Individual-specific content management

• US 9,516,005 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2013
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omnissa, LLC
• Original Assignee: AirWatch LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: DiRico, John, Stuntebeck, Erich
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Hosuk
• Application Number:
  US13/970,776
• Publication Number:
  US 20130340060A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,204 Days
• Field of Search: 726 2- 7, 726 26- 30, 713/168, 713/193
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/107 wherein the security policies are location-dependent, e.g. entities privileges depend on current location or allowing specific operations only from locally connected terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/108 when the policy decisions are valid for a limited amount of time
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A method, system, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for facilitating individual-specific content management. For example, a method is provided that includes receiving information regarding at least one prerequisite condition relating to at least one individual, receiving information regarding the at least one individual, determining whether the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied, and causing individual-specific content associated with the at least one individual to be transmitted. At least a portion of the individual-specific content comprises protected content configured to be unviewable and/or unmodifiable. The method further includes receiving at least one access credential and causing at least a portion of the protected content to be viewable and/or modifiable.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving information regarding at least one prerequisite condition relating to at least one individual;

receiving information regarding the at least one individual;

determining, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one prerequisite condition and the information regarding the at least one individual, whether the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied;

causing to be transmitted, individual-specific content associated with the at least one individual, at least a portion of the individual-specific content comprising protected content that is configured to be unviewable or unmodifiable via at least one user device;

receiving at least one access credential;

causing, following receiving the at least one access credential and determining that the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied, at leas a portion of the protected content to be viewable or modifiable via the at least one user device; and

in response to detecting an occurrence of at least one predetermined event occurring after causing the at least a portion of the protected content to be viewable or modifiable, causing at least a portion of the protected content to again be unviewable or unmodifiable via the at least one user device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

causing content comprising one or more electronic records pertaining to the at least one individual to be transmitted comprises;

causing content comprising one or more electronic records pertaining to the at least one individual to be transmitted in an instance in which it is determined that the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

causing content comprising one or more electronic records pertaining to the at least one individual to be transmitted comprises;

causing content comprising one or more electronic records pertaining to the at least one individual to be transmitted in an instance in which it is determined that the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied and the at least one access credential has been successfully authenticated.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the information regarding the at least one individual comprises schedule information; and

determining, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one prerequisite condition and the information regarding the at least one individual, whether the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied comprises;

determining, based at least in part on the schedule information, whether the at least one individual is scheduled for an appointment corresponding to a particular time.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the information regarding the at least one individual comprises location information; and

determining, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one prerequisite condition and the information regarding the at least one individual, whether the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied comprises;

determining, based at least in part on the location information, whether the at least one user device is within a predetermined proximity to a location associated with the at least one individual.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the information regarding the at least one prerequisite condition comprises survey response information; and

determining, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one prerequisite condition and the information regarding the at least one individual, whether the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied comprises;

determining, based at least in part on the survey response information, whether a degree of similarity between the survey response information and prior survey information satisfies a predetermined threshold.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one predetermined event comprises an expiration of a predetermined amount of time.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one predetermined event comprises a first predetermined event; and

causing at least a portion of the protected content to again be unviewable or unmodifiable via the at least one user device in response to detecting the occurrence of the at least one predetermined event comprises;

causing a first portion of the protected content to be unviewable or unmodifiable via the at least one user device in response to detecting the occurrence of the first predetermined event, and

causing a second portion of the protected content to be unviewable or unmodifiable via the at least one user device in response to detecting an occurrence of a second predetermined event.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

receiving the at least one access credential associated with the at least one individual comprises receiving the at least one access credential via at least one sensor associated with the at least one user device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the at least one sensor comprises a wireless receiver.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the at least one sensor comprises a biometric sensor.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein:

receiving the at least one access credential associated with the at least one individual comprises receiving the at least one access credential from a separate electronic device associated with the at least one individual.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein:

the separate electronic device associated with the at least one individual is configured to provide the at least one access credential in response to receiving a challenge response.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the protected content comprises a plurality of portions of protected content, each portion being respectively associated with at least one prerequisite condition and at least one access credential; and

causing, following receiving the at least one access credential and determining that the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied, at least a portion of the protected content to be viewable or modifiable via the at least one user device comprises;

causing, for each portion of protected content, following receiving the at least one access credential associated with the portion and determining that the at least one prerequisite condition associated with the portion is satisfied, the portion to be viewable or modifiable via the at least one user device.

15. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory storing program code instructions, the at least one memory and program code instructions being configured to, with the at least one processor, direct the apparatus to at least:

receive information regarding at least one prerequisite condition relating to at least one individual;

receive information regarding the at least one individual;

determine, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one prerequisite condition and the information regarding the at least one individual;

whether the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied;

cause to be transmitted, individual-specific content associated with the at least one individual, at least a portion of the individual-specific content comprising protected content that is configured to be unviewable or unmodifiable via at least one user device;

receive at least one access credential;

cause, following receiving the at least one access credential and determining that the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied, at least a portion of the protected content to be viewable or modifiable via the at least one user device; and

in response to detecting an occurrence of at least one predetermined event occurring after causing the at least a portion of the protected content to be viewable or modifiable, causing at least a portion of the protected content to again be unviewable or unmodifiable via the at least one user device.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein:

the information regarding the at least one individual comprises schedule information; and

determining, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one prerequisite condition and the information regarding the at least one individual, whether the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied comprises;

determining, based at least in part on the schedule information, whether the at least one individual is scheduled for an appointment corresponding to a particular time.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein:

the information regarding the at least one individual comprises location information; and

determining, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one prerequisite condition and the information regarding the at least one individual, whether the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied comprises;

determining, based at least in part on the location information, whether the at least one user device is within a predetermined proximity to a location associated with the at least one individual.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein:

the information regarding the at least one prerequisite condition comprises survey response information; and

determining, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one prerequisite condition and the information regarding the at least one individual, whether the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied comprises;

determining, based at least in part on the survey response information, whether a degree of similarity between the survey response information and prior survey information satisfies a predetermined threshold.

19. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code portions embodied therein, the program code portions being configured to, upon execution, direct an apparatus to at least:

receive information regarding at least one prerequisite condition relating to at least one individual;

receive information regarding the at least one individual;

determine, based at least in part on the information regarding the at least one prerequisite condition and the information regarding the at least one individual, whether the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied;

cause to be transmitted, individual-specific content associated with the at least one individual, at least a portion of the individual-specific content comprising protected content that is configured to be unviewable or unmodifiable via at least one user device;

receive at least one access credential;

cause, following receiving the at least one access credential and determining that the at least one prerequisite condition is satisfied, at least a portion of the protected content to be viewable or modifiable via the at least one user device; and

in response to detecting an occurrence of at least one predetermined event occurring after causing the at least a portion of the protected content to be viewable or modifiable, causing at least a portion of the protected content to again be unviewable or unmodifiable via the at least one user device.