METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PRIVACY PROFILE ADAPTATION BASED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE CHANGE

• US 20150150074A1
• Filed: 11/26/2013
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: NOLAN, Julian, LAWRENSON, Matthew John, BISWAS, Debmalya
• Granted Patent: US 9,946,893 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3438 monitoring of user actions tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/011 Emotion or mood input determined on the basis of sensed human body parameters such as pulse, heart rate or beat, temperature of skin, facial expressions, iris, voice pitch, brain activity patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources

Abstract

An approach is provided for adapting privacy profiles to respond to changes in physiological state. The policy platform may process and/or facilitate a processing of sensor information to determine at least one change in one or more physiological states of at least one user, wherein the at least one user is associated with at least one context, at least one activity, or a combination thereof. Then, the policy platform may cause, at least in part, a modification of at least one privacy profile for at least one device associated with the at least one user based, at least in part, on the at least one change in the one or more physiological states, the at least one context, the at least one activity, or a combination thereof, wherein the modification of the at least one privacy profile includes, at least in part, an enabling or a disabling of one or more privacy services operating at least at least one device.

Claims

1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

processing and/or facilitating a processing of sensor information to determine at least one change in one or more physiological states of at least one user, wherein the at least one user is associated with at least one context, at least one activity, or a combination thereof; and

causing, at least in part, a modification of at least one privacy profile for at least one device associated with the at least one user based, at least in part, on the at least one change in the one or more physiological states, the at least one context, the at least one activity, or a combination thereof,

wherein the modification of the at least one privacy profile includes, at least in part, an enabling or a disabling of one or more privacy services operating at the at least one device.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

causing, at least in part, an implementation of the modification of the at least one privacy profile for a duration of the at least one change, until an expiration time, or a combination thereof.

3. A method of claim 2, wherein the at least one privacy profile reverts to at least one configuration active prior to the at least one change in the one or more physiological states.

4. A method of claim 2, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

causing, at least in part, a record of the modification,

wherein a future modification may be based, at least in part, on the record of the modification.

5. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

receiving an input for specifying a mapping of one or more associations among the at least one change, the one or more physiological states, the at least one context, the at least one activity, one or more candidate user actions, or a combination thereof.

6. A method of claim 5, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

determining the one or more candidate user actions following the change in the one or more physiological states, wherein the one or more candidate user actions are mapped as one or more offsetting actions for the at least one change in the one or more physiological states; and

causing, at least in part, a termination of the modification of the at least one privacy profile.

7. A method of claim 5, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

causing, at least in part, a monitoring of one or more historical user actions associated with the one or more physiological states, the at least one context, the at least one activity, or a combination thereof,

wherein the modification of the at least one privacy profile is further based, at least in part, on the one or more historical user actions.

8. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

determining one or more data sharing requirements for the one or more candidate user actions,

wherein the modification of the at least one privacy profile is further based, at least in part, on the one or more data sharing requirements.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

causing, at least in part, a presentation of the modification of the at least one privacy profile as one or more recommendations; and

determining an input for selecting from among the one or more recommendations to cause, at least in part, an initiation of the modification of the at least one privacy profile.

10. A method of claim 1, wherein the modification of the at least one privacy profile includes, at least in part, modifying one or more privacy policies operating at the at least one device.

11. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

process and/or facilitate a processing of sensor information to determine at least one change in one or more physiological states of at least one user, wherein the at least one user is associated with at least one context, at least one activity, or a combination thereof; and

cause, at least in part, a modification of at least one privacy profile for at least one device associated with the at least one user based, at least in part, on the at least one change in the one or more physiological states, the at least one context, the at least one activity, or a combination thereof,

wherein the modification of the at least one privacy profile includes, at least in part, an enabling or a disabling of one or more privacy services operating at the at least one device.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, an implementation of the modification of the at least one privacy profile for a duration of the at least one change, until an expiration time, or a combination thereof.

13. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one privacy profile reverts to at least one configuration active prior to the at least one change in the one or more physiological states.

14. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a record of the modification,

wherein a future modification may be based, at least in part, on the record of the modification.

15. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

receive an input for specifying a mapping of one or more associations among the at least one change, the one or more physiological states, the at least one context, the at least one activity, one or more candidate user actions, or a combination thereof.

16. An apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine the one or more candidate user actions following the change in the one or more physiological states, wherein the one or more candidate user actions are mapped as one or more offsetting actions for the at least one change in the one or more physiological states; and

cause, at least in part, a termination of the modification of the at least one privacy profile.

17. An apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a monitoring of one or more historical user actions associated with the one or more physiological states, the at least one context, the at least one activity, or a combination thereof,

wherein the modification of the at least one privacy profile is further based, at least in part, on the one or more historical user actions.

18. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more data sharing requirements for the one or more candidate user actions,

wherein the modification of the at least one privacy profile is further based, at least in part, on the one or more data sharing requirements.

19. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a presentation of the modification of the at least one privacy profile as one or more recommendations; and

determine an input for selecting from among the one or more recommendations to cause, at least in part, an initiation of the modification of the at least one privacy profile.

20. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the modification of the at least one privacy profile includes, at least in part, modifying one or more privacy policies operating at the at least one device.

21-48. -48. (canceled)