Methods and systems for managing one or more services and/or device data

• US 9,619,497 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2012
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pixel Health Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Elwah LLC
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Hosuk
• Application Number:
  US13/731,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20140123299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,562 Days
• Field of Search: 726 2- 7, 726 26- 30, 713189, 713193-194, 380270
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6254 by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/74 operating in dual or compartmented mode, i.e. at least one secure mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/78 to assure secure storage of data address-based protection against unauthorised use of memory G06F12/14; record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2105 Dual mode as a secondary aspect

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring obscured data, said obscured data including property data regarding at least one property of one or more devices, wherein said obscured data has been obscured to avoid uniquely identifying the one or more devices, acquiring one or more services configured to be carried out on the one or more devices, said acquiring at least partly based on the acquired obscured data including the property data regarding at least one property of the one or more devices, and offering the one or more services in exchange for access to identifying data configured to uniquely identify the one or more devices associated with the property data. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

an obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module;

a one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices acquiring at least partly based on the acquired obscured data that avoids particular identification module; and

an acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data that references at least one attribute of more than one devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of individual devices of the more than one devices acquiring module, wherein the devices are smartphone devices and the at least one attribute is a location attribute with device identifiers removed.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data that references a number of devices having at least one attribute at a particular time in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module, wherein the at least one attribute is a location attribute and the obscured data is an encrypted user identification data.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein said obscured data that references a number of devices having at least one attribute at a particular time in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data that references a number of devices having a particular type of data at a particular time in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module, wherein the obscured data is a device identifier in which characters of the device identifier have been replaced with characters from a lookup table.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices until deobscured acquiring module.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices until deobscured acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices until deobscured via data manipulation acquiring module.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices through obscuring device identification data acquiring module.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices by at least partially encrypting identification data acquiring module.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices by applying one or more reversible algorithms to identification data acquiring module.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices by replacing identification data with data retrieved from a static table acquiring module.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices by replacing identification data with ordered data configured to appear random acquiring module.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices by inserting false identification data acquiring module.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein said one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

a friend-finding service configured to locate one or more entities identified in the smartphone and to present a notification on the smartphone when one or more of the located entities are detected at a particular location acquiring module, wherein said acquiring is at least partly based on a smartphone contact list property of having more than twenty-five contacts that are of a particular age.

14. The device of claim 1, wherein said one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

a one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use the one or more devices request transmitting module, wherein said request is at least partly based on the acquired obscured data that avoids particular device identification; and

a receiving the requested one or more services module.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein said one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices request transmitting module comprises:

a one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices request transmitting to an open exchange module.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein said one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices request transmitting to an open exchange module comprises:

a one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices request posting to a social networking site module, wherein the one or more services include one or more of a bicycling trail information and status tracking application, a picture sorting service and a friend-in-picture counting services, a rest stop finding service, and a soda pop vending machine locating service.

17. The device of claim 1, wherein said one or more services designed to be at least partly executed using the one or more devices acquiring at least partly based on the acquired obscured data that avoids particular identification module comprises:

a one or more services designed to be at least partly executed using the one or more devices description receiving module; and

a one or more received described services designed to be at least partly executed using through use of the one or more devices selecting at least partly based on the acquired obscured data that avoids particular identification module.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein said one or more received described services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices selecting module comprises:

a one or more received described services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices selecting module, wherein the selecting is at least partly based on an estimated profitability of the one or more received described services.

19. The device of claim 17, wherein said one or more received described services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices selecting module comprises:

a one or more received described services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices selecting module, wherein the selecting is at least partly based on the acquired obscured data that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices and at least partly based on a property of the one or more received described services, wherein the property of the one or more received described services includes one or more of a property of an entity that provides the service, a reputation of the service developer, and an existence of a revenue-sharing deal with the entity that provides the service.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein said one or more received described services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices selecting module comprises:

a one or more received described services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices selecting module, wherein the selecting is at least partly based on the acquired obscured data that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices and at least partly based on a surcharge of the one or more received described services.

21. The device of claim 1, wherein said one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices acquiring at least partly based on the acquired obscured data that avoids particular identification module comprises:

a one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices acquiring at least partly based on an estimated value of data that identifies the one or more devices given in exchange for providing at least a portion of the one or more services module.

22. The device of claim 1, wherein said one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

a one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices developing module, wherein the developing is at least partly based on the acquired obscured data that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices.

23. The device of claim 1, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data that identifies one or more users of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module.

24. The device of claim 1, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access to marketplace login credentials used by at least one of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module.

25. The device of claim 1, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access to social networking site login credentials used by at least one of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module.

26. The device of claim 1, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data configured to deobscure the acquired obscured data offering module.

27. The device of claim 26, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data configured to deobscure the acquired obscured data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data configured to decrypt the acquired obscured data offering module.

28. The device of claim 27, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data configured to decrypt the acquired obscured data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data configured to decrypt a particular portion of the acquired obscured data offering module.

29. The device of claim 26, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data configured to deobscure the acquired obscured data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access data configured to modify the acquired obscured data into particularly identifying data offering module.

30. The device of claim 26, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data configured to deobscure the acquired obscured data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access data configured to replace a portion of the acquired obscured data with particularly identifying data offering module.

31. The device of claim 26, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data configured to deobscure the acquired obscured data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access data configured to change an anonymized portion of the acquired obscured data into particularly identifying data offering module.

32. The device of claim 26, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data configured to deobscure the acquired obscured data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access to data configured to substitute an anonymized portion of the acquired obscured data with particularly identifying data using a lookup table offering module.

33. The device of claim 26, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data configured to deobscure the acquired obscured data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access to data filter out a false data portion of the acquired obscured data and leaving particularly identifying data as a remainder offering module.

34. The device of claim 26, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data configured to deobscure the acquired obscured data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access to an algorithm for which application to the acquired obscured data results in particularly identifying data offering module.

35. The device of claim 1, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for access to a database of particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module.

36. The device of claim 1, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module comprises:

an acquired one or more services as return for restricted access to a database of particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module.

37. The device of claim 1, wherein said acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module comprises:

a direct delivery to one or more users of the one or more devices, of one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module.

38. The device of claim 1, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data referencing at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices by replacing identification data with randomly generated data acquiring module.

39. The device of claim 1, wherein said obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module comprises:

an obscured data referencing at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices by inserting false identification data having a same format as true identification data acquiring module.

40. A device, comprising:

one or more general purpose integrated circuits configured to receive instructions to configure as an obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module at one or more first particular times;

one or more general purpose integrated circuits configured to receive instructions to configure as a one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices acquiring at least partly based on the acquired obscured data that avoids particular identification module at one or more second particular times; and

one or more general purpose integrated circuits configured to receive instructions to configure as a acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module at one or more third particular times.

41. A device comprising:

an integrated circuit configured to purpose itself as an obscured data that references at least one attribute of one or more devices in a manner that avoids particular identification of the one or more devices acquiring module at a first time;

the integrated circuit configured to purpose itself as a one or more services designed to be at least partly executed through use of the one or more devices acquiring at least partly based on the acquired obscured data that avoids particular identification module at a second time; and

the integrated circuit configured to purpose itself as a acquired one or more services as return for access to particularly identifying data of the one or more devices associated with attribute data offering module at a third time.