Conditionally releasing a communiqué determined to be affiliated with a particular source entity in response to detecting occurrence of one or more environmental aspects

• US 9,641,537 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2010
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2008
• 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: Cohen, Alexander J., Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Mangione-Smith, William H., Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Dung B
• Application Number:
  US12/924,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20110154020A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,398 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/60 Digital content management, e.g. content distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/805 Lightweight hardware, e.g. radio-frequency identification [RFID] or sensor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management data processing systems or methods, specially adapted for commerce, e.g. marketing, shopping, billing, auctions or e-commerce G06Q30/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/321 involving a third party or a trusted authority
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3271 using challenge-response

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: intercepting a communiqué that is determined to be affiliated with a source entity and that is addressed to an end user to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué from being received by a communication device associated with the end user; and releasing the communiqué to the communication device in response to at least detecting occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device, the releasing of the communiqué being in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the end user to conditionally obfuscate the communiqué determined to be affiliated with the source entity. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

(a) circuitry for intercepting a communiqué

that is determined to be affiliated with a particular source entity and that is addressed to an end user to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from being received by at least one of a display or an audio output interface of a mobile communication device associated with the end user, the circuitry for intercepting configured to perform the intercepting in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the end user that require the interception of the communiqué

responsive at least in part to a determination that the communiqué

is affiliated with the particular source entity, including at least;

(1) circuitry for ascertaining that the communiqué

includes at least a subject heading that includes at least one or more phrases identified by the one or more conditional directives as being associated with the particular source entity; and

(b) circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response at least in part to at least a determination, based at least in part on data, including at least sensor data, received at least partly via the mobile communication device, of the occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device that are identified by the one or more conditional directives of the end user; and

(c) wherein the circuitry for intercepting is configured to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from being received by the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of a mobile communication device at least until released by the circuitry for releasing the communiqué

.

2. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry for intercepting a communiqué

that is determined to be affiliated with a particular source entity and that is addressed to an end user to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from being received by at least one of a display or an audio output interface of a mobile communication device associated with the end user, the circuitry for intercepting configured to perform the intercepting in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the end user that require the interception of the communiqué

responsive at least in part to a determination that the communiqué

is affiliated with the particular source entity comprises;

circuitry for intercepting the communiqué

by intercepting selectively the communiqué

that is determined to be affiliated with the particular source entity and that is addressed to the end user while allowing one or more other communiqué

s that are addressed to the end user but are determined not to be affiliated with the particular source entity to reach the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device.

3. The computationally-implemented system of claim 2, wherein said circuitry for intercepting the communiqué

by intercepting selectively the communiqué

that is determined to be affiliated with the particular source entity and that is addressed to the end user while allowing one or more other communiqué

s that are addressed to the end user but are determined not to be affiliated with the particular source entity to reach the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device comprises;

circuitry for intercepting selectively the communiqué

that is determined to be affiliated with the particular source entity and that is addressed to the end user in accordance with the one or more conditional directives.

4. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry for intercepting a communiqué

that is determined to be affiliated with a particular source entity and that is addressed to an end user to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from being received by at least one of a display or an audio output interface of a mobile communication device associated with the end user, the circuitry for intercepting configured to perform the intercepting in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the end user that require the interception of the communiqué

responsive at least in part to a determination that the communiqué

is affiliated with the particular source entity comprises;

circuitry for intercepting the communiqué

by determining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the particular source entity.

5. The computationally-implemented system of claim 4, wherein said circuitry for intercepting the communiqué

by determining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the particular source entity comprises;

circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the particular source entity by ascertaining that the communiqué

includes header data that identifies the particular source entity as a source for the communiqué

.

6. The computationally-implemented system of claim 4, wherein said circuitry for intercepting the communiqué

by determining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the particular source entity comprises;

circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the particular source entity by ascertaining that the communiqué

includes header data that indicates a subject heading for the communiqué

that affiliates the communiqué

with the particular source entity.

7. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry for intercepting a communiqué

that is determined to be affiliated with a particular source entity and that is addressed to an end user to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from being received by at least one of a display or an audio output interface of a mobile communication device associated with the end user, the circuitry for intercepting configured to perform the intercepting in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the end user that require the interception of the communiqué

responsive at least in part to a determination that the communiqué

is affiliated with the particular source entity comprises;

circuitry for intercepting the communiqué

by determining that the communiqué

includes message content data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the particular source entity.

