Content filtering for personal productivity applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10171473-B2
Application number	US-201615156434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2016
Priority date	Nov 26, 2013
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

A set of context profiles containing profile content rules for filtering which content within a set of personal productivity applications (such as e-mail, chat, calendar, and contacts applications) is accessible by a user. Content rules support filtering content by, for example, content originator, and/or subject matter. The context profiles are centrally maintained for control of integrated, non-integrated, and/or independently administered personal productivity applications.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining a set of content rules that controls delivery of messages stored on a user device by an e-mail application running on the user device according to a first context profile;
receiving a selection of the first context profile from a set of context profiles;
responsive to the selection of the first context profile, filtering a first set of messages associated with the e-mail application to identify context-specific messages by applying the set of content rules; and
causing the e-mail application to deliver only the context-specific messages for display on the user device;
wherein:
each context profile of the set of context profiles is associated with a corresponding set of content rules; and
the determining a set of content rules includes identifying the corresponding set of content rules associated with a context profile selected from the set of context profiles.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of content rules includes message filtering based on an identity of respective message originators.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of content rules includes message filtering based on an identity of one of a set of message recipients.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
registering e-mail application with a registration service;
wherein:
the registration service provides the processing hardware and machine logic to apply the set of content rules to the e-mail application; and
the e-mail application and the registration service are administered by different entities.

5. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having a set of instructions stored therein which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to filter application content by:
determining a set of content rules that controls delivery of messages stored on a user device by an email application running on the user device according to a first context profile;
receiving a selection of the first context profile from a set of context profiles;
responsive to the selection of the first context profile, filtering a first set of messages associated with the e-mail application to identify context-specific messages by applying the set of content rules; and
causing the e-mail application to deliver only the context-specific messages for display on the user device;
wherein:
each context profile of the set of context profiles is associated with a corresponding set of content rules; and
the determining a set of content rules includes identifying the corresponding set of content rules associated with a context profile selected from the set of context profiles.

6. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the set of content rules includes message filtering based on an identity of respective message originators.

7. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the set of content rules includes message filtering based on an identity of one of a set of message recipients.

8. The computer program product of claim 5 , further causing the processor to filter application content by:
registering the e-mail application with a registration service;
wherein:
the registration service provides the processing hardware and machine logic to apply the set of content rules to the e-mail application; and
the e-mail application and the registration service are administered by different entities.

9. A computer system comprising:
a processor set; and
a computer readable storage medium;
wherein:
the processor set is structured, located, connected, and/or programmed to run program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium; and
the program instructions which, when executed by the processor set, cause the processor set to filter application content by:
determining a set of content rules that controls delivery of messages stored on a user device by an email application running on the user device according to a first context profile;
receiving a selection of the first context profile from a set of context profiles;
responsive to the selection of the first context profile, filtering a first set of messages associated with the e-mail application to identify context-specific messages by applying the set of content rules; and
causing the e-mail application to deliver only the context-specific messages for display on the user device;
wherein:
each context profile of the set of context profiles is associated with a corresponding set of content rules; and
the determining a set of content rules includes identifying the corresponding set of content rules associated with a context profile selected from the set of context profiles.

10. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the set of content rules includes message filtering based on an identity of respective message originators.

11. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the set of content rules includes message filtering based on an identity of one of a set of message recipients.

12. The computer system of claim 9 , further causing the processor set to filter application content by:
registering the e-mail application with a registration service;
wherein:
the registration service provides the processing hardware and machine logic to apply the set of content rules to the e-mail application; and
the e-mail application and the registration service are administered by different entities.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Hariharan Rajaraman
• Kumar Krishna C
• Muthuswamy Srinivasan S

Classifications

• G06F21/6263

  during internet communication, e.g. revealing personal data from cookies · CPC title

• G06F17/30702

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F17/30507

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30761

  Physics · mapped topic