Customizable and predictive dictionary

• US 9,092,069 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Ferren, Bran
• Primary Examiner(s): Queler, Adam M
• Application Number:
  US12/646,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20100318903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,043 Days
• Field of Search: 715/255, 715/259, 715/261, 704/10, 707/705
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/903 Querying for retrieval from the web G06F16/953
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries

Abstract

A first list of forbidden words is selected from a plurality of lists of forbidden words on a computing device when the computing device is set to a first user mode corresponding to the first list of forbidden words, wherein each of the plurality of lists of forbidden words corresponds to at least one user mode of a plurality of user modes and contains user mode-based forbidden words whose use on the computing device is prohibited when the computing device is set to one or more corresponding user modes. First mode-based forbidden words of the first list of forbidden words are prevent from being be used on the computing device for as long as the computing device is set to the first user mode.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

selecting a list of forbidden words from a plurality of lists of forbidden words on a computing device when the computing device is set to a user mode corresponding to the selected list of forbidden words, wherein each of the plurality of lists of forbidden words corresponds to at least one user mode of a plurality of user modes and contains user mode-based forbidden words whose use on the computing device is prohibited when the computing device is set to one or more corresponding user modes,

wherein the forbidden words are regarded and maintained based on at least one of their sensitivity, tolerance, and usage relating to each user mode associated with a user of the computing device, wherein each forbidden word is assigned a strictness level based on one or more of the sensitivity, the tolerance, and the usage and placed in mode lists associated with each user mode of the plurality of user modes, wherein the strictness level changes in correspondence with changes relating to the one or more of the sensitivity, the tolerance, and the usage and wherein a forbidden word is added to or removed from a mode list by the user or at least one of an organization or a group associated with the user, wherein the mode lists having the selected list of forbidden words are maintained as a customizable directory separately from a base directory having the plurality of lists of forbidden words, wherein the strictness level includes at least one of appropriately forbidden and strictly forbidden; and

preventing first mode-based forbidden words of the selected list of forbidden words to be used on the computing device for as long as the computing device is set to the user mode.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating a pre loaded dictionary by associating the plurality of lists of forbidden words to the pre-loaded dictionary, the pre-loaded dictionary having basic forbidden words whose use is prohibited regardless of the plurality of user modes of the computing device, wherein selecting is further based on one or more of a preceding word, parsing of parts of a speech, one or more predictive subsequent words, one or more part of the speech likely to be associated with the one or more subsequent words, and a set of words based on the user'"'"'s pattern of word choices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words is gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on their use by the user of the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words is gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on a policy associated with a group.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes according to a user-assigned time slot.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes based on surrounding awareness of the computing device, the surrounding awareness includes identifying a user mode corresponding to a physical location when the computing device is within a proximate range of the physical location.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the plurality of user modes corresponds to a plurality of physical locations.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically triggering a list of the plurality of lists of forbidden words when the computing device enters a corresponding user mode of the plurality of user modes.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of user modes comprises one or more of a family user mode, a play user mode, and a work user mode, wherein each of the user mode is based on an association or a policy relating to the user, wherein the association includes family association or friends association, and wherein the policy includes employer policy or government policy.

10. A system having a computing device comprising a storage medium and a processor coupled to the storage medium, the processor to:

select a list of forbidden words from a plurality of lists of forbidden words on a computing device when the computing device is set to a user mode corresponding to the selected list of forbidden words, wherein each of the plurality of lists of forbidden words corresponds to at least one user mode of a plurality of user modes and contains user mode-based forbidden words whose use on the computing device is prohibited when the computing device is set to one or more corresponding user modes,

wherein the forbidden words are regarded and maintained based on at least one of their sensitivity, tolerance, and usage relating to each user mode associated with a user of the computing device, wherein each forbidden word is assigned a strictness level based on one or more of the sensitivity, the tolerance, and the usage and placed in mode lists associated with each user mode of the plurality of user modes, wherein the strictness level changes in correspondence with changes relating to the one or more of the sensitivity, the tolerance, and the usage and wherein a forbidden word is added to or removed from a mode list by the user or at least one of an organization or a group associated with the user, wherein the mode lists having the selected list of forbidden words are maintained as a customizable directory separately from a base directory having the plurality of lists of forbidden words, wherein the strictness level includes at least one of appropriately forbidden and strictly forbidden; and

