Look ahead of links/alter links

• US 8,473,836 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2008
• Issued: 06/25/2013
• 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: Tegreene, Clarence T., Rashid, Richard F., Flake, Gary W., Whitmer, Charles, Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Gates, III, William H., Wood, JR., Lowell L., Hyde, Roderick A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): LEGGETT, ANDREA C.
• Application Number:
  US12/154,148
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164924A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,862 Days
• Field of Search: 715/208, 715/812
• US Class Current: 715/208
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors

Abstract

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

Claims

1. A computationally-implemented method comprising:

accessing data from a data source via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of a real machine in response to an activation of at least one link;

determining an acceptability of an effect of at least a portion of accessed data on the real machine at least in part via;

determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine after loading the at least a portion of accessed data, and

comparing the at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine against one or more end-user specified preferences; and

providing at least one option to the real machine in response to the acceptability of the effect of at least a portion of accessed data on the real machine.

2. A computationally-implemented system comprising:

means for accessing data from a data source via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of a real machine in response to an activation of at least one link;

means for determining an acceptability of an effect of at least a portion of accessed data on the real machine at least in part via;

determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine after loading the at least a portion of accessed data,

comparing the at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of real machine against the one or more end-user specified preferences; and

means for providing at least one option to the real machine in response to the acceptability of the effect of at least a portion of accessed data on the real machine.

3. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine includes:

at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine.

4. The computationally-implemented system of claim 3, wherein the at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine includes:

at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of an end user'"'"'s real machine, at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating on a separate core of a system comprising at least two cores.

5. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation includes:

determining a state of a virtual machine representation prior to loading at least a portion of data.

6. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation includes:

determining a state of a virtual machine representation after loading at least a portion of data.

7. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation includes:

determining whether the state change is an undesirable state change based on one or more end-user specified preferences.

8. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

an acceptable amount of user interface time.

9. The computationally-implemented system of claim 8, wherein the acceptable amount of user interface time includes:

approximately one-tenth of a second.

10. The computationally-implemented system of claim 8, wherein the acceptable amount of user interface time includes:

less than approximately 1 second.

11. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

at least one user setting.

12. The computationally-implemented system of claim 11, wherein the at least one user setting includes:

a desirability setting.

13. The computationally-implemented system of claim 12, wherein the desirability setting includes:

a religious desirability setting.

14. The computationally-implemented system of claim 12, wherein the desirability setting includes:

a political desirability setting.

15. The computationally-implemented system of claim 12, wherein the desirability setting includes:

a cultural desirability setting.

16. The computationally-implemented system of claim 12, wherein the desirability setting includes:

a theme related desirability setting.

17. The computationally-implemented system of claim 12, wherein the desirability setting includes:

an age appropriateness desirability setting.

18. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the one or more end-user specified preferences includes:

at least one privacy related setting.

19. The computationally-implemented system of claim 18, wherein the at least one privacy related setting includes:

a type of transmitted user information.

20. The computationally-implemented system of claim 18, wherein the at least one privacy related setting includes:

a type of captured user information.

21. The computationally-implemented system of claim 18, wherein the at least one privacy related setting includes:

a type of exposed user information.

22. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the means for determining an acceptability of an effect of at least a portion of prospectively accessed data includes:

means for determining an acceptability of an effect of at least a portion of accessed data in response to visually examining a data image.

23. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine includes:

means for determining at least one state change of a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of content of a real machine.

24. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine includes:

means for determining at least one state change of a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of software of a real machine.

25. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine includes:

means for determining at least one state change of a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of hardware of a real machine.

26. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine includes:

means for determining at least one state change of a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of an operating system of a real machine.

27. The computationally implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine includes:

means for determining at least one state change of a virtual machine representation of at least a portion of a computing device.

28. The computationally implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine includes:

means for determining at least one state change of a virtual machine representation of at least one peripheral device.

29. The computationally implemented system of claim 28, wherein the at least one peripheral device includes:

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.

30. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the at least one option includes:

a data display option of displaying retrieved at least a portion of accessed data.

31. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the at least one option includes:

a data display option of not displaying retrieved at least a portion of accessed data.

32. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the at least one option includes:

a data display option of removing, altering, or replacing an objectionable data portion.

33. The computationally-implemented system of claim 32, wherein the data display option of removing, altering or replacing an objectionable data portion includes:

a data display option of displaying a data portion consistent with at least one setting.

34. The computationally-implemented system of claim 33, wherein the at least one setting includes:

a desirability setting.

35. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the means for providing at least one option to the real machine in response to the acceptability of the effect of at least a portion of accessed data on the real machine includes:

means for providing a list of selectable alternative data options.

36. A computationally-implemented system comprising:

circuitry for accessing data from a data source via a virtual machine representation of at least a part of a real machine in response to an activation of at least one link;

circuitry for determining an acceptability of an effect of at least a portion of accessed data on the real machine at least in part via;

determining at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine after loading the at least a portion of accessed data, and

comparing the at least one state change of the virtual machine representation of at least a part of the real machine against the one or more end-user specified preferences; and

circuitry for providing at least one option to the real machine in response to the acceptability of the effect of at least a portion of accessed data on the real machine.