8. The computationally-implemented system of claim 7, wherein said circuitry for intercepting the communiqué

by determining that the communiqué

includes message content data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the particular source entity comprises;

at least one of;

circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes message content data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the particular source entity by ascertaining that the communiqué

includes message content data that indicates one or more items associated with the particular source entity;

circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes message content data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the particular source entity by ascertaining that the communiqué

includes message content data that comprises image data for at least one image associated with the particular source entity;

or

circuitry for determining that the communiqué

includes message content data that indicates the affiliation between the communiqué and

the particular source entity by ascertaining that the communiqué

includes message content data that comprises audio data for at least one voice having a voice signature associated with the particular source entity.

9. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response at least in part to at least a determination, based at least in part on data, including at least sensor data, received at least partly via the mobile communication device, of the occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device that are identified by the one or more conditional directives of the end user comprises;

circuitry for determining the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects by determining whether end user entity data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received.

10. The computationally-implemented system of claim 9, wherein said circuitry for determining the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects by determining whether end user entity data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether sensor data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received.

11. The computationally-implemented system of claim 10, wherein said circuitry for determining whether sensor data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received comprises:

at least one of;

circuitry for determining whether image data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received;

or

circuitry for determining whether audio data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received.

12. The computationally-implemented system of claim 10, wherein said circuitry for determining whether sensor data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether locational data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received.

13. The computationally-implemented system of claim 10, wherein said circuitry for determining whether sensor data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether biometric sensor data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received.

14. The computationally-implemented system of claim 9, wherein said circuitry for determining the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects by determining whether end user entity data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether end user log data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received.

15. The computationally-implemented system of claim 14, wherein said circuitry for determining whether end user log data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether end user log data originally acquired at least partly via an input user interface of the mobile communication device and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

16. The computationally-implemented system of claim 9, wherein said circuitry for determining the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects by determining whether end user entity data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that was at least originally acquired at least partly via a user input interface associated with a personal information management application of the mobile communication device and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received.

17. The computationally-implemented system of claim 9, wherein said circuitry for determining the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects by determining whether end user entity data that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that was at least originally acquired at least partly via a user input interface associated with a social networking application and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

18. The computationally-implemented system of claim 17, wherein said circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that was at least originally acquired at least partly via a user input interface associated with a social networking application and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received comprises:

circuitry for determining whether end user entity data that was at least originally acquired at least partly via a user input interface associated with at least one of a microblogging application or a social networking website application and that indicates the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the communication device has been received.

19. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response at least in part to at least a determination, based at least in part on data, including at least sensor data, received at least partly via the mobile communication device, of the occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device that are identified by the one or more conditional directives of the end user comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to detecting the mobile communication device having reached one or more particular points or intervals of time.

20. The computationally-implemented system of claim 19, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to detecting the mobile communication device having reached one or more particular points or intervals of time comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to detecting the mobile communication device having reached one or more specified points or intervals of time as specified by the one or more conditional directives.

21. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response at least in part to at least a determination, based at least in part on data, including at least sensor data, received at least partly via the mobile communication device, of the occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device that are identified by the one or more conditional directives of the end user comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to detecting the mobile communication device being at one or more particular locations.

22. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to detecting the mobile communication device being at one or more particular locations comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to detecting the mobile communication device being at one or more specified locations as specified by the one or more conditional directives.

23. The computationally-implemented system of claim 21, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to detecting the mobile communication device being at one or more particular locations comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to detecting the mobile communication device being outside of one or more specified locations as specified by the one or more conditional directives.

24. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response at least in part to at least a determination, based at least in part on data, including at least sensor data, received at least partly via the mobile communication device, of the occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device that are identified by the one or more conditional directives of the end user comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device.

25. The computationally-implemented system of claim 24, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within a maximum distance from the mobile communication device from which the one or more third parties can at least one of hear, see, or sense communiqué

s that are presented through the mobile communication device.

26. The computationally-implemented system of claim 25, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within a maximum distance from the mobile communication device from which the one or more third parties can at least one of hear, see, or sense communiqué

s that are presented through the mobile communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within five feet from the mobile communication device.

27. The computationally-implemented system of claim 25, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within a maximum distance from the mobile communication device from which the one or more third parties can at least one of hear, see, or sense communiqué

s that are presented through the mobile communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within ten feet from the mobile communication device.

28. The computationally-implemented system of claim 24, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that the one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device, the one or more third parties being one or more specified parties specified by the one or more conditional directives of the end user.

