| US 7,543,330 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for governing the transfer of physiological and emotional user data | ||
| Zachary Adam Garbow, Rochester, Minn. (US); Robert Hart Hamlin, Mantorville, Minn. (US); and Emuejevoke Jane-Frances Sanomi-Fleming, Rochester, Minn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 08, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/821,159. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0036751 A1, Feb. 16, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 726—2 [726/3; 726/11; 706/12; 706/45; 600/300; 709/229] | 10 Claims |
| 1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a requesting application, a request for emotion data characterizing an emotional state of a user, wherein
the requesting application is of a particular type;
accessing a firewall ruleset defining rules governing the transfer of the emotion data to requesting applications, wherein
at least some of the rules of the firewall ruleset each specify a different application type selected from a plurality of
application types;
determining whether to provide the emotion data to the requesting application; wherein determining comprises:
locating each rule in the firewall ruleset that includes a parameter specifying the particular type of the requesting application;
and
determining whether the located rules are satisfied; whereby the rules are applied to each requesting application according
to its respective application type; and
denying the request if the firewall ruleset rules are not satisfied.
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