METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING AND/OR MANAGING DEVICE DATA

• US 20140122702A1
• Filed: 12/31/2012
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 10,069,703 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/00 Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0421 Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include monitoring one or more properties of a device configured to carry out one or more services, determining one or more services that require access to a particular portion of the device, said determining at least partly based on the monitored one or more properties of the device, and facilitating presentation, to the device, of the determined one or more services that require access to the particular portion of the device, and are configured to be carried out by the device, wherein the one or more services are presented along with a request for access to the particular portion of the device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

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146. A device, comprising:

a one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services observing module;

a service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes module; and

a determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module.

163. The device of claim 146, wherein said one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services observing module comprises:

a usage of one or more applications operating on a device configured to execute one or more services observing module.

164. The device of claim 163, wherein said usage of one or more applications operating on a device configured to execute one or more services observing module comprises:

a usage of one or more game applications operating on a device configured to execute one or more services observing module.

165. The device of claim 146, wherein said one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services observing module comprises:

a condition of one or more portions of a device configured to execute one or more services observing module.

169. The device of claim 146, wherein said one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services observing module comprises:

an application configured to observe one or more attributes of the device configured to execute one or more services installation facilitating module.

170. The device of claim 146, wherein said one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services observing module comprises:

a permission to observe one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services acquiring module; and

a one or more attributes of the device configured to execute one or more services observing upon acquisition of permission module.

171. The device of claim 170, wherein said permission to observe one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services acquiring module comprises:

a permission to observe one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services acquiring as part of a device service agreement module.

172. The device of claim 170, wherein said permission to observe one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services acquiring module comprises:

a permission to observe one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services acquiring in response to facilitating one or more offers for one or more services to the device module.

174. The device of claim 172, wherein said permission to observe one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services acquiring in response to facilitating one or more offers for one or more services to the device module comprises:

a permission to observe one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services acquiring in response to facilitating one or more context-dependent offers for one or more services to the device at one or more particular times at least partly based on the observed one or more attributes module.

175. The device of claim 174, wherein said permission to observe one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services acquiring in response to facilitating one or more context-dependent offers for one or more services to the device at one or more particular times at least partly based on the observed one or more attributes module comprises:

a permission to observe one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services acquiring in response to facilitating one or more offers for one or more services calculated, at least partly using on the observed one or more attributes, to likely be accepted to the device module.

177. The device of claim 146, wherein said service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes module comprises:

a service that requires access to particular data under control of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes module.

182. The device of claim 146, wherein said service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes module comprises:

a service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on one or more observed particular sensors of the device module.

186. The device of claim 146, wherein said service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes module comprises:

a service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution selecting at least partly based on a device user input and at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes module.

187. The device of claim 146, wherein said service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes module comprises:

a service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes of the particular portion module.

188. The device of claim 187, wherein said service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes of the particular portion module comprises:

a service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on an observed state of the particular portion module.

189. The device of claim 187, wherein said service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes of the particular portion module comprises:

a service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on an observed usage of the particular portion module.

191. The device of claim 146, wherein said service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes module comprises:

a service that requires access to particular data of the device for execution determining at least partly based on one or more observed attributes of the particular data module.

192. The device of claim 191, wherein said service that requires access to particular data of the device for execution determining at least partly based on one or more observed attributes of the particular data module comprises:

a service that requires access to particular data of the device for execution determining at least partly based on received information regarding one or more attributes of the particular data module.

193. The device of claim 192, wherein said service that requires access to particular data of the device for execution determining at least partly based on received information regarding one or more attributes of the particular data module comprises:

a service that requires access to particular data of the device for execution determining at least partly based on received information regarding one or more values of at least a portion of the particular data module.

194. The device of claim 146, wherein said service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes module comprises:

a service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on an environment of the device attribute as detected by an observed sensor of the device module.

197. The device of claim 146, wherein said determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device, and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service as payment for facilitating carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module.

200. The device of claim 146, wherein said determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a first determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and first request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module; and

a second determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and second request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module.

202. The device of claim 200, wherein said second determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and second request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a second determined service that is estimated to be more desirable to one or more users of a device than the first service, and second request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module.

