Electronic devices, methods, and systems for temporarily precluding sharing of media content to protect user privacy

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11507694-B2
Application number	US-202016838838-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2020
Priority date	Apr 2, 2020
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device includes one or more sensors capturing media content while the electronic device is situated at a media content capture location. A user interface receives user input requesting transmission of the media content to another electronic device at a user input reception location. A location detector determines whether the media content capture location and the user input reception location are substantially different locations. One or more processors at least temporarily preclude, in response to the user input, the transmission of the media content to the other electronic device when the location detector determines that the media content capture location and the user input reception location are substantially different locations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
capturing, with one or more sensors, media content from an environment of the electronic device;
identifying, with a location detector, a first location of the electronic device occurring when the one or more sensors capture the media content;
receiving, at a user interface, user input requesting transmission of the media content to another electronic device;
identifying, with the location detector, a second location of the electronic device occurring when the user input is received; and
when the first location and the second location are substantially different locations, at least temporarily precluding, with one or more processors in response to the user input, the transmission of the media content to the another electronic device;
wherein when the first location is positioned at a location of residence of an authorized user of the electronic device and the first location and the second location are substantially similar locations, also at least temporarily precluding, with the one or more processors in response to the user input, the transmission of the media content to the another electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first location and the second location are substantially different locations when the second location is beyond a predefined radius from the first location.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the predefined radius is user defined.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein when the first location is positioned other than at the location of residence of the authorized user of the electronic device and the first location and the second location are substantially similar locations, omitting, by the one or more processors, the at least temporarily precluding the transmission of the media content to the another electronic device and instead causing, by the one or more processors in response to the user input, a communication circuit to transmit the media content to the another electronic device.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first location and the second location are substantially similar locations when the second location is within a predefined radius of the first location.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the causing the communication circuit to transmit the media content to the another electronic device occurs only when the another electronic device is situated within a predefined radius of the first location.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising prompting, by the one or more processors at the user interface, for additional authorization to transmit the media content to the another electronic device while at least temporarily precluding the transmission of the media content to the another electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving, at the user interface, the additional authorization to transmit the media content to the another electronic device while at least temporarily precluding the transmission of the media content to the another electronic device;
ceasing, by the one or more processors in response to the receiving the additional authorization to transmit the media content to the another electronic device, the at least temporarily precluding the transmission of the media content to the another electronic device; and
causing, by the one or more processors in response to the ceasing, a communication circuit to transmit the media content to the another electronic device.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the media content comprises one or more of a captured image, captured video, captured audio, captured screenshots, or combinations thereof.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location of residence of the authorized user of the electronic device comprises a portion of a residence of the authorized user of the electronic device.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting, by the one or more processors on the user interface, a prompt indicating that the first location and the second location are substantially different locations.

12. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more sensors capturing media content while the electronic device is situated at a media content capture location;
a user interface receiving user input requesting transmission of the media content to another electronic device at a user input reception location;
a location detector determining whether the media content capture location and the user input reception location are substantially different locations; and
one or more processors at least temporarily precluding, in response to the user input, the transmission of the media content to the another electronic device when the location detector determines that the media content capture location and the user input reception location are substantially different locations; and
the location detector further determining whether the media content capture location is situated at a location of residence of an authorized user of the electronic device, the one or more processors also at least temporarily precluding the transmission of the media content to the another electronic device when the location detector determines that the media content capture location is situated at the location of residence of the authorized user of the electronic device.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , the location of residence of the authorized user of the electronic device corresponding to at least a portion of a dwelling.

14. The electronic device of claim 12 , further comprising a communication circuit, the one or more processors causing, in response to the user input, the communication circuit to transmit the media content to the another electronic device when the location detector determines that the media content capture location is situated other than at the location of residence of the authorized user of the electronic device and the media content capture location and the user input reception location are substantially similar locations.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , the another electronic device situated at another electronic device location, the one or more processors causing the communication circuit to transmit the media content to the another electronic device only when the media content capture location and the another electronic device location are substantially similar locations.

16. The electronic device of claim 12 , the one or more processors:
causing, in response to the user input when the location detector determines that the media content capture location and the user input reception location are substantially different locations, presentation of a prompt for additional authorization to transmit the media content to the another electronic device; and
ceasing the precluding of the transmission of the media content to the another electronic device upon receiving the additional authorization to transmit the media content to the another electronic device.

17. A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:
capturing, with one or more sensors of the electronic device, media content from an environment of the electronic device;
receiving, with a user interface of the electronic device, a request to transmit the media content to another electronic device;
determining, with a location detector, whether a first location where the one or more sensors captured the media content and a second location where the user interface received the request to transmit the media content to the another electronic device are substantially different locations;
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Assignees

• Motorola Mobility Llc

Inventors

• Alameh Rachid
• Von Ruff Alvin
• Simerson Jarrett

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06F21/6263 Primary

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

• H04W4/21

  for social networking applications · CPC title

• H04W4/021

  Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences · CPC title

• G06F2221/2111

  Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS · CPC title