Look ahead of links/alter links

• US 8,468,440 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2008
• Issued: 06/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Hyde, Roderick A., Lord, Robert W., Jung, Edward K. Y., Rashid, Richard F., Tegreene, Clarence T., Whitmer, Charles, Wood, JR., Lowell L., Flake, Gary W., Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Gates, III, William H., Malamud, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, CONG LAC T
• Application Number:
  US12/154,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164504A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,853 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/273
• US Class Current: 715/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation

Abstract

A computationally-implemented method comprising retrieving at least a portion of data from a data source, determining an effect of the data, determining an acceptability of the effect of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of a real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences and providing at least one data display option based on the determining acceptability of the effect of the data.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a data retriever engine configured to retrieve data content;

a data content determination engine configured to provide a virtual machine representation of at least one piece of hardware of an end user'"'"'s real machine had the data content been received by the end user'"'"'s real machine;

an effect of content acceptability determination engine including circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the data content at least in part via a comparison of at least one change resulting from the data content interacting with the virtual machine representation against at least one end-user specified preference of the end-user'"'"'s real machine; and

a data provider engine including circuitry configured to provide at least one option to the end-user'"'"'s real machine based on a determination of an acceptability of an effect of the data content.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data content determination engine comprises:

a database examination engine.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data content determination engine comprises:

a data traverser engine.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the data content determination engine comprises:

a local data examination engine.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

a user preference database.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one end-user specified preference of the end user'"'"'s real machine includes:

at least one user-associated preference relating to content of an end user'"'"'s real machine.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one end-user specified preference of the end user'"'"'s real machine includes:

at least one user-associated preference relating to software of an end user'"'"'s real machine.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one end-user specified preference of the end user'"'"'s real machine includes:

at least one user-associated preference relating to hardware of an end user'"'"'s real machine.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one end-user specified preference of the end user'"'"'s real machine includes:

at least one user-associated preference relating to an operating system of an end user'"'"'s real machine.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

a virtual machine module.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the virtual machine module comprises:

a plurality of virtual machines.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the virtual machine module comprises:

circuitry configured to spawn a copy of at least a portion of the user preference database on at least one of the plurality of virtual machines.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the virtual machine module comprises:

circuitry configured to compare at least one user-associated preference from a user preference database to a retrieved data portion.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the data retriever engine comprises:

circuitry configured to retrieve at least a portion of data from a data source.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least a portion of the data content comprises:

at least one of a web page or a web link including at least a portion of a textual representation, a two-dimensional image, a three-dimensional image, an audio file, or a video representation.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating on a separate operating system.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine having one or more end-user specified preferences, at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating on a separate core of a system including at least two cores.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine a state change of a virtual machine representation between a prior state and a subsequent state of the virtual machine representation after loading at least a portion of data.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine a state of a virtual machine representation prior to loading at least a portion of data.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine a state of a virtual machine after loading at least a portion of data.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine whether a state change is an undesirable state change based on one or more end-user specified preferences.

23. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data in response to at least one user setting.

24. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data in response to visually examining a data image.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of the content of an end user'"'"'s real machine.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of software of an end user'"'"'s real machine.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of hardware of an end user'"'"'s real machine.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of an operating system of an end user'"'"'s real machine.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine including at least a portion of a computing device.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine including at least one peripheral device.

31. The system of claim 1, wherein the effect of content acceptability determination engine comprises:

circuitry configured to determine an acceptability of an effect of the content of the data at least in part via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine including at least one peripheral device that is at least one of a printer, a fax machine, a peripheral memory device, a network adapter, a music player, a cellular telephone, a data acquisition device, or a device actuator.

32. The system of claim 1, wherein the data provider engine comprises:

a data modification engine.

33. The system of claim 32, wherein the data modification engine comprises:

circuitry configured to display a modified version of data.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein the circuitry configured to display a modified version circuitry configured to remove, alter, or replace an objectionable data portion.

35. The system of claim 33, wherein circuitry configured to display a modified version of data comprises:

circuitry configured to display a data portion consistent with at least one user-associated preference.

36. The system of claim 32, wherein the data modification engine comprises:

a data obfuscation engine.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the data obfuscation engine comprises:

circuitry configured to obfuscate data prior to displaying data.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein the circuitry configured to obfuscate data prior to displaying data comprises:

circuitry configured to blur or block an objectionable data portion.

39. The system of claim 32, wherein the data modification engine comprises:

a data anonymization engine.

40. The system of claim 39, wherein the data anonymization engine comprises:

circuitry configured to display an anonymized version of data.

41. The system of claim 40, wherein the circuitry configured to display an anonymized version of data comprises:

circuitry configured to hide, obscure, or replace original identity information of the data.

42. The system of claim 1, wherein the data provider engine comprises:

a data redirection engine.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the data redirection engine comprises:

circuitry configured to redirect a user to data consistent with at least one userassociated preference.

44. The system of claim 42, wherein the data redirection engine comprises:

circuitry configured to automatically redirect a user to alternative data.

45. The system of claim 42, wherein the data redirection engine comprises:

circuitry configured to provide a selectable list of one or more data alternatives.