural desirability setting.

18. The computationally-implemented system of claim 14, wherein the desirability setting includes:

a theme related desirability setting.

19. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine is further configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least one real machine in response to at least one privacy related setting.

20. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein the at least one privacy related setting includes:

a type of transmitted user information.

21. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein the at least one privacy related setting includes:

a type of captured user information.

22. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein the at least one privacy related setting includes:

a type of exposed user information.

23. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine

is further configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least one real machine in response to visually examining a data image.

24. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine

is further configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least one real machine at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of content of the real machine.

25. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine

is further configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least one real machine at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of software of the real machine.

26. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine

is further configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least one real machine at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of hardware of the real machine.

27. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine

is further configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least one real machine at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of an operating system of the real machine.

28. The computationally implemented system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine

is further configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the retrieved at least a portion of data on at least one real machine at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of at least a portion of a computing device.

29. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the data provider engine

is further configured to provide a data display option of displaying the retrieved at least a portion of data.

30. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the data provider engine

is further configured to provide a data display option of not displaying the retrieved at least a portion of data.

31. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the data provider engine

is further configured to provide a data display option of displaying a modified version of the retrieved at least a portion of data.

32. The computationally-implemented system of claim 31, wherein the data display option of displaying a modified version of the retrieved at least a portion of data includes:

a data obfuscation engine configured to provide a data display option of obfuscating an objectionable data portion.

33. The computationally-implemented system of claim 31, wherein the data display option of displaying a modified version of the retrieved at least a portion of data includes:

a data display option of anonymizing an objectionable data portion.

34. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the data provider engine is further configured to

redirect to alternative data.

35. The computationally-implemented system of claim 34, wherein the alternative data includes:

a list of selectable alternative data options.