Event driven permissive sharing of information

• US 9,864,875 B2
• Filed: 10/07/2015
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Meredith, Sheldon Kent, Kosseifi, Mario, Pastore, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Abedin, Shanto M
• Application Number:
  US14/877,915
• Publication Number:
  US 20160026821A1
• Time in Patent Office: 825 Days
• Field of Search: 726 1- 7, 726 26- 30, 709202-204, 709224-225, 707784, 707787, 707788
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles

Abstract

Event driven permissive sharing of information is disclosed. In an aspect, user equipment can include information sharing profiles that can facilitate sharing information with other devices or users, such as sharing location information. The information sharing profiles can include trigger values, such that when a target value transitions the trigger value, a permission value is updated to restrict or allow access to sharable information. As such, event driven permissive sharing of information allows for designation of temporary friend information sharing with user-defined triggers.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving identity data representative of a user identity and an adjustable temporal-expiration value associated with temporal control of access to sharable data associated with the user identity, wherein the adjustable temporal-expiration value is adjusted in response to receiving an updated time value via an interface of a user equipment associated with the user identity, and wherein the adjustable temporal-expiration value is stored in a profile of the user identity;

determining the sharable data associated with the profile;

updating a permission value in response to a first value related to a device other than the user equipment being determined to have transitioned a trigger value, wherein the trigger value corresponds to a selectable spatial condition stored in the profile of the user identity; and

enabling access to a portion of the sharable data at a selectable granularity, for the device other than the user equipment, based on the permission value and based on the adjustable temporal-expiration value being determined to satisfy a rule related to the permission value, wherein the selectable granularity is stored in the profile of the user identity.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first value is a distance value associated with a distance between the device and a boundary represented via the trigger value.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first value is a proximity value associated with a proximity of the device and a location represented via the trigger value.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first value is a location value associated with a comparing a location of the device with a location represented via the trigger value.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first value is a speed value associated with a speed of the device and a speed represented via the trigger value.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise updating the permission value in response to determining a rule related to hierarchical access to the subset of sharable data has been satisfied.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise updating the permission value in response to determining a rule related to allowing access to the subset of sharable data based on a user-identified relationship has been satisfied.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the subset of the sharable data is determined based on sharable location information.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the subset of the sharable data is determined based on sharable schedule information.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the subset of the sharable data is determined based on sharable user equipment service information.

11. A method, comprising:

accessing, by a system comprising a processor, a sharing profile associated with an entity;

determining, by the system, sharable data that is accessible at a selectable granularity designated in the sharing profile;

in response to the sharing profile comprising a selectable target spatial condition value associated with a user identity, designating, by the system, a permission value based on the selectable target spatial condition of the sharing profile and a position of a target device; and

facilitating, by the system, access to the sharable data in response to a selectable temporal condition related to time-limited access to the shareable data being determined to have satisfied a rule related to the permission value, wherein the selectable temporal condition is stored in the sharing profile and is adjusted in response to receiving an updated time of access value via a user interface of a user equipment associated with the entity.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the updating the permission value based on the selectable target spatial condition of the sharing profile comprises determining a distance value associated with a distance between the target device and a selectable boundary.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the updating the permission value based on the selectable target spatial condition of the sharing profile comprises determining a proximity value associated with a proximity of the target device to a selectable location.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the updating the permission value based on the selectable target spatial condition of the sharing profile comprises determining a location value associated with comparing a location of the target device to a selectable location.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the updating the permission value based on the selectable target spatial condition of the sharing profile comprises determining a speed value associated with a speed of the target device.

16. A mobile device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving input corresponding to an information sharing profile associated with a user identity determined to be associated with a device other than the mobile device;

assigning, to a first value of the information sharing profile, a selectable spatial condition value related to a spatial characteristic of the device in response to receiving a spatial condition value associated with the user identity via an interface of the mobile device;

assigning, to a second value of the information sharing profile, a sharable information designation value related to designating information related to the user identity as sharable information in response to receiving an information designation value associated with the user identity via the interface of the mobile device;

assigning, to a third value of the information sharing profile, a sharable information granularity value related to designating a level of data granularity associated with the sharable information in response to receiving an information granularity value associated with the user identity via the interface of the mobile device;

updating a permission value in response to the first value being determined to have satisfied a designated spatial condition, wherein the permission value is associated with an updatable temporal-expiration condition, the first value, the second value, and the third value, and wherein the updatable temporal-expiration value is adjusted in response to receiving an updated time value associated with the user identity via the interface of the mobile device; and

enabling access to a portion of the sharable information related to the user identity based on the permission value, wherein the access is via the device other than the mobile device.

17. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the first value is a distance value associated with a distance between the device and a boundary.

18. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the mobile device is a first device, wherein the device is a second device, and wherein the first value is a proximity value associated with a proximity of the device to a third device.

19. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the first value is a location value associated with a location of the device.

20. The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the first value is a speed value associated with a speed of the device.