SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT ACCESS CONTROL

• US 20140304283A1
• Filed: 06/23/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: R2 Solutions LLC (Acacia Research Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Athsani, Athellina, Churchill, Elizabeth F., O'Sullivan, Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 9,607,096 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/754
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]

Abstract

A system and method for managing access to content is provided. One example embodiment provides for a method including acts of identifying a filter of content based at least in part on the preferences a user and a subject presented in the content and presenting the content using the filter to the user. Another example embodiment provides for a system that includes a controller configured to identify a filter of content based on preferences of a user, to present content using the identified filter and to update the preferences of the user based on feedback from the user and the subjects presented in the content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

causing, by a content control system, to be displayed to a first user, a user interface that includes one or more fields for specifying filter criteria;

receiving, from the first user, at the content control system, through the user interface, one or more filter criteria;

creating a filter based on the one or more filter criteria;

applying, at the content control system, the filter to a content item of a plurality of content items to create a filtered content item;

allowing the filtered content item to be presented to one or more users;

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the content control system, the plurality of content items from a first plurality of users;

allowing the plurality of content items to be presented to a second plurality of users that includes a user that is not in the first plurality of users.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prior to creating the filter, storing a particular filter that is associated with one or more particular filter criteria;

wherein creating the filter comprises adding the one or more filter criteria to the particular filter to create a modified filter;

wherein applying the filter comprises applying the modified filter.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein adding the one or more filter criteria comprises replacing the one or more particular filter criteria with the one or more filter criteria.

5. A method comprising:

receiving, at a content control system, a first content item from a first user;

identifying a subject that is presented within the first content item;

based on the subject, associating a particular filter with the first content item;

receiving, at the content control system, a request for the first content item;

applying the particular filter to the first content item to generate a filtered content item,

in response to receiving the request, causing the filtered content item to be presented to a second user;

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising

receiving, from the first user, at the content control system, tag data that is associated with the first content item;

wherein identifying the subject comprises identifying the subject based on the tag data.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein identifying the subject comprises analyzing the first content item using one or more pattern recognition techniques to identify the subject.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving, at the content control system, content items from a first plurality of users;

allowing the content items to be presented to a second plurality of users that includes a user that is not in the first plurality of users.

9. A method comprising:

receiving, at a content control system, content from a user;

determining a geographic location associated with each user of a plurality of users;

determining, from the plurality of users, a set of target users based on each user in the set of target users being associated with a geographic location that is within a particular geographic area;

determining, at the content control system, that the set of target users are allowed to be presented with the content;

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, at the content control system, content items from a first plurality of users;

allowing the content items to be presented to a second plurality of users that includes a particular user that is not in the first plurality of users;

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, from the user, at the content control system, data that identifies the particular geographic area.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein each user in the set of target users is currently located within the particular geographic area or resides within the particular geographic area.

13. A method comprising:

receiving, at a content control system, one or more first filter criteria for a first filter;

receiving, at the content control system, first target data;

based on the first target data, associating the first filter with a first group of users that may request first content;

receiving, at the content control system, one or more second filter criteria for a second filter that is different than the first filter;

receiving, at the content control system, second target data;

based on the second target data, associating the second filter with a second group of users that is different than the first group of users and that may request second content;

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein:

receiving the one or more first filter criteria comprises receiving the one or more first filter criteria from a first user;

receiving the one or more second filter criteria comprises receiving the one or more second filter criteria from a second user that is different than the first user.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the first target data indicates each user in the first group of users.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein:

the first target data indicates an attribute that is shared by each user in the first group of users;

the method further comprising determining the first group of users based on the attribute.

17. A method comprising:

receiving, at a content control system, from a first user, filter data that specifies one or more filter criteria;

in response to receiving the filter data, creating a filter based on the one or more filter criteria;

receiving, at the content control system, from a second user that is different than the first user, filter modification data;

in response to receiving the filter modification data, modifying the filter based on the filter modification data to generate a modified filter;

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

receiving, at a content control system, content items from a first plurality of users;

allowing the content items to be presented to a second plurality of users that includes a user that is not in the first plurality of users.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising, prior to receiving the filter modification data:

receiving, at the content control system, from a third user that is different than the first user, a request for content;

applying the filter to the content to generate filtered content;

causing the filtered content to be presented to the third user.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising, after modifying the filter:

receiving, at the content control system, from a third user that is different than the first user, a request for content;

applying the modified filter to the content to generate filtered content;

causing the filtered content to be presented to the third user.