prevent mode-based forbidden words of the selected list of forbidden words to be used on the computing device for as long as the computing device is set to the user mode.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further to update a pre-loaded dictionary by associating the plurality of lists of forbidden words to the pre-loaded dictionary, the pre-loaded dictionary having basic forbidden words whose use is prohibited regardless of the plurality of user modes of the computing device, wherein selecting is further based on one or more of a preceding word, parsing of parts of a speech, one or more predictive subsequent words, one or more part of the speech likely to be associated with the one or more subsequent words, and a set of words based on the user'"'"'s pattern of word choices.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words is gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on their use by the user of the computing device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words is gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on a policy associated with a group.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes according to a user-assigned time slot.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes based on surrounding awareness of the computing device, the surrounding awareness includes identifying a user mode corresponding to a physical location when the computing device is within a proximate range of the physical location.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further to automatically trigger a list of the plurality of lists of forbidden words when the computing device enters a corresponding user mode of the plurality of user modes.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of user modes comprises one or more of a family user mode, a play user mode, and a work user mode, wherein each of the user mode is based on an association or a policy relating to the user, wherein the association includes family association or friends association, and wherein the policy includes employer policy or government policy.

18. At least one non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to:

select a list of forbidden words from a plurality of lists of forbidden words on a computing device when the computing device is set to first user mode corresponding to the selected list of forbidden words, wherein each of the plurality of lists of forbidden words corresponds to at least one user mode of a plurality of user modes and contains user mode-based forbidden words whose use on the computing device is prohibited when the computing device is set to one or more corresponding user modes,

wherein the forbidden words are regarded and maintained based on at least one of their sensitivity, tolerance, and usage relating to each user mode associated with a user of the computing device, wherein each forbidden word is assigned a strictness level based on one or more of the sensitivity, the tolerance, and the usage and placed in mode lists associated with each user mode of the plurality of user modes, wherein the strictness level changes in correspondence with changes relating to the one or more of the sensitivity, the tolerance, and the usage and wherein a forbidden word is added to or removed from a mode list by the user or at least one of an organization or a group associated with the user, wherein the mode lists having the selected list of forbidden words are maintained as a customizable directory separately from a base directory having the plurality of lists of forbidden words, wherein the strictness level includes at least one of appropriately forbidden and strictly forbidden; and

prevent mode-based forbidden words of the selected list of forbidden words to be used on the computing device for as long as the computing device is set to the user mode.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the instructions which, when executed, further cause the machine to update a pre-loaded dictionary by associating the plurality of lists of forbidden words to the pre-loaded dictionary, the pre-loaded dictionary having basic forbidden words whose use is prohibited regardless of the plurality of user modes of the computing device, wherein selecting is further based on one or more of a preceding word, parsing of parts of a speech, one or more predictive subsequent words, one or more part of the speech likely to be associated with the one or more subsequent words, and a set of words based on the user'"'"'s pattern of word choices.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words are gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on a policy associated with a group.

21. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the plurality of lists of forbidden words are gradually populated with the user-mode based forbidden words based on their use by the user of the computing device.

22. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes according to a user-assigned time slot.

23. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the computing device is set to a user mode of the plurality of user modes based on surrounding awareness of the computing device, the surrounding awareness includes identifying a user mode corresponding to a physical location when the computing device is within a proximate range of the physical location.

24. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the machine is further to automatically trigger a list of the plurality of lists of forbidden words when the computing device enters a corresponding user mode of the plurality of user modes.

25. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the plurality of user modes comprises one or more of a family user mode, a play user mode, and a work user mode, wherein each of the user mode is based on an association or a policy relating to the user, wherein the association includes family association or friends association, and wherein the policy includes employer policy or government policy.