Preliminary destination-dependent evaluation of message content

• US 8,682,982 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2007
• Issued: 03/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• 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: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Mangione-Smith, William Henry, Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US11/821,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20080320089A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,471 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206, 709/204, 709/205, 709/230, 714/37
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking

Abstract

A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for causing message content to undergo an evaluation mode at least partly dependent upon one or more message content destinations and indicating at least one outcome of the evaluation mode before detecting an apparent authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations; or obtaining one or more evaluation parameters in association with a message content destination selection and transmitting at least a tentative-message-content evaluation result from an application of the one or more evaluation parameters to tentative-message-content.

Claims

1. A method to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content, the method comprising:

detecting one or more message content destinations of the message content;

providing a plurality of evaluation modes

causing the message content to undergo an evaluation mode selected from the plurality of evaluation modes at least partly based upon the detected one or more message content destinations, including at least causing one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes to be applied to one or more portions of the message content, the one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes being dependent on one or more instances of at least one of past feedback or one or more other events; and

indicating at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode before detecting an authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations, including at least an indication of at least one result of evaluating the one or more portions of the message content by the one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes before detecting authorization to transmit at least part of the message content to at least one of a destination or a remote system.

2. The method to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content, the method of claim 1 in which causing message content to undergo an evaluation mode selected from the plurality of evaluation modes at least partly based upon the detected one or more message content destinations comprises:

causing a remote resource to apply one or more thresholds of the selected evaluation mode.

3. The method to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content, the method of claim 1 in which causing message content to undergo an evaluation mode selected from the plurality of evaluation modes at least partly based upon the detected one or more message content destinations comprises:

causing the message content to undergo a content-destination-independent portion of the selected evaluation mode.

4. The method to provide destination-dependent evaluation of received message content, the method of claim 1 in which indicating at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode before detecting an authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations comprises:

implementing the evaluation mode by applying a first-destination-dependent threshold and a second-destination-dependent threshold.

5. The method to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content, the method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information from one or more apparent owners of the message content as the authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations.

6. The method to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 1 further comprising obtaining one or more evaluation parameters in association with one of the one or more message content destinations.

7. The method to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 1 further comprising transferring the outcome of the selected evaluation mode to one of the one or more the message content destinations.

8. The method to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 1 further comprising filtering or modifying the message content based on the indicated outcome of the selected evaluation mode.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a plurality of evaluation modes comprises:

providing at least one instance of at least one of;

a language determination, a platform determination, an object selection, a security protocol, or an allocation-determination evaluation.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a plurality of evaluation modes comprises:

providing at least one instance of a determination that at least one of;

an at attachment is too large to transmit an electric mail (email), a language of the message content is prolix, a vocabulary included in the message content is not preferred, the recipient is not likely to read the email, the recipient has more than a predetermined number of unread emails, the recipient is unavailable, the recipient has a predetermined status, the recipient can no longer receive the email, or the message has a predetermined status.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more instances of one or more other events comprises:

providing at least one indication of at least one of;

no past feedback, an attachment is too large to transmit an electric mail (email), a language of the message content is prolix, a vocabulary included in the message content is not preferred, the recipient is not likely to read the email, the recipient has more than a predetermined number of unread emails, the recipient is unavailable, the recipient has a predetermined status, the recipient can no longer receive the email, or the message has a predetermined status.

12. A system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content, the system comprising:

means for detecting one or more message content destinations of the message content;

means for causing the message content to undergo one of a plurality of evaluation modes selected at least partly dependent upon the detected one or more message content destinations, including at least means for causing one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes to be applied to one or more portions of the message content, the one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes being dependent on one or more instances of at least one of past feedback or one or more other events; and

means for indicating at least one outcome of the selected one of the plurality of evaluation modes before detecting an authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations, including at least means for indicating that at least one result of evaluating the one or more portions of the message content by the one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes before detecting authorization to transmit at least part of the message content to at least one of a destination or a remote system.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the evaluation mode selected comprises:

providing at least one instance of at least one of a language determination, a platform determination, an object selection, a security protocol, or an allocation-determination evaluation.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein one of the plurality evaluation modes comprises:

