Method and apparatus for providing privacy adaptation based on receiver context

• US 9,461,970 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2015
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Biswas, Debmalya, Lawrenson, Matthew John, Nolan, Julian
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehrmanesh, Amir
• Application Number:
  US14/925,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20160050183A1
• Time in Patent Office: 342 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/04 for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas

Abstract

An approach is provided for determining a communication session established between at least one first device of at least one first user and at least one second device of at least one second user, wherein the at least one first device and the at least one second device are in a collaborative context detection relationship. The privacy platform causes, at least in part, a detection of a presence of at least one third user within a proximity threshold of the at least one first device, the at least one second device, the at least one first user, the at least one second user, or a combination thereof, wherein the detection is performed via the collaborative context detection relationship. The privacy platform also determines one or more modifications to one or more privacy profiles for information exchanged over the communication session based, at least in part, on the detection of the presence of the at least one third user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

establishing a communication session between at least one first device of at least one first user and at least one second device of at least one second user, wherein information exchanged over the communication session is based, at least in part, on a presence of one or more medical keywords, and wherein the at least one first device and the at least one second device are in a collaborative context detection relationship;

detecting a presence of at least one third user within a proximity threshold of the at least one first device of the at least one first user, the at least one second device of the at least one second user, or a combination thereof, wherein the detecting is performed via the collaborative context detection relationship;

causing one or more modifications to one or more privacy profiles for the information exchanged over the communication session based, at least in part, on the detecting of the presence of the at least one third user; and

causing one or more modifications to the communication session, the information exchanged over the communication session, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the one or more modifications to the one or more privacy policies.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the one or more modifications to the communication session, the information exchanged over the communication session, or a combination thereof, is based, at least in part, on adding the at least one third user to the communication session, obscuring parts of the information exchanged, terminating the communication session, continuing the communication session over a different medium, or a combination thereof.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the collaborative context detection relationship enables the at least one first device to access one or more sensors associated with the at least one second device, and/or enables the at least one second device to monitor and relay an output of the one or more sensors associated with the at least one second device to the at least one first device, for detecting the presence of the at least one third user.

4. A method of claim 3, wherein the one or more sensors include, at least in part, one or more internal sensors of the least one second device, one or more external sensors accessible by the at least one second device, or a combination thereof, wherein the one or more internal sensors and/or the one or more external sensors comprises a light sensor, a tilt sensor, a pressure sensor, an audio sensor, a receiver for different short-range communications, a global positioning sensor, a network detection sensor, a camera/imaging sensor, or a combination thereof.

5. A method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing a determination of identification information, profile information, privacy policy information, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one third user, at least one third device associated with the at least one third user, or a combination thereof; and

presenting one or more notification messages at the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the identification information, profile information, privacy policy information or a combination thereof, associated with the at least one third user, the at least one third device associated with the at least one third user, or a combination thereof,

wherein the one or more notification messages relate to, at least in part, the presence of the at least one third user.

6. A method of claim 5, further comprising:

causing a determination of relationship information between (a) the at least one third user and (b) the at least one first user, the at least one second user, or a combination thereof and

causing at least one determination of whether to present at least a portion of the identification information, the profile information, privacy policy information, or a combination thereof in the one or more notification messages based, at least in part, on the relationship information.

7. A method of claim 6, further comprising:

causing at least one determination of whether to relay at least a portion of the information exchanged over the communication session to the at least one third user, the at least one third device, or a combination thereof in the communication session based, at least in part, on the relationship information, the identification information, the profile information, the privacy policy information, or a combination thereof.

8. A method of claim 7, further comprising:

a processing of information exchanged over the communication session to cause, at least in part, a parsing of the one or more medical keywords; and

comparing the one or more parsed medical keywords against the relationship information, the identification information, the profile information, the privacy policy information, or a combination thereof, to determine whether to relay at least a portion of the information exchanged over the communication session to the at least one third user, the at least one third device, or a combination thereof.

9. A method of claim 5, further comprising:

initiating one or more privacy preserving actions based, at least in part, on the relationship information, the identification information, the profile information, the privacy policy information, or a combination thereof.