29. The computationally-implemented system of claim 24, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device comprises;

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on sensor data.

30. The computationally-implemented system of claim 29, wherein said circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on sensor data comprises:

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on sensor data provided by the mobile communication device.

31. The computationally-implemented system of claim 29, wherein said circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on sensor data comprises:

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on image data that provide indication of the one or more third parties not being within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device.

32. The computationally-implemented system of claim 29, wherein said circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on sensor data comprises:

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on audio data that provide indication of the one or more third parties not being within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device.

33. The computationally-implemented system of claim 24, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response at least to determining that the one or more third parties are not detectably present in the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device.

34. The computationally-implemented system of claim 24, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device comprises;

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on log entry data that was at least originally acquired via a user input interface.

35. The computationally-implemented system of claim 34, wherein said circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on log entry data that was at least originally acquired via a user input interface comprises:

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on the log entry data that was at least originally acquired at least partly via a user input interface associated with a personal information management application.

36. The computationally-implemented system of claim 34, wherein said circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on log entry data that was at least originally acquired via a user input interface comprises:

circuitry for determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device based on the log entry data that was at least originally acquired at least partly via a user input interface associated with a social networking website application.

37. The computationally-implemented system of claim 24, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device and in response to detecting that the mobile communication device being at one or more particular locations.

38. The computationally-implemented system of claim 24, wherein said circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to at least determining that one or more third parties are not within a proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device comprises;

circuitry for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response to determining that the one or more third parties are not within the proximate vicinity of the mobile communication device and in response to detecting the mobile communication device having reached one or more particular points or intervals of time.

39. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, further comprising:

circuitry for receiving the one or more conditional directives from the end user.

40. The computationally-implemented system of claim 39, wherein said circuitry for receiving the one or more conditional directives from the end user comprises:

circuitry for requesting the one or more conditional directives from the end user.

41. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device associated with the end user is at least one of a cellular telephone, a Smartphone, a personal digital assistant, or a tablet computer.

42. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for releasing the communiqué

is at least part of a network device that receives the data, including at least the sensor data, from the mobile communication device associated with the end user via one or more communication networks.

43. The computationally-implemented system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for intercepting a communiqué

is at least part of one or more cloud-based network devices and wherein the one or more cloud-based network devices are configured to receive the one or more conditional directives of the end user from the mobile communication device at least partly via one or more communication networks.

44. A method, comprising:

intercepting a communiqué

that is determined to be affiliated with a particular source entity and that is addressed to an end user to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from being received by at least one of a display or an audio output interface of a mobile communication device associated with the end user, the intercepting being performed in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the end user that require the interception of the communiqué

responsive at least in part to a determination that the communiqué

is affiliated with the particular source entity, the determination including at least ascertaining that the communiqué

includes at least a subject heading that includes at least one or more phrases identified by the one or more conditional directives as being associated with the particular source entity;

releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response at least in part to at least a determination, based at least in part on data, including at least sensor data, received at least partly via the mobile communication device, of the occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device that are identified by the one or more conditional directives of the end user;

wherein the intercepting prevents, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from being received by the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device associated with the end user at least until released in response to at least the determination of the occurrence of the one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device; and

wherein at least one of the intercepting or the releasing is performed at least partly with one or more processing devices.

45. A computationally-implemented system, comprising:

(a) means for intercepting a communiqué

that is determined to be affiliated with a particular source entity and that is addressed to an end user to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from being received by at least one of a display or an audio output interface of a mobile communication device associated with the end user, the means for intercepting configured to perform the intercepting in accordance with one or more conditional directives of the end user that require the interception of the communiqué

responsive at least in part to a determination that the communiqué

is affiliated with the particular source entity, including at least;

(1) means for ascertaining that the communiqué

includes at least a subject heading that includes at least one or more phrases identified by the one or more conditional directives as being associated with the particular source entity; and

(b) means for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response at least in part to at least a determination, based at least in part on data, including at least sensor data, received at least partly via the mobile communication device, of the occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device that are identified by the one or more conditional directives of the end user; and

wherein the means intercepting is configured to prevent, at least temporarily, the communiqué

from being received by at least one of a display or an audio output interface of a mobile communication device associated with the end user at least until released by the means for releasing the communiqué

to the at least one of a display or an audio output interface of the mobile communication device in response at least in part to at least a determination of the occurrence of one or more environmental aspects associated with the mobile communication device.