Information removal from a network

• US 9,892,197 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2016
• Issued: 02/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Crave Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Ennis, Patrick John, Knight, Alexander, Dabija, Vlad Grigore, Londergan, Timothy Martin, Ash, David Walter, Suciu, Dominic Dan, Madabushi, Raghuram
• Primary Examiner(s): Khong, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US14/995,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20160132598A1
• Time in Patent Office: 761 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2468 Fuzzy queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9035 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for systems, methods and devices effective to remove information from a network such as the Internet. In some examples, a device may include a memory including instructions and a processor configured in communication with the memory. The processor may be configured effective to receive user information relating to a user and search the network using the user information. In response to the search, the processor may find additional information relating to the user stored in the network. The processor may receive a first request to remove particular information from the network. The particular information may be part of the additional information and the particular information may be removable by a second user. The processor may send a second request to remove the particular information from the network.

Claims

1. A method to manage user information related to a user, the method comprising:

receiving, by one or more processors, the user information related to the user;

determining, by the one or more processors and based on the user information, a first social network associated with the user;

determining, by the one or more processors and based on the user information, a second social network associated with the user, wherein the second social network is different from the first social network, and wherein the second social network is linked with the first social network;

receiving, by the one or more processors, first information related to the user, wherein the first information includes results of a first search of the first social network based on the user information related to the user;

receiving, by the one or more processors, second information related to the user, wherein the second information includes results of a second search of the second social network based on the user information related to the user;

sending, by the one or more processors, a first request to one or more first removal processors in communication with the first social network to remove or obfuscate at least a portion of the first information that is less than an entirety of the first information;

sending, by the one or more processors, a second request to one or more second removal processors in communication with the second social network to remove or obfuscate at least a portion of the second information that is less than an entirety of the second information, wherein sending each of the first request and the second request includes sending a modified photograph or a modified video of the user to each of the first social network and the second social network;

removing or obfuscating, by the one or more first removal processors and the one or more second removal processors, the at least the portion of the first information and the second information respectively,

wherein the removal or obfuscation, of the at least the portion of the first information and the second information, is based on the modified photograph or the modified video of the user as a replacement, and

wherein the removal or obfuscation of the at least the portion of each of the first information and the second information related to the user enforces security of the user information; and

sending a notification to the user, in response to non-compliance with the first request or the second request to remove or obfuscate.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein sending, by the one or more processors, the first request to the first social network to remove or obfuscate the at least the portion of the first information comprises:

identifying one or more other users based on a social graph associated with the first social network; and

sending, by the one or more processors, the first request to the one or more other users to remove or obfuscate the at least the portion of the first information.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein sending, by the one or more processors, the first request to the one or more other users to remove or obfuscate the portion of the first information comprises:

offering, by the one or more processors, one or more incentives to the one or more other users to remove or obfuscate the at least the portion of the first information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising ranking the results of the first search based on how likely the results of the first search correspond to the user.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising ranking the results of the first search based on a number of nodes between the user and the results of the first search in a social graph.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, by the one or more processors, the first information related to the user comprises receiving one or more photographs related to the user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, by the one or more processors, the user information related to the user comprises receiving a user name, a user identification, a user age, a user gender, a user job status, a user sexual orientation, or a user ethnicity related to the user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, by the one or more processors, the user information related to the user comprises receiving a location, one or more images, an audio clip, a video clip, a social security number, credit card information, or bank account information related to the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, by the one or more processors, the user information related to the user comprises receiving a location related to the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, by the one or more processors, the user information related to the user comprises receiving a time interval related to the user.

11. A device effective to manage user information related to a user, the device comprising:

a memory that includes instructions; and

at least one processor configured in communication with the memory, wherein the configured at least one processor is effective to execute the instructions to;

obtain the user information related to the user;

store the user information in the memory;

determine, based on the user information stored in the memory, a first social network associated with the user;

determine, based on the user information stored in the memory, a second social network associated with the user, wherein the second social network is different from the first social network, and wherein the second social network is linked with the first social network;

obtain first information related to the user, wherein the first information is generated from a first search of the first social network based on the user information related to the user;

store the first information in the memory;

obtain, by the one or more processors, second information related to the user, wherein the second information is generated from a second search of the second social network based on the user information related to the user;

store the second information in the memory;

send a first request to the first social network to remove or obfuscate at least a portion of the first information;

send a second request to the second social network to remove or obfuscate at least a portion of the second information,

wherein to send each of the first request and the second request, the configured at least one processor is effective to execute the instructions to send a modified photograph or a modified video of the user to each of the first social network and the second social network,

wherein the removal or obfuscation, of the at least the portion of the first information and the second information, is based on the modified photograph or the modified video of the user, and

wherein the removal or obfuscation of the at least the portion of each of the first information and the second information related to the user enforces security of the user information.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor is effective to send the first request over the first social network.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the first request includes one or more incentives to remove or obfuscate the at least the portion of the first information.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the first information includes one or more results of the first search of the first social network.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the one or more results are ranked based on a number of nodes between the user and one or more results in a social graph.

16. A non-transient computer readable medium that includes instructions effective to manage user information related to a user, wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform or control performance of operations that comprise:

obtain the user information related to the user;

determine, based on the user information, a first social network associated with the user;

determine, based on the user information, a second social network associated with the user, wherein the second social network is different from the first social network, and wherein the second social network is linked with the first social network;

obtain first information related to the user, wherein the first information is generated from a first search of the first social network based on the user information related to the user;

obtain, by the one or more processors, second information related to the user, wherein the second information is generated from a second search of the second social network based on the user information related to the user;

send a first request to the first social network to remove or obfuscate at least a portion of the first information;

send a second request to the second social network to remove or obfuscate at least a portion of the second information, wherein each of the first request and the second request being sent includes a modified photograph or a modified video of the user,

wherein the removal or obfuscation, of the at least the portion of the first information and second information, is based on the modified photograph or the modified video of the user, and

wherein the removal or obfuscation of the at least the portion of each of the first information and the second information related to the user enforces security of the user information.

17. A system effective to manage user information, the system comprising:

a memory that includes instructions;

one or more first removal processors configured to be in communication with a first social network and one or more second removal processors configured to be in communication with a second social network; and

at least one other processor configured in communication with the memory, wherein the configured at least one other processor is effective to execute the instructions to;

obtain user information related to a user;

store the user information in the memory;

determine, based on the user information stored in the memory, that the first social network is associated with the user;

determine, based on the user information stored in the memory, that the second social network is associated with the user, wherein the second social network is different from the first social network, and wherein the second social network is linked with the first social network;

obtain first information related to the user, wherein the first information is generated from a first search of the first social network based on the user information related to the user;

store the first information in the memory;

obtain second information related to the user, wherein the second information is generated from a second search of the second social network based on the user information related to the user;

store the second information in the memory;

send a first request to the one or more first removal processors to remove or obfuscate at least a portion of the first information; and

send a second request to the one or more second removal processors to remove or obfuscate at least a portion of the second information, wherein each of the sent first request and the second request include a modified photograph or a modified video of the user that is to each of the first social network and the second social network,

wherein the one or more first removal processors are configured to remove or obfuscate the at least the portion of the first information, in response to the first request;

wherein the one or more second removal processors are configured to remove or obfuscate the at least the portion of the second information, in response to the second request,

wherein the removal or obfuscation, of the at least the portion of the first information and the second information, is based on the modified photograph or the modified video of the user, and

wherein the removal or obfuscation of the at least the portion of the first information and the second information related to the user enforces security of the user information.