Systems, methods, and apparatus for linguistic analysis and disabling of storage

#The present disclosure relates generally to digital message analysis. In particular, but not by way of limitation, the present disclosure relates to systems, methods and apparatuses for determining a sentiment associated with a document and precluding a document from being saved to non-volatile memory when a sentiment of the document poses a risk of a policy, compliance, or legal violation.

#Email, instant messages, and chat room messages, and phone calls at work can often serve to place liability on companies for communications of their employees, even when those communications are against company policy. For instance, transcripts of non-compliant personal conversations over company email led the board of Boeing to demand the CEO's resignation in 2005. He had led the company well, but as he had sent personal message containing language outside of company policy he was no longer able to serve as an example for the rest of the company. While companies typically employ compliance guidelines to prevent such messages from being sent, such compliance mechanisms typically are ineffective because they require employees to self-police themselves. Some software-based compliance mechanisms exist, but these tend to analyze communications after the fact rather than helping to prevent “bad” communication from being made. There is therefore a need for systems, methods, and apparatus that prevent non-compliant messages from being communicated to a recipient.

#Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure that are shown in the drawings are summarized below. These and other embodiments are more fully described in the Detailed Description section. It is to be understood, however, that there is no intention to limit the disclosure to the forms described in this Summary of the Disclosure or in the Detailed Description. One skilled in the art can recognize that there are numerous modifications, equivalents and alternative constructions that fall within the spirit and scope of the disclosure as expressed in the claims.

#Various objects and advantages and a more complete understanding of the present disclosure are apparent and more readily appreciated by referring to the following detailed description and to the appended claims when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:

#FIG. 1 illustrates a method for disabling functionality of a messaging system before a compliance violation, due to content of a communication, occurs;

#FIG. 2 illustrates a method of precluding a non-compliant digital message from being transmitted from a communication device;

#The word “exemplary” is used herein to mean “serving as an example, instance, or illustration.” Any embodiment described herein as “exemplary” is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments.

#Preliminary note: the flowcharts and block diagrams in the following Figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present invention. In this regard, some blocks in these flowcharts or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustrations, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams and/or flowchart illustrations, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems that perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.

#This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus that monitor any manifestation of an idea, such as typed, written, or verbal message or document creation (e.g., while a user types an email or instant message, or makes a phone call) and analyze the manifestation in real-time to extract a sentiment and based on this sentiment, determine if the idea(s) manifested in the message, document, or other medium poses a risk of violating compliance, policy, or law.