Providing treatment-indicative feedback dependent on putative content treatment

• US 8,984,133 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2007
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• 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): Cheema, Umar
• Application Number:
  US11/821,101
• Publication Number:
  US 20080320098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,828 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking

Abstract

A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment and causing provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment of one or more types of content with a potential to be locally transmitted, at one or more future points in time, to the remote system; and

adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a user-membership-dependent feedback in response to one or more instances of at least one of a local user or an intermediary listed in a member-indicative table, wherein at least one of obtaining a content type indication or adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback is at least partially implemented using one or more processing devices.

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

circuitry for obtaining a content type indication locally in one or more notifications of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment of one or more types of content with a potential to be locally transmitted, at one or more future points in time, to the remote system; and

circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a user-membership-dependent feedback in response to one or more instances of at least one of a local user or an intermediary listed in a member-indicative table.

3. The system of claim 2 in which the circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a user-membership-dependent feedback in response to one or more instances of at least one of a local user or an intermediary listed in a member-indicative table comprises:

circuitry for including at least some hardware-type-dependent feedback in the provisional-update-responsive feedback.

4. The system of claim 2 in which the circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a user-membership-dependent feedback in response to one or more instances of at least one of a local user or an intermediary listed in a member-indicative table comprises:

circuitry for generating the provisional-update-responsive feedback as a function of time and of the content type indication.

5. The system of claim 2 in which the circuitry for obtaining a content type indication locally in one or more notifications of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment of one or more types of content with a potential to be locally transmitted, at one or more future points in time, to the remote system comprises:

circuitry for detecting whether the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment includes one or more instances of content acceptance.

6. A system at least partially implemented using hardware comprising:

circuitry for obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment of one or more types of content with a potential to be locally transmitted, at one or more future points in time, to the remote system;

circuitry for detecting, from one or more event logs, the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment; and

analysis circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the analysis circuitry including at least;

circuitry for including at least a user-membership-dependent feedback in response to one or more instances of at least one of a local user or an intermediary listed in a member-indicative table, and

circuitry for including at least a predictive expression in the provisional-update-responsive feedback.

7. The system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment of one or more types of content with a potential to be locally transmitted, at one or more future points in time, to the remote system comprises:

circuitry for receiving an inability indication with the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment.

8. The system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a user-membership-dependent feedback in response to one or more instances of at least one of a local user or an intermediary listed in a member-indicative table comprises:

circuitry for including at least some hardware-type-dependent feedback in the provisional-update-responsive feedback.

9. The system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a user-membership-dependent feedback in response to one or more instances of at least one of a local user or an intermediary listed in a member-indicative table comprises:

circuitry for generating the provisional-update-responsive feedback as a function of time and of the content type indication.

10. The system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment of one or more types of content with a potential to be locally transmitted, at one or more future points in time, to the remote system comprises:

circuitry for receiving the content type indication in one or more notifications of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment.

11. The system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment of one or more types of content with a potential to be locally transmitted, at one or more future points in time, to the remote system comprises:

circuitry for detecting whether the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment includes one or more instances of content acceptance.

12. The system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a user-membership-dependent feedback in response to one or more instances of at least one of a local user or an intermediary listed in a member-indicative table comprises:

circuitry for deciding whether to use a first feedback component in response to whether the content type indication contains a first value; and

circuitry for deciding whether to use a second feedback component in response to whether the content type indication contains a second value.

13. The system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a user-membership-dependent feedback in response to one or more instances of at least one of a local user or an intermediary listed in a member-indicative table comprises:

circuitry for receiving a feedback component in association with a data format indication.

14. The system of claim 6 in which the circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a user-membership-dependent feedback in response to one or more instances of at least one of a local user or an intermediary listed in a member-indicative table comprises:

circuitry for providing the provisional-update-responsive feedback partly in response to a control activation, partly in response to a provisional update, and partly in response to the content type indication.

15. An apparatus comprising:

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

one or more instructions configured for obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment of one or more types of content with a potential to be locally transmitted, at one or more future points in time, to the remote system; and

one or more instructions configured for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a predictive expression related to a probability of the one or more content types being successfully transmitted to the remote system, or being rejected or otherwise disfavored by the remote system.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 in which the one or more non-transitory media comprises:

an antenna-containing semiconductor chip.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 in which a portion of the one or more non-transitory media comprises:

one or more instructions configured for transmitting one or more instructions for obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 in which a portion of the one or more non-transitory media comprises:

one or more of an image projection module or a touch screen.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 in which the one or more non-transitory media include at least one of a repeater, a communication satellite, or another active module configured to accept first and second portions of the device-detectable implementation sequentially.

