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• US 20130013705A1
• Filed: 07/09/2012
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Image Vision Labs, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Image Vision Labs, Inc. (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Ramadass, Ashok, White, Steven W.
• Application Number:
  US13/544,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20130013705A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2101 Auditing as a secondary aspect
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0245 Filtering by information in the payload

Abstract

A method for filtering content with a communication device includes, with the communication device, applying a filter function to a message associated with the communication device, the filter function finding at least one content element. The method further includes comparing the content element with a set of restricted content elements, and withholding the message from communication in response to determining that the content element matches one of the restricted content elements.

Claims

1. A method for filtering content with a communication device, the method comprising:

with the communication device, applying a filter function to a message associated with the communication device, the filter function finding at least one content element;

with the communication device, comparing the content element with a set of restricted content elements;

with the communication device, withholding the message from communication in response to determining that the content element matches one of the restricted content elements.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is being received by the communication device from a second communication device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising, with the communication device, providing a user of the communication device with an alternate message indicating a sender of the message.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the alternate message further indicates to the recipient a category associated with the one of the restricted content elements.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising, with the communication device, receiving input from the user, the input electing to allow delivery of the message.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising, with the communication device, automatically sending a reply message to a sender of the message, the reply message indicating that the message includes restricted content.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, with the communication device, sending a notification message to a chaperone of the communication device, the notification message indicating to the chaperone the restricted content element.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising, with the communication device, receiving an allowance message from the chaperone, the allowance message allowing communication of the message.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the message is edited by the chaperone before being allowed communication.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising, with the communication device, replacing the restricted content element within the message with an approved replacement element for the restricted content element.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein restricted content elements within the set of restricted content elements are based on preferences set for a user of the communication device.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the message is being sent by the communication device to a second communication device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein applying the filtering function comprises analyzing an image to look for text within the image.

14. A server system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable medium;

wherein, computer readable medium comprises processor executable instructions to cause the server to;

receive a message from a first communication device, the message to be sent to a second communication device;

compare a content element within the message with a set of restricted content elements; and

withhold the message from the second communication device in response to finding a match between the content element and one of the restricted content elements.

15. The server system of claim 14, wherein the processor executable instructions are further to cause the server to provide a user of the second communication device with an alternate message indicating the first communication device as sender of the message.

16. The server system of claim 14, wherein the processor executable instructions are further to cause the server to:

forward the message to a chaperone of an account associated with one of;

the first communication device and the second communication device; and

sending an approved version of the message to the second communication device in response to receiving approval from the chaperone.

17. The server system of claim 14, wherein the processor executable instructions are further to cause the server to automatically replace the restricted content element within the message with a pre-defined replacement content element.

18. The server system of claim 14, wherein the message comprises one of:

a Short Message Service (SMS) message, a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message, and an email message and the content element comprises at least one of;

a text string, an image, an audio file, and a video file.

19. The server system of claim 14, wherein the set of restricted content elements is divided into sub-sets corresponding to categories, the categories including at least sex, violence, language, drug use.

20. A communication device comprising:

a processor; and

a computer readable medium;

wherein, computer readable medium comprises processor executable instructions to cause the communication device to;

receive a message from a second communication device, the message comprising a number of content elements;

compare each of the content elements within the message to a set of restricted content elements, the set of restricted elements divided up into sub-sets according to category;

withhold content elements that match the restricted content elements from display to a user of the communication device; and

notify the user of the categories to which the content elements that match the restricted content elements belong.

21. A method for filtering content, the method comprising:

with a server system, applying a filter function to a message being sent from a first communication device to a second communication device, the filter function finding at least one content element;

with the server system, comparing the content element with a set of restricted content elements; and

with the server system, withholding the message from communication in response to determining that the content element matches one of the restricted content elements.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising, with the server system, transmitting to the second communication device, an alternate message indicating a sender of the message.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the alternate message further indicates to the recipient a category associated with the one of the restricted content elements.

24. The method of claim 21, further comprising, with the server system, receiving an indication from the user that the user elects to allow delivery of the message.

25. The method of claim 21, further comprising, with the server system, automatically sending a reply message to the first communication device, the reply message indicating that the message includes restricted content.

26. The method of claim 21, further comprising, with the server system, sending a notification message to a chaperone of one of the communication devices, the notification message indicating to the chaperone the restricted content element.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising, with the server system, receiving an allowance message from the chaperone, the allowance message allowing communication of the message.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the message is edited by the chaperone before being allowed communication.

29. The method of claim 21, further comprising, with the server system, replacing the restricted content element within the message to an approved replacement element for the restricted content element.

30. The method of claim 21, wherein restricted content elements within the set of restricted content elements are based on preferences set for a user of one of the communication devices.

31. The method of claim 21, wherein applying the filtering function comprises analyzing an image to look for text within the image.