Method and system for information content validation in electronic devices

• US 9,223,986 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2012
• Issued: 12/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Ashok, Asokan, Dipankar, Atish
• Primary Examiner(s): Gergiso, Techane
• Application Number:
  US13/654,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20130283388A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,168 Days
• Field of Search: 726/26
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/554 involving event detection and direct action
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment

Abstract

Content validation on an electronic device comprises detecting information content on an electronic device and validating the information content in real time in the electronic device. Validating the information content includes analyzing the information content to detect selected content and preventing dissemination of the selected content via the electronic device. The information content comprises content originating and/or terminating on the electronic device. The electronic device may comprise a mobile electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for content validation, comprising:

detecting information content on a mobile electronic device, wherein the information content originates on the electronic device;

validating the information content wherein validating the information content includes;

analyzing, by the mobile electronic device, the information content in a live image or video frame on the mobile electronic device to detect selected content for preventing capture of the selected content comprising image or video content,

wherein preventing capture comprises at least one of disabling a shutter of an image capture device and turning off the image capture device in response to detection of the selected content in the live image or video frame.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

detecting information content on the mobile electronic device comprises detecting origination of information content on the mobile electronic device by the mobile electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein:

detecting origination of information content on the mobile electronic device comprises detecting the information content in real-time as the information-content is being created via a content creation interface on the mobile electronic device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the content creation interface is selected from:

the image capture device, an SMS interface, an MMS interface, an e-mail interface, a browser, and a social network application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

filtering of the selected content to prevent communication of the selected content from the mobile electronic device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

detecting information content on the mobile electronic device is performed proactively by the mobile electronic device before providing access to the information content.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

filtering the selected content prevents access to the selected content via the mobile electronic device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the information content comprises one or more of text, image, video and audio information content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile electronic device comprises a wireless mobile communication device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected content is predetermined by a controlling device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein preventing dissemination of the selected content via the mobile electronic device, comprises filtering out the selected content on the mobile electronic device and preventing consumption of the selected content on the mobile electronic device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein preventing dissemination of the selected content via the mobile electronic device, comprises filtering out the selected content on the mobile electronic device and preventing communication of the selected content from the mobile electronic device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein validation of the selected content occurs on the mobile electronic device before the selected content is shown on a display screen of the mobile electronic device, and the selected content comprises sexually explicit image or video content.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein disabling a shutter of the image capture device or turning off the image capture device to prevent capture of the selected content in the live image or video frame is based on at least one of a performance factor and target demographics.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodied thereon instructions being executable by at least one processor to perform a method for content validation, the method comprising:

detecting information content on a mobile electronic device, wherein the information content originates on the mobile electronic device;

validating the information content in real-time in the mobile electronic device, wherein validating the information content includes;

analyzing, by the mobile electronic device, the information content in a live image or video frame to detect selected content via the electronic device for preventing capture of the selected content comprising image or video content, wherein preventing capture comprises at least one of disabling a shutter of an image capture device and turning off the image capture device in response to detection of the selected content in the live image or video frame.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising:

filtering of the selected content to prevent communication of the selected content from the mobile electronic device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein:

detecting information content on the mobile electronic device comprises detecting origination of information content on the mobile electronic device by the mobile electronic device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein:

detecting origination of information content on the mobile electronic device comprises detecting the information content in real-time as the information content is being created via a content creation interface on the mobile electronic device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the content creation interface comprises any one of:

the image capture device, an SMS interface, an MMS interface, an email interface, a browser, and a social network application.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein:

filtering the selected content prevents dissemination of the selected content by the mobile electronic device.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein:

detecting information content on the mobile electronic device occurs prior to user access of the information content.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein:

filtering the selected content prevents access to the selected content via the mobile electronic device.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein:

the information content comprises one or more of text, image, video and audio information content.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the mobile electronic device comprises a wireless mobile communication device.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the selected content is predetermined by a controlling device.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein preventing dissemination of the selected content via the mobile electronic device comprises filtering out the selected content locally on the mobile electronic device and preventing consumption of the selected content on the mobile electronic device.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein preventing dissemination of the selected content via the mobile electronic device comprises filtering out the selected content locally on the mobile electronic device and preventing communication of the selected content from the mobile electronic device.

28. A mobile electronic device, comprising:

a processor device; and

a detector configured to detect information content on the mobile electronic device using the processor device;

wherein the processor device is configured to validate the information content in real-time in the mobile electronic device by analyzing the information content in a live image or video frame to detect selected content to prevent capture of the selected content comprising image or video content, and the processor is further configured to prevent capture by at least one of disabling a shutter of an image capture device and turning off the image capture device in response to detection of the selected content in the live image or video frame, and the information content originates on the mobile electronic device.

29. The mobile electronic device of claim 28, further comprising:

filtering the selected content from the information content locally on the mobile electronic device to prevent communication of the selected content from the mobile electronic device.

30. The mobile electronic device of claim 29, wherein:

the detector detects information content on the mobile electronic device by detecting origination of information content in real-time on the mobile electronic device.

31. The mobile electronic device of claim 30, wherein:

the processor device filters the selected content to prevent dissemination of the selected content from the mobile electronic device.

32. The mobile electronic device of claim 29, wherein:

the detector detects origination of user created information content in real-time on the mobile electronic device by detecting created information content via a content creation interface on the mobile electronic device.

33. The mobile electronic device of claim 32, wherein the content creation interface comprises any one of:

the image capture device, an SMS process, an MMS process, an email process, a browser, and a social network application.

34. The mobile electronic device of claim 29, wherein:

the information content comprises any one of text, image, video and audio information content.

35. The mobile electronic device of claim 29, wherein the mobile electronic device comprises a wireless mobile communication device.

36. The mobile electronic device of claim 29, wherein:

the detector detects information content on the mobile electronic prior to user access or notification of the information content.

37. The mobile electronic device of claim 36, wherein:

the validation interface filters the selected content to prevent access to the selected content via the mobile electronic device.

38. The mobile electronic device of claim 28, wherein the selected content is predetermined by a controlling device.

39. The mobile electronic device of claim 28, wherein the validation interface prevents dissemination of the selected content via the mobile electronic device by filtering out the selected content locally on the mobile electronic device and preventing consumption of the selected content on the mobile electronic device.

40. The mobile electronic device of claim 28, wherein the validation interface prevents dissemination of the selected content via the mobile electronic device by filtering out the selected content locally on the mobile electronic device and preventing communication of the selected content from the mobile electronic device.