Document Distribution Control System and Method Based on Content

• US 20090006950A1
• Filed: 09/08/2008
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: J Nicholas and Kristin Gross Trust U/A/D APR 13 2010
• Original Assignee: J Nicholas and Kristin Gross Trust U/A/D APR 13 2010
• Inventors: Gross, Anthony A., Gross, John N.
• Granted Patent: US 9,665,559 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/259
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/253 Grammatical analysis; Style critique
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding

Abstract

A word processing tool is disclosed for checking the substance and not merely the spelling of words provided by a user. The word checker is capable of identifying potentially inappropriate word choices so that unintentional errors are not introduced into electronic text documents. The word checker can be implemented as a stand-alone procedure, or integrated into a conventional spell-checking program.

Claims

1-82. -82. (canceled)

83. A method of checking electronic text documents containing descriptions of products and/or services on a computing system comprising:

providing one or more electronic dictionaries, each of said one or more electronic dictionaries containing a set of words which are designated as offensive and/or inappropriate for communication with a corresponding designated target audience for the products and/or services;

checking one or more of the electronic documents for inappropriate content concerning the products and/or services with the computing system based on said one or more electronic dictionaries;

wherein said one or more electronic dictionaries can be invoked selectively by an operator of the computing system on a document-by-document basis;

controlling distribution of one or more of the electronic text documents to corresponding designated target audiences with the computing system based on checking said one or more electronic dictionaries.

84. The method of claim 83, wherein said one or more electronic dictionaries include at least one customizable dictionary which can be changed by a business entity selling said products and/or services to include additional words inappropriate for a target audience.

85. The method of claim 83, wherein said one or more electronic dictionaries include at least one customizable dictionary containing gender specific inappropriate words.

86. The method of claim 83, wherein said one or more electronic dictionaries include at least one customizable dictionary containing inappropriate racist words.

87. The method of claim 83, further including a step:

providing an alert with the computing system when an electronic text document contains one or more words within one or more of said electronic dictionaries.

88. The method of claim 83, wherein said electronic dictionaries include inappropriate foreign words.

89. The method of claim 83, wherein said electronic text documents include emails.

90. The method of claim 89, wherein multiple ones of said emails are checked by a filtering program.

91. The method of claim 83, wherein said electronic text documents are advertising and/or marketing materials.

92. The method of claim 83 wherein said distribution can be controlled on a recipient by recipient basis.

93. A method of checking a plurality of electronic text documents containing descriptions of products and/or services on a computing system comprising:

providing a plurality of separate electronic dictionaries, each one of said plurality of electronic dictionaries containing a set of filter words which are designated as offensive and/or inappropriate for communication with a corresponding designated target audience for a corresponding product and/or service;

wherein said plurality of separate electronic dictionaries are associated with a plurality of target audiences and a plurality of products and/or services;

checking said plurality of electronic documents for inappropriate content concerning each of the plurality of products and/or services with the computing system as needed based on a corresponding electronic dictionary;

wherein said plurality of electronic dictionaries can be invoked selectively and on a document by document basis;

presenting selected ones of said electronic text documents concerning a product and/or service to a member of a designated target audiences based on checking said one or more electronic dictionaries.