10. A method of claim 9, wherein the one or more privacy preserving actions include, at least in part, (a) obscuring of data transmitted over the communication session;

(b) hiding of the presence of the at least one third user;

(c) hiding of the identification information of the at least one third user;

(d) hiding of other identification information of the at least one first user, the at least one second user, or a combination thereof;

or (e) a combination thereof.

11. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;

cause, at least in part, establishment of a communication session between at least one first device of at least one first user and at least one second device of at least one second user, wherein information exchanged over the communication session is based, at least in part, on a presence of one or more medical keywords, and wherein the at least one first device and the at least one second device are in a collaborative context detection relationship;

cause, at least in part, detection of a presence of at least one third user within a proximity threshold of the at least one first device, the at least one second device, the at least one first user, the at least one second user, or a combination thereof, wherein the detection is performed via the collaborative context detection relationship;

cause, at least in part, one or more modifications to one or more privacy profiles for the information exchanged over the communication session based, at least in part, on the detecting of the presence of the at least one third user; and

cause, at least in part, one or more modifications to the communication session, the information exchanged over the communication session, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the at least one determination of the one or more modifications to the one or more privacy policies.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the one or more modifications to the communication session, the information exchanged over the communication session, or a combination thereof, is based, at least in part, on adding the at least one third user to the communication session, obscuring parts of the information exchanged, terminating the communication session, continuing the communication session over a different medium, or a combination thereof.

13. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the collaborative context detection relationship enables the at least one first device to access one or more sensors associated with the at least one second device, and/or enables the at least one second device to monitor and relay an output of the one or more sensors associated with the at least one second device to the at least one first device, for detecting the presence of the at least one third user.

14. An apparatus of claim 13, wherein the one or more sensors include, at least in part, one or more internal sensors of the at least one second device, one or more external sensors accessible by the at least one second device, or a combination thereof, wherein the one or more internal sensors and/or the one or more external sensors comprises a light sensor, a tilt sensor, a pressure sensor, an audio sensor, a receiver for different short-range communications, a global positioning sensor, a network detection sensor, a camera/imaging sensor, or a combination thereof.

15. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a determination of identification information, profile information, privacy policy information, or a combination thereof associated with the at least one third user, at least one third device associated with the at least one third user, or a combination thereof; and

cause, at least in part, presentation of one or more notification messages at the at least one first device, the at least one second device, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the profile information, privacy policy information, or a combination thereof,

wherein the one or more notification messages relate, at least in part, to the presence of the at least one third user.

16. An apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a determination of relationship information between (a) the at least one third user and (b) the at least one first user, the at least one second user, or a combination thereof; and

cause, at least in part, a determination of whether to present at least a portion of the identification information, the profile information, privacy policy information, or a combination thereof in the one or more notification messages based, at least in part, on the relationship information.

17. An apparatus of claim 16, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a determination to whether to relay at least a portion of the information exchanged over the communication session to the at least one third user, the at least one third device, or a combination thereof in the communication session based, at least in part, on the relationship information, the identification information, the profile information, the privacy policy information, or a combination thereof.

18. An apparatus of claim 17, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, by a processor, a processing of information exchanged over the communication session to cause, at least in part, a parsing of the one or more medical keywords; and

cause, at least in part, a comparison of the one or more parsed medical keywords against the relationship information, the identification information, the profile information, the privacy policy information, or a combination thereof to determine whether to relay at least a portion of the information exchanged over the communication session to the at least one third user, the at least one third device, or a combination thereof.

19. An apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a determination of whether to cause, at least in part, an initiation of one or more privacy preserving actions based, at least in part, on the relationship information, the identification information, the profile information, the privacy policy information, or a combination thereof.

20. An apparatus of claim 19, wherein the one or more privacy preserving actions include, at least in part, (a) obscuring of data transmitted over the communication session;

(b) hiding of the presence of the at least one third user;

(c) hiding of the identification information of the at least one third user;

(d) hiding of other identification information of the at least one first user, the at least one second user, or a combination thereof or (e) a combination thereof.