Owner privacy in a shared mobile device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2015286840-A1
Application number	US-201514746763-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 22, 2015
Priority date	May 12, 2008
Publication date	Oct 8, 2015
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods that regulate range of access to personal information of a mobile unit's owner. The access control component can designate granularity for access levels and/or a spectrum of access modes—(as opposed to a binary choice of full access or no access at all). Such access can be based on a spectrum and/or discrete trust relationship between the owner and user of the mobile unit. A profile definition component can exploit an owner's trust relationships to designate levels of security. The profile definition component can further define a profile based on a set of applications, such as entertainment mode, browser mode, and the like.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer implemented system comprising:
an access control component that regulates range of access to an owner's personal information on a mobile unit; and a usage profile that designates the range of access for a non-owner user of the mobile unit.

2 . The computer implemented of claim 1 , the usage profile designates trust relationships between an owner of the mobile unit and a non-owner user.

3 . The computer implemented system of claim 1 , the access control component further comprising a profile definition component that defines the usage profiles of the non-owner user.

4 . The computer implemented system of claim 1 , the access control component further comprising a profile selection component that selects the usage profile.

5 . The computer implemented system of claim 1 further comprising an artificial intelligence component that infers associations between an owner's personal information and applications loaded on the mobile unit.

6 . The computer implemented system of claim 1 further comprising an analysis component that recommends an access mode to the owner for a non-owner user.

7 . The computer implemented system of claim 6 , the analysis component further analyzes applications loaded on the mobile unit for existence of owner's personal information.

8 . The computer implemented system of claim 1 , the trust relationship representable as a spectrum of trust levels.

9 . The computer implemented system of claim 1 , the usage profile with personality profiles for users.

10 . A computer implemented method comprising:
defining usage profiles that designate range of access to data in a mobile unit; and regulating the range of access when non-owner users employ the mobile unit.

11 . The computer implemented system of claim 10 the defining act based on trust relationships between an owner of a mobile unit and a non-owner user thereof.

12 . The computer implemented method of claim 11 further comprising supplying a spectrum of trust relationship choices to the owner.

13 . The computer implemented method of claim 10 further comprising granting access modes at granular levels to the non-owner user.

14 . The computer implemented method of claim 10 further comprising segregating personal information from functionalities of an application stored on the mobile unit.

15 . The computer implemented method of claim 10 further comprising evaluating existence of personal information on an application available on the mobile unit.

16 . The computer implemented method of claim 11 further comprising supplying discrete trust relationship choices.

17 . The computer implemented method of claim 10 further comprising automatically recommending an access mode for the non-owner users.

18 . The computer implemented method of claim 10 further comprising inferring an access mode for presenting to the non owner users.

19 . The computer implemented method of claim 18 , the inferring act based on a social network of the owner.

20 . A computer implemented system comprising:
means for regulating a range of access to an owner's personal information of a mobile unit, and means for designating access levels between users and an owner of the mobile unit.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Karlson Amy
• Brush Alice Jane Bernheim
• Schechter Stuart Edward

Classifications

• H04L63/102

  Entity profiles · CPC title

• G06F21/6245 Primary

  Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes · CPC title

• H04W12/08 Primary

  Access security · CPC title

• H04M1/72448

  with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title