203. The device of claim 200, wherein said second determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and second request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a second determined service that is estimated to be more desirable to one or more users of a device than the first service and the second request for access to the device particular portion that requests more access to the particular portion of the device than the first request for access to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module.

204. The device of claim 203, wherein said second determined service that is estimated to be more desirable to one or more users of a device than the first service and the second request for access to the device particular portion that requests more access to the particular portion of the device than the first request for access to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a second determined service that is estimated to be more desirable to one or more users of a device than the first service and the second request for access to the device particular portion that requests access to more of the particular portion of the device than the first request to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module.

206. The device of claim 203, wherein said second determined service that is estimated to be more desirable to one or more users of a device than the first service and the second request for access to the device particular portion that requests more access to the particular portion of the device than the first request for access to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a second determined service that is estimated to be more desirable to one or more users of a device than the first service and the second request for access to the device particular portion that requests access to the particular portion of the device for a longer duration than the first request for access to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module.

207. The device of claim 206, wherein said second determined service that is estimated to be more desirable to one or more users of a device than the first service and the second request for access to the device particular portion that requests access to the particular portion of the device for a longer duration than the first request for access to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a second determined service that is estimated to be more desirable to one or more users of a device than the first service and the second request for access to the device particular portion requests ongoing access to the particular portion of the device and the first request for access requests temporary access to the particular portion of the device to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module.

208. The device of claim 206, wherein said second determined service that is estimated to be more desirable to one or more users of a device than the first service and the second request for access to the device particular portion that requests access to the particular portion of the device for a longer duration than the first request for access to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a second determined service that is estimated to be more desirable to one or more users of a device because it provides a wider scope of service than the first service and the second request for access to the device particular portion requests ongoing access to the particular portion of the device and the first request for access requests temporary access to the particular portion of the device to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module.

209. The device of claim 146, wherein said determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation of the request for access prior to the determined service facilitating module.

210. The device of claim 146, wherein said determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device presentation facilitating module; and

a request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module.

211. The device of claim 146, wherein said determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device that is presented as an alternative to monetary remuneration for the determined service presentation facilitating module.

213. The device of claim 146, wherein said determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module comprises:

a determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device presentation facilitating module; and

a one or more payment options presentation facilitating, including a request for access to the device particular portion as a payment option module.

214. The device of claim 213, wherein said one or more payment options presentation facilitating, including a request for access to the device particular portion as a payment option module comprises:

a monetary payment as one of the one or more payment options as a first payment option presentation facilitating module; and

a request for access to the device particular portion as a second payment option of the one or more payment options presentation facilitating module.

215. The device of claim 213, wherein said one or more payment options presentation facilitating, including a request for access to the device particular portion as a payment option module comprises:

a multi-portion option for payment for the one or more determined services including a first portion of the option for payment for the one or more determined services as a request for monetary remuneration and a second portion of the option for payment for the one or more services as a request for access to for particular presentation facilitating module.

216. The device of claim 215, wherein said multi-portion option for payment for the one or more determined services including a first portion of the option for payment for the one or more determined services as a request for monetary remuneration and a second portion of the option for payment for the one or more services as a request for access to for particular presentation facilitating module comprises:

multi-portion option for payment for the one or more determined services including a first portion of the option for payment for the one or more determined services as a request for monetary remuneration and a second portion of the option for payment for the one or more services as a request for access to for particular presentation facilitating so that an amount of payment required in the first option decreases when more access is granted in the second option module.

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217. A device, comprising:

one or more general purpose integrated circuits configured to receive instructions to configure as a one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services observing module at one or more first particular times;

one or more general purpose integrated circuits configured to receive instructions to configure as a service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes module at one or more second particular times; and

one or more general purpose integrated circuits configured to receive instructions to configure as a determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module at one or more third particular times.

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an integrated circuit configured to purpose itself as a one or more attributes of a device configured to execute one or more services observing module at a first time;

the integrated circuit configured to purpose itself as a service that requires access to a particular portion of the device for execution determining at least partly based on the one or more observed attributes module at a second time; and

the integrated circuit configured to purpose itself as a determined service that is configured to be carried out on the device at least in part by accessing the particular portion of the device and request for access to the device particular portion at least to facilitate carrying out the service device presentation facilitating module at a third time.

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