Look ahead of links/alter links

• US 8,949,977 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2008
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• 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: Hyde, Roderick A., Flake, Gary W., Whitmer, Charles, Jung, Edward K. Y., Gates, III, William H., Wood, JR., Lowell L., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rashid, Richard F., Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Cervetti, David Garcia
• Assistant Examiner(s): ABEDIN, SHANTO
• Application Number:
  US12/074,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164892A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,525 Days
• Field of Search: 726/1, 726/2, 726/22, 726/30, 726/23, 726/25, 709/206, 709/225, 709/229, 709/224, 713/151, 713/152, 713/154, 718/1, 715/273, 715/764, 715/747, 715/208, 715/812, 707/708, 707/710, 707/754
• US Class Current: 726/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/027 Arrangements and methods specific for the display of internet documents

Abstract

A computationally-implemented method comprises obtaining at least a portion of data from a data source, determining a content of the data, determining an acceptability of an effect of content of the data at least in part via at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine having at least one end-user specified preference, at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating at least in part on an individual core of a multi-core system, and displaying at least one data display option based on the determining an acceptability of a content of the data.

Claims

1. A computationally-implemented method comprising:

obtaining, by a data obtainer engine, at least a portion of data from a data source;

determining, by a content determination engine, a content of the at least a portion of data;

determining, by an effect of content determination engine, an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine at least by;

determining a state of at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations prior to loading the at least a portion of data, and

determining a state of at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations subsequent to loading the at least a portion of data;

comparing, by an effect of content determination engine, the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one user-specified preference for the at least a part of the real machine; and

providing, by a data content provider engine, at least one data presentation option in response to the comparison of the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on the at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine and the at least one user-specified preference for the at least the part of the real machine.

2. A computationally-implemented system comprising:

at least one computing device; and

one or more instructions that, when implemented on the at least one computing device, configure the at least one computing device for;

obtaining at least a portion of data from a data source;

determining a content of the at least a portion of data;

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine at least by;

determining a state of at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations prior to loading the at least a portion of data, and

determining a state of at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations subsequent to loading the at least a portion of data;

comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one user-specified preference for the at least a part of the real machine; and

providing at least one data presentation option responsive to the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on the at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine and the at least one user-specified preference for the at least the part of the real machine.

3. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine, at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating at least partially resident within the real machine.

4. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine, at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations operating at least partially non-resident within the real machine.

5. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a portion of content of the real machine.

6. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a portion of software of a real machine.

7. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a portion of hardware of a real machine.

8. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a portion of an operating system of a real machine.

9. The computationally implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of a real machine including at least a portion of a computing device.

10. The computationally implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of a real machine including at least one peripheral device.

11. The computationally implemented system of claim 10, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine including at least one peripheral device includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a 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.

12. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine in response to at least one user setting.

13. The computationally-implemented system of claim 12, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine in response to at least one user setting includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine in response to a corporate user setting.

14. The computationally-implemented system of claim 12, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine in response to at least one user setting includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on a real machine in response to a desirability setting.

15. The computationally-implemented system of claim 14, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on a real machine in response to a desirability setting includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on a real machine in response to a religious desirability setting.

16. The computationally-implemented system of claim 14, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on a real machine in response to a desirability setting includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on a real machine in response to a political desirability setting.

17. The computationally-implemented system of claim 14, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on a real machine in response to a desirability setting includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on a real machine in response to a cultural desirability setting.

18. The computationally-implemented system of claim 14, wherein the determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on a real machine in response to a desirability setting includes:

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on a real machine in response to an age appropriateness desirability setting.

19. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one user-specified preference for the at least a part of the real machine includes:

comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one privacy related setting.

20. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one privacy related setting includes:

comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one operation of a real machine on the at least a portion of data in response to a group privacy related setting.

21. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one privacy related setting includes:

comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to a corporate privacy related setting.

22. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one privacy related setting includes:

comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to transmitted user information.

23. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one privacy related setting includes:

comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to captured user information.

24. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one privacy related setting includes:

comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to exposed user information.

25. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one user-specified preference for the at least a part of the real machine includes:

examining at least a portion of a data image on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations.

26. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one user-specified preference for the at least a part of the real machine includes:

comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine to at least one preference for the at least a part of the real machine.

27. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the providing at least one data presentation option responsive to the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on the at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine and the at least one user-specified preference for the at least the part of the real machine includes:

providing a data presentation option of presenting the at least a portion of data.

28. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the providing at least one data presentation option responsive to the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on the at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine and the at least one user-specified preference for the at least the part of the real machine includes:

providing a data presentation option of not presenting the at least a portion of data.

29. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein the providing at least one data presentation option responsive to the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on the at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine and the at least one user-specified preference for the at least the part of the real machine includes:

providing a data presentation option of presenting a modified version of the at least a portion of data.

30. The computationally-implemented system of claim 29, wherein the providing a data presentation option of displaying a modified version of the at least a portion of data includes:

providing a data presentation option of obfuscating an objectionable data portion.

31. The computationally-implemented system of claim 29, wherein the providing a data presentation option of presenting a modified version of the at least a portion of data includes:

providing a data presentation option of anonymizing an objectionable data portion.

32. The computationally-implemented system of claim 29, wherein the providing a data presentation option of presenting a modified version of the at least a portion of data includes:

providing a data presentation option of at least one of removing, altering or replacing an objectionable data portion.

33. The system of claim 2, further comprising one or more instructions that, when implemented on the at least one computing device, configure the at least one computing device for:

storing an indication of an acceptability of the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data responsive to the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on the at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to the at least one user-specified preference for the at least a part of the real machine.

34. A computationally-implemented system comprising:

at least one computing device; and

one or more instructions that, when implemented in the at least one computing device,

configure the at least one computing device for;

obtaining at least a portion of data from a data source;

determining a content of the at least a portion of data;

determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine at least by;

determining a state change of at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine between a state prior to loading the at least a portion of data and a state subsequent to loading the at least a portion of data;

comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one user-specified preference for the at least a part of the real machine; and

providing at least one data presentation option responsive to the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on the at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine and the at least one user-specified preference for the at least the part of the real machine.

35. The computationally-implemented system of claim 34, wherein the determining a state change of at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations between a state prior to loading the at least a portion of data and a state subsequent to loading the at least a portion of data includes:

determining whether a state change on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations is an undesirable state change based on one or more end-user specified preferences.

36. A system comprising:

hardware circuitry for obtaining at least a portion of data from a data source;

hardware circuitry for determining a content of the at least a portion of data;

hardware circuitry for determining an effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least two virtual machine representations of at least a part of a real machine at least by;

hardware circuitry for determining a state of at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations prior to loading the at least a portion of data, and

hardware circuitry for determining a state of at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations subsequent to loading the at least a portion of data;

hardware circuitry for comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine to at least one user-specified preference for the at least a part of the real machine; and

hardware circuitry for providing at least one data presentation option responsive to the comparing the effect of the content of the at least a portion of data on the at least one of the at least two virtual machine representations of the at least a part of the real machine and the at least one user-specified preference for the at least the part of the real machine.