Content filtering for personal productivity applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016019305-A1
Application number	US-201514867057-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 28, 2015
Priority date	Nov 26, 2013
Publication date	Jan 21, 2016
Grant date	—

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 for filtering application content, the method comprising:
defining a plurality of context profiles for a single user; determining a set of content rules that control accessibility of content of personal productivity applications according to the plurality of context profiles; selecting a first context profile from the plurality of context profiles as an operative profile; associating the operative profile with a first sub-set of content rules of the set of content rules; applying the first sub-set of content rules to a first set of content of a first personal productivity application to present a first sub-set of content to the single user according to the operative profile; and applying the first sub-set of content rules to a second set of content of a second personal productivity application to present a second sub-set of content to the single user according to the operative profile.

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

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

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, to the single user and from the first personal productivity application, only data determined to be accessible under the first sub-set of content rules; and displaying, to the single user and from the second personal productivity application, only data determined to be accessible under the first sub-set of content rules.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first context profile is made by the single user through a user interface of a personal device.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the single user is in possession of a first computer; an application applying the first sub-set of content rules to control which content of the first personal productivity application is operable by a second computer so that only content determined, under the first sub-set of content rules, to be accessible is downloaded to the first computer; and the application applying the first sub-set of content rules to control which content of the second personal productivity application is operable by a second computer so that only content determined, under the first sub-set of rules, to be accessible is downloaded to the first computer.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
registering the first personal productivity application with a registration service; registering the second personal productivity application with the registration service; wherein: the registration service provides the processing hardware and machine logic to apply the set of content rules to the first and the second personal productivity applications; and the first personal productivity application, the second personal productivity application, and the registration service are all respectively administered by different entities.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
responsive to selecting a second context profile from the plurality of context profiles as a new operative profile, associating the new operative profile with a second sub-set of content rules of the set of content rules.

9 . 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:
defining a plurality of context profiles for a single user; determining a set of content rules that control accessibility of content of personal productivity applications according to the plurality of context profiles; selecting a first context profile from the plurality of context profiles as an operative profile; associating the operative profile with a first sub-set of content rules of the set of content rules; applying the first sub-set of content rules to a first set of content of a first personal productivity application to present a first sub-set of content to the single user according to the operative profile; and applying the first sub-set of content rules to a second set of content of a second personal productivity application to present a second sub-set of content to the single user according to the operative profile.

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

11 . The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising:
displaying, to the single user and from the first personal productivity application, only data determined to be accessible under the first sub-set of content rules; and displaying, to the single user and from the second personal productivity application, only data determined to be accessible under the first sub-set of content rules.

12 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein selecting the first context profile is made by the single user through a user interface of a personal device.

13 . The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein:
the single user is in possession of a first computer; an application applying the first sub-set of content rules to control which content of the first personal productivity application is operable by a second computer so that only content determined, under the first sub-set of content rules, to be accessible is downloaded to the first computer; and the application applying the first sub-set of content rules to control which content of the second personal productivity application is operable by a second computer so that only content determined, under the first sub-set of rules, to be accessible is downloaded to the first computer.

14 . The computer program product of claim 9 , further comprising:
registering the first personal productivity application with a registration service; registering the second personal productivity application with the registration service; wherein: the registration service provides the processing hardware and machine logic to apply the set of content rules to the first and the second personal productivity applications; and the first personal productivity application, the second personal productivity application, and the registration service are all respectively administered by different entities.

15 . A computer system for filtering application content, the computer system comprising:
a processor set; and a software storage device; 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:
first program instructions programmed to define a plurality of context profiles for a single user;
second program instructions programmed to determine a set of content rules that control accessibility of content of personal productivity applications according to the plurality of context profiles;
third program instructions programmed to select a first context profile from the plurality of context profiles as an operative profile;
fourth program instructions programmed to associate the operative profile with a first sub-set of content rules of the set of content rules;
fifth program instructions programmed to apply the first sub-set of content rules to a first set of content of a first personal productivity application to present a first sub-set of content to the single us

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Hariharan Rajaraman
• Kumar Krishna C
• Muthuswamy Srinivasan S

Classifications

• G06F17/30867 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30507

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F21/6263

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

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• G06F16/9535

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title