Device and network-based enforcement of biometric data usage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12045331-B2
Application number	US-202117521264-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2021
Priority date	Nov 8, 2021
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

Abstract

A processing system including at least one processor may receive a first request to access a content by a first user, identify that the content includes biometric data of a second user in accordance with biometric identification data of the second user, and apply at least one biometric data access rule of a biometric data access permission set to the first request in response to the identifying that the content includes the biometric data of the second user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processing system including at least one processor, a first request to access a content by a first user;
identifying, by the processing system, that the content includes biometric data of a second user in accordance with biometric identification data of the second user; and
applying, by the processing system, at least one biometric data access rule of a biometric data access permission set to the first request in response to the identifying that the content includes the biometric data of the second user.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one biometric data access rule comprises:
a rule to block the access of the content;
a rule to request a permission of the second user to grant the access of the content; or
a rule to request an agreement of the first user to a fee to permit the access of the content.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the applying the at least one biometric data access rule comprises:
blocking the access of the content, when the at least one biometric data access rule comprises the rule to block the access of the content;
requesting the permission of the second user to grant the access of the content, when the at least one biometric data access rule comprises the rule to request the permission of the second user to grant the access of the content; or
requesting the agreement of the first user to the fee to permit the access of the content, when the at least one biometric data access rule comprises the rule to request the agreement of the first user to the fee to permit the access of the content.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one biometric data access rule comprises:
a rule to obfuscate a portion of the content comprising less than all of the content.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the portion of the content includes the biometric data of the second user.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing system is a network-based processing system.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first request is received from a device of the first user.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
storing the biometric identification data of the second user.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
obtaining the biometric data access permission set from the second user.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
obtaining the content, prior to the identifying.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing system comprises a device of the first user, wherein the identifying comprises submitting a second request to a network-based service to scan the content for user biometric data having associated biometric data access rules.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving an instruction comprising the at least one biometric data access rule of the biometric data access permission set, in response to the second request.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the processing system is configured to apply the at least one biometric data access rule.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first request to access the content comprises a request to:
view the content via a device of the first user;
listen to the content via a device of the first user;
save the content to a device of the first user;
forward the content to at least a third user;
post the content to a network location for access by a plurality of other users; or
use the content in an offline media presentation.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first user has a first level of access to the content in accordance with the biometric data access permission set, and wherein the first request is a request to obtain a second level of access to the content in accordance with the biometric data access permission set.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric identification data of the second user comprises first facial image data, and wherein the biometric data of the second user comprises second facial image data.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first facial image data comprises a facial image detection model of the second user.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric identification data of the second user comprises a voice signature, and wherein the biometric data of the second user comprises audio data including a voice of the second user.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system including at least one processor, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a first request to access a content by a first user;
identifying that the content includes biometric data of a second user in accordance with biometric identification data of the second user; and
applying at least one biometric data access rule of a biometric data access permission set to the first request in response to the identifying that the content includes the biometric data of the second user.

20. An apparatus comprising:
a processing system including at least one processor; and
a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
receiving a first request to access a content by a first user;
identifying that the content includes biometric data of a second user in accordance with biometric identification data of the second user; and
applying at least one biometric data access rule of a biometric data access permission set to the first request in response to the identifying that the content includes the biometric data of the second user.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp
• At&T Intellect Al P Property I L P

Inventors

• Chien Ginger
• Cui Zhi
• Zavesky Eric
• Moton Jr Robert T
• Luu Adrianne Binh
• Koch Robert

Classifications

• G06V40/172

  Classification, e.g. identification · CPC title

• G06F21/629

  to features or functions of an application · CPC title

• G06F2221/2141

  Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices · CPC title

• G06F21/10 Primary

  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 title

• G06V20/52

  Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) · CPC title