Using destination-dependent criteria to guide data transmission decisions

• US 8,082,225 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Issued: 12/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC), Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Mangione-Smith, William Henry, Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perveen, Rehana
• Assistant Examiner(s): HERSHLEY, MARK E
• Application Number:
  US11/899,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20090063518A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,572 Days
• Field of Search: 707/100, 707/103, 707/620, 707/621, 707/636, 707/793, 707/809
• US Class Current: 707/621
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking

Abstract

A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for causing one or more destination-dependent criteria to be applied at least to a data object and indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object.

Claims

1. A method at least partially implemented using hardware, comprising:

applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object; and

indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object, wherein said indicating a decision comprises;

indicating a relationship between the data object and the one or more destination-dependent criteria at least partly dependent upon status information about the destination;

receiving user input after indicating the relationship between the data object and one or more other criteria;

deciding whether to update the relationship between the data object and the one or more destination-dependent criteria at least partly in response to the user input; and

deciding whether to transmit at least the data object to the destination after evaluating whether at least part of the data object passes any of the one or more destination-dependent criteria, and at least partly in response to whether the at least part of the data object passes any of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied to said data object.

2. A system at least partially implemented using hardware, comprising:

means for applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object; and

means for indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied to the data object, wherein said means for indicating a decision comprises;

means for indicating a relationship between the data object and the one or more destination-dependent criteria at least partly dependent upon status information about the destination;

means for receiving user input after indicating the relationship between the data object and one or more other criteria;

means for deciding whether to update the relationship between the data object and the one or more destination-dependent criteria at least partly in response to the user input; and

means for deciding whether to transmit at least the data object to the destination after evaluating whether at least part of the data object passes any of the one or more destination-dependent criteria, and at least partly in response to whether the at least part of the data object passes any of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied to said data object.

3. A system comprising:

circuitry for applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object; and

circuitry for indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object, wherein said circuitry for indicating a decision comprises;

circuitry for indicating a relationship between the data object and the one or more destination-dependent criteria at least partly dependent upon status information about the destination;

circuitry for receiving user input after indicating the relationship between the data object and one or more other criteria;

circuitry for deciding whether to update the relationship between the data object and the one or more destination-dependent criteria at least partly in response to the user input; and

circuitry for deciding whether to transmit at least the data object to the destination after evaluating whether at least part of the data object passes any of the one or more destination-dependent criteria, and at least partly in response to whether the at least part of the data object passes any of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied to said data object.

4. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object comprises:

circuitry for configuring the one or more destination-dependent criteria to include at least one zero-tolerance criterion relating to one or more potential formats of the data object.

5. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object comprises:

circuitry for receiving user input operable at least after indicating a relationship between the data object and one or more other criteria selected at least partly based upon one or more other destinations.

6. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object comprises:

circuitry for obtaining the decision whether to transmit the data object to the destination operable at least after presenting at least one evaluation of the data object.

7. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least a portion of the data object operable at least after obtaining the destination.

8. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object comprises:

circuitry for configuring the one or more destination-dependent criteria to include at least one potential allocation.

9. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object comprises:

circuitry for indicating an alternate communication mode at least partly in response to an application of the one or more destination-dependent criteria to the data object.

10. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object comprises:

circuitry for incorporating the one or more destination-dependent criteria into an application.

11. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object comprises:

circuitry for applying at least one of the one or more destination-dependent criteria to a command sequence of the data object.

12. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object comprises:

circuitry for deciding whether to transmit the data object to the destination partly in response to whether another data object passes at least one format criterion.

13. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object comprises:

circuitry for expressing a likelihood indication relating to the data object in the one or more destination-dependent criteria.

14. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object comprises:

circuitry for enabling an evaluation of whether a portion of the data object meets the one or more destination-dependent criteria.

15. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object comprises:

circuitry for transmitting the data object at least to the destination partly based on the default value and partly based on user-input information.

16. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object comprises:

circuitry for causing one or more other criteria to be applied to at least a portion of the data object.

17. The system of claim 3 in which the circuitry for applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object comprises:

circuitry for configuring the one or more destination-dependent criteria to include at least one potential allocation and at least one zero-tolerance criterion relating to one or more potential formats of the data object;

circuitry for indicating an alternate communication mode at least partly in response to an application of the one or more destination-dependent criteria to the data object;

circuitry for accepting at least a portion of the data object operable at least after obtaining the destination; and

circuitry for enabling an evaluation of whether a command sequence of the data object apparently meets the one or more destination-dependent criteria.

18. The system of claim 17 in which the circuitry for indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object comprises:

circuitry for obtaining the decision whether to transmit the data object to the destination operable at least after presenting at least the evaluation of whether the command sequence of the data object apparently meets the one or more destination-dependent criteria; and

circuitry for deciding whether to transmit the data object to the destination partly in response to whether another data object passes at least one format criterion.

19. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media bearing instructions that, when executed by one or more processing components, perform a method comprising:

applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object; and

indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied to the data object, wherein said indicating a decision comprises;

indicating a relationship between the data object and the one or more destination-dependent criteria at least partly dependent upon status information about the destination;

receiving user input after indicating the relationship between the data object and one or more other criteria;

deciding whether to update the relationship between the data object and the one or more destination-dependent criteria at least partly in response to the user input; and

deciding whether to transmit at least the data object to the destination after evaluating whether at least part of the data object passes any of the one or more destination-dependent criteria, and at least partly in response to whether the at least part of the data object passes any of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied to said data object.

20. An apparatus comprising:

one or more non-transitory media bearing a device-detectable output indicating an occurrence of;

applying one or more destination-dependent criteria to a data object; and

indicating a decision whether to transmit the data object to a destination partly based on a default value and partly based on one or more results of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied at least to the data object, wherein said indicating a decision comprises;

indicating a relationship between the data object and the one or more destination-dependent criteria at least partly dependent upon status information about the destination;

receiving user input after indicating the relationship between the data object and one or more other criteria;

deciding whether to update the relationship between the data object and the one or more destination-dependent criteria at least partly in response to the user input; and

deciding whether to transmit at least the data object to the destination after evaluating whether at least part of the data object passes any of the one or more destination-dependent criteria, and at least partly in response to whether the at least part of the data object passes any of the one or more destination-dependent criteria being applied to said data object.