IP Library Granted Patent US 9,501,660
Granted Patent B2
US 9,501,660 · App. 14/372,925 · Granted Nov 22, 2016

Privacy protection for a life-log system

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Patent No.
US 9,501,660
App. No.
14/372,925
Granted
Nov 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Technologies are generally described for privacy protection for a life-log system. In some examples, a method performed under control of a life-log system may include receiving, from a user account, a request to change one or more real life-log data entries relating to a real event that are stored in a first part of a database; removing the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event from the first part of the database; and storing, in the first part of the database, one or more misleading life-log data entries relating to a false event corresponding to the real event.

Claims (48)

1. A method performed under control of a life-log system, comprising:

receiving, from a user account, a request to change one or more real life-log data entries relating to a real event that are stored in a first part of a database, each of the one or more real life-log data entries being associated with an event and a time;

removing the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event from the first part of the database;

generating one or more misleading life-log data entries relating to a false event, the generated one or more misleading life-log data entries being based on prior real life-log data entries associated with the user account or another user account, each of the prior real life-log data entries being associated with a prior event and a prior time, the prior time associated with the prior real life-log data entry being same as the time associated with the real life-log data entry but on a previous day;

storing, in the first part of the database, the one or more misleading life-log data entries;

storing the removed one or more real life-log data entries in a second part of the database;

providing the one or more misleading life-log data entries to a social networking service (SNS) server communicatively connected to the life-log system in response to the request to change from the user account; and

providing the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event to the SNS server in absence of the request to change from the user account.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the generating the one or more misleading life-log data entries is further based on a future event.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the real event includes at least one of a specific time, a period of time, or a specified location.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the user account, information regarding the false event; and

wherein the generating the one or more misleading life-log data entries is further based on the received information regarding the false event.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the one or more misleading life-log data entries are received from the user account or the another user account.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more misleading life-log data entries are pre-generated and are stored in the second part of the database.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more real life-log data entries include scheduling data, an image file, an audio file, a video file, or history data of a user device that is associated with the user account.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the life-log system includes the database.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the database is a cloud data center communicatively connected to the life-log system.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the real event is finished; and

restoring, in the first part of the database, the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the user account, a request to restore the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event;

removing the one or more misleading life-log data entries relating to the false event from the first part of the database; and

restoring, in the first part of the database, the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a life-log system to perform operations, comprising:

receiving, from a user account, a request to change one or more real life-log data entries relating to a real event among a plurality of life-log data entries associated with the user account, the plurality of life-log data entries associated with the user account being stored in a first part of a database, each of the one or more real life-log data entries being associated with an event and a time;

generating one or more misleading life-log data entries relating to a false event based on prior real life-log data entries associated with the user account or another user account, each of the prior real life-log data entries being associated with a prior event and a prior time, the prior time associated with the prior real life-log data entry being same as the time associated with the real life-log data entry but on a previous day;

replacing the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event with the one or more misleading life-log data entries relating to the false event;

storing, in a second part of the database, the one or more replaced real life-log data entries relating to the real event;

providing a social networking service (SNS) server with the one or more misleading life-log data entries in response to the request to change from the user account; and

providing the SNS server with the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event in absence of the request to change from the user account.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the real event includes at least one of a specific time, a period of time, or a specified location.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of life-log data entries associated with the user account include scheduling data, an image file, an audio file, a video file, or history data of a user device that is associated with the user account.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the user account, information regarding the false event; and

wherein the generating the one or more misleading life-log data entries is further based on the information.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the one or more misleading life-log data entries are pre-generated and stored in the database.

17. A life-log system comprising:

a memory storing instructions comprising:

a life-log information collection unit configured to collect one or more real life-log data entries relating to a real event associated with a user account, each of the one or more real life-log data entries being associated with an event and a time;

a misleading life-log data generator unit configured to, in response to a request from the user account, generate one or more misleading life-log data entries relating to a false event, based on prior real life-log data entries associated with the user account or another user account, each of the prior real life-log data entries being associated with a prior event and a prior time, the prior time associated with the prior real life-log data entry being same as the time associated with the real life-log data entry but on a previous day;

a life-log data management unit configured to replace the one or more real life-log data entries with the one or more misleading life-log data entries; and

a life-log data entry transmitter unit configured to transmit, to a social networking service (SNS) server, the one or more misleading life-log data entries generated by the misleading life-log data entry generator unit, in response to the request from the user account,

wherein the life-log data entry transmitter unit is further configured to transmit, to the SNS server, the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event in absence of the request from the user account.

18. The life-log system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further comprise:

a user input receiver unit configured to receive the request from the user account, wherein the request is associated with changing the one or more real life-log data entries relating to the real event.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2020
From: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
To: CRAVE LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 052570/0027 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 2, 2020
From: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P.
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 051404/0769 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2019
From: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
To: CRESTLINE DIRECT FINANCE, L.P.
Reel/Frame 048373/0217 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2014
From: KIM, SEUNGIL
To: SPEECH INNOVATION CONSULTING GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033341/0499 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2014
From: SPEECH INNOVATION CONSULTING GROUP CO., LTD.
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 033341/0550 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2014
From: JUNG, YANG-WON
To: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 033341/0580 →