20. The apparatus of claim 15 in which a portion of the one or more non-transitory 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.

21. The apparatus of claim 15 in which a portion of the one or more non-transitory media comprises:

one or more processors configured to perform linguistic pattern scanning upon the device-detectable implementation.

22. The apparatus of claim 15 in which a portion of the one or more non-transitory media comprises:

circuitry for using an encoding constraint in at least some of the device-detectable implementation.

23. The apparatus of claim 15 in which a portion of the one or more non-transitory media comprises:

one or more signal-bearing media configured to bear at least one of a special-purpose instruction sequence, a special-purpose-circuit design, or an information-bearing static attribute as a portion of the device-detectable implementation.

24. The apparatus of claim 15 in which a portion of the one or more non-transitory media comprises:

one or more signal-bearing media bearing an implementation access service operated to access a remote server running another implementation as a portion of the device-detectable implementation.

25. The apparatus of claim 15 in which a first portion of the one or more non-transitory media transmits a portion of the device-detectable implementation before a remainder of the one or more non-transitory media transmits a remainder of the device-detectable implementation.

26. The apparatus of claim 15 in which the one or more non-transitory media include at least one of an integrated circuit, a data-holding element, a lens or other light-transmissive medium, a signal-bearing conduit currently bearing at least a portion of the device-detectable implementation, or a bus or other configuration of two or more transmission media in mutual isolation.

27. The apparatus of claim 15 in which a portion of the one or more non-transitory media comprises:

a power line operated to transmit content of the device-detectable implementation between at least two terminals.

28. The apparatus of claim 15 in which a first medium of the one or more non-transitory media bears a first portion of the device-detectable implementation while a second medium of the one or more non-transitory media bears a second portion of the device-detectable implementation.

29. The apparatus of claim 15 in which the one or more non-transitory media are configured at least (a) by causing a communication channel in the one or more non-transitory media to bear a first portion of the device-detectable implementation;

and (b) by causing another channel of the one or more non-transitory media to bear a second portion of the device-detectable implementation.

30. The apparatus of claim 15 in which a portion of the one or more non-transitory media comprises:

one or more static markings indicative of the device-detectable implementation.

31. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising at least one of a satellite dish or another signal-reflective element, a transducer, an antenna, or a receiver operated to receive the device-detectable implementation.

32. A system, comprising:

circuitry for obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment of one or more types of content with a potential to be locally transmitted, at one or more future points in time, to the remote system; and

circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a predictive expression related to a probability of the one or more content types being successfully transmitted to the remote system, or being rejected or otherwise disfavored by the remote system.

33. The system of claim 32 further comprising:

circuitry for transmitting one or more instructions for obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment.

34. The system of claim 32 further comprising:

one or more of an image projection module or a touch screen.

35. The system of claim 32 further comprising:

circuitry for performing one or more of optical image scanning or auditory pattern scanning upon the one or more types of content.

36. The system of claim 32 further comprising:

circuitry for performing linguistic pattern scanning upon the one or more types of content.

37. The system of claim 32 further comprising:

circuitry for transmitting the one or more types of content between at least two terminals.

38. The system of claim 32 further comprising:

circuitry for causing a communication channel to bear a first portion of the one or more types of content; and

circuitry for causing another communication channel to bear a second portion of the one or more types of content.

39. The system of claim 32 in which the circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a predictive expression related to a probability of the one or more content types being successfully transmitted to the remote system, or being rejected or otherwise disfavored by the remote system comprises:

circuitry for including at least some hardware-type-dependent feedback in the provisional-update-responsive feedback.

40. The system of claim 32 in which the circuitry for adapting provisional-update-responsive feedback to depend at least partly on the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment, the provisional-update-responsive feedback including at least a predictive expression related to a probability of the one or more content types being successfully transmitted to the remote system, or being rejected or otherwise disfavored by the remote system comprises:

circuitry for generating the provisional-update-responsive feedback as a function of time and of the content type indication.

41. The system of claim 32 in which the circuitry for obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment of one or more types of content with a potential to be locally transmitted, at one or more future points in time, to the remote system comprises:

circuitry for detecting whether the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment includes one or more instances of content acceptance.

42. The system of claim 32 in which the circuitry for obtaining a content type indication locally of a remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment of one or more types of content with a potential to be locally transmitted, at one or more future points in time, to the remote system comprises:

circuitry for receiving an inability indication with the content type indication of the remote system'"'"'s apparent content treatment.