providing at least one instance of a determination that at least one of;

an at attachment is too large to transmit an electric mail (email), a language of the message content is prolix, a vocabulary included in the message content is not preferred, the recipient is not likely to read the email, the recipient has more than a predetermined number of unread emails, the recipient is unavailable, the recipient has a predetermined status, the recipient can no longer receive the email, or the message has a predetermined status.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more instances of one or more other events comprises:

including an indication of at least one of;

no past feedback, an attachment is too large to transmit an electric mail (email), a language of the message content is prolix, a vocabulary included in the message content is not preferred, the recipient is not likely to read the email, the recipient has more than a predetermined number of unread emails, the recipient is unavailable, the recipient has a predetermined status, the recipient can no longer receive the email, or the message has a predetermined status.

16. A system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content comprising:

circuitry for detecting one or more message content destinations of the message content;

circuitry for causing the message content to undergo one of a plurality of evaluation modes selected at least partly dependent upon the detected one or more message content destinations, including at least circuitry for causing one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes to be applied to one or more portions of the message content, the one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes being dependent on one or more instances of at least one of past feedback or one or more other events; and

circuitry for indicating at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode before detecting an authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations, including at least circuitry for showing at least one result of evaluating the one or more portions of the message content by the one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes before detecting authorization to transmit at least part of the message content to at least one of a destination or a remote system.

17. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for causing the message content to undergo one of a plurality of evaluation modes selected at least partly dependent upon the detected one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least two of the plurality of evaluation modes from the one or more message content destinations.

18. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for causing message content to undergo one of a plurality of evaluation modes selected at least partly dependent upon the detected one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for causing a remote resource to apply one or more thresholds of one of the plurality of evaluation modes.

19. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for causing the message content to undergo one of a plurality of evaluation modes selected at least partly dependent upon the detected one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for receiving a destination selection indication roughly contemporaneously with receiving the message content.

20. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for causing the message content to undergo one a plurality of evaluation modes selected at least partly dependent upon the detected one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for causing the message content to undergo a content-destination-independent portion of one of the plurality of the evaluation modes.

21. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for indicating at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode before detecting an authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for implementing one or more content-destination-dependent security practices of the selected evaluation mode.

22. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for indicating at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode before detecting an authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for aggregating data arising from a first destination and a second destination of the one or more message content destinations.

23. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for indicating at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode before detecting an authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for presenting state-dependent formatting feedback at least partly based on a current state information of at least one of the one or more message content destinations.

24. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for indicating at least one outcome of the evaluation mode before detecting an authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for causing an implementation of the selected evaluation mode to reflect one or more updates.

25. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for indicating at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode before detecting an authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for evaluating the message content in a default mode.

26. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for indicating at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode before detecting an authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for conveying predictive information as the at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode.

27. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for indicating at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode before detecting an apparent authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for conveying a natural-language descriptor of the selected evaluation mode.

28. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16 in which the circuitry for indicating at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode before detecting an apparent authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations comprises:

circuitry for implementing the evaluation mode by applying a first-destination-dependent threshold and a second-destination-dependent threshold.

29. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16, further comprising:

circuitry for specifying an intermediary along a signal path of the message content.

30. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16, further comprising:

circuitry for receiving information from one or more apparent owners of the message content as the authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations.

31. The system to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 16, further comprising:

circuitry for updating at least one nominal-destination-dependent feedback function partly based on input from the one or more message content destinations.

32. The system of claim 16, wherein the evaluation mode selected comprises:

providing at least one instance of at least one of;

a language determination, a platform determination, an object selection, a security protocol, or an allocation-determination evaluation.

33. The system of claim 16, wherein one of the plurality of evaluation modes comprises:

providing at least one instance of a determination that at least one of;

an at attachment is too large to transmit an electric mail (email), a language of the message content is prolix, a vocabulary included in the message content is not preferred, the recipient is not likely to read the email, the recipient has more than a predetermined number of unread emails, the recipient is unavailable, the recipient has a predetermined status, the recipient can no longer receive the email, or the message has a predetermined status.

34. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more instances of one or more other events comprises:

providing an indication of at least one of;

no past feedback, an attachment is too large to transmit an electric mail (email), a language of the message content is prolix, a vocabulary included in the message content is not preferred, the recipient is not likely to read the email, the recipient has more than a predetermined number of unread emails, the recipient is unavailable, the recipient has a predetermined status, the recipient can no longer receive the email, or the message has a predetermined status.

35. An apparatus to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content comprising:

one or more non-transitory media configured to bear a device-detectable implementation of a method to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content including at least;

one or more instructions for causing the message content to undergo one of a plurality of evaluation modes, the one of the plurality of evaluation modes selected from the plurality of evaluation modes based upon one or more message content destinations, including at least one or more instructions for causing one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes to be applied to one or more portions of the message content, the one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes being dependent on one or more instances of at least one of past feedback or one or more other events; and

one or more instructions for indicating at least one outcome of the selected one of the plurality of evaluation modes before detecting an authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations, including at least one or more instructions for showing at least one result of evaluating the one or more portions of the message content by the one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes before detecting authorization to transmit at least part of the message content to at least one of a destination or a remote system.

36. The apparatus to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content of claim 35 in which a portion of the one or more physical media comprises:

one or more processors configured to perform one or more of optical image scanning or auditory pattern scanning upon the device-detectable implementation.

37. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the evaluation mode selected comprises:

at least one instance of at least one of a language determination, a platform determination, an object selection, a security protocol, or an allocation-determination evaluation.

38. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein one of the plurality evaluation modes comprises:

at least one instance of a determination that at least one of;

an at attachment is too large to transmit an electric mail (email), a language of the message content is prolix, a vocabulary included in the message content is not preferred, the recipient is not likely to read the email, the recipient has more than a predetermined number of unread emails, the recipient is unavailable, the recipient has a predetermined status, the recipient can no longer receive the email, or the message has a predetermined status.

39. The apparatus of claim 35, wherein the one or more instances of one or more other events comprises:

including an indication of at least one of;

no past feedback, an attachment is too large to transmit an electric mail (email), a language of the message content is prolix, a vocabulary included in the message content is not preferred, the recipient is not likely to read the email, the recipient has more than a predetermined number of unread emails, the recipient is unavailable, the recipient has a predetermined status, the recipient can no longer receive the email, or the message has a predetermined status.

40. An apparatus to provide destination-dependent evaluation of message content comprising:

one or more non-transitory media bearing a device-detectable implementation including at least;

one or more instructions for detecting one or more message content destinations of the message content;

one or more instuctions for causing the message content to undergo one of a plurality of evaluation modes selected at least partly dependent upon the detected one or more message content destinations, including at least one or more instructions for causing one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes to be applied to one or more portions of the message content, the one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes being dependent on one or more instances of at least one of past feedback or one or more other events; and

one or more instructions for indicating at least one outcome of the selected evaluation mode before detecting an apparent authorization to transmit the message content to the one or more message content destinations, including at least showing at least one result of evaluating the one or more portions of the message content by the one or more destination-dependent evaluation modes before detecting authorization to transmit at least part of the message content to at least one of a destination or a remote system.

41. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein one of the plurality of evaluation modes comprises:

at least one instance of a language determination, a platform determination, an object selection, a security protocol, or an allocation-determination evaluation.

42. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein one of the plurality evaluation modes comprises:

at least one instance of a determination that at least one of;

an at attachment is too large to transmit an electric mail (email), a language of the message content is prolix, a vocabulary included in the message content is not preferred, the recipient is not likely to read the email, the recipient has more than a predetermined number of unread emails, the recipient is unavailable, the recipient has a predetermined status, the recipient can no longer receive the email, or the message has a predetermined status.

43. The apparatus of claim 40, wherein the one or more instances of one or more other events comprises:

an indication of at least one of;

no past feedback, an attachment is too large to transmit an electric mail (email), a language of the message content is prolix, a vocabulary included in the message content is not preferred, the recipient is not likely to read the email, the recipient has more than a predetermined number of unread emails, the recipient is unavailable, the recipient has a predetermined status, the recipient can no longer receive the email, or the message has a predetermined status.