US 2014/0208443 A1 · System and Methodology for Selectively Controlling the Transmission of Content

Abstract

According to one aspect of the present invention, a system and methodology is provided which controls whether or not content is permitted to be transmitted from a source device depending upon the nature of the content and/or other factors more fully described herein. Source devices may include devices such as mobile phones, tablets, netbooks, laptops, desktop computers, and any other devices which are capable of transmitting content which is resident on such device. As an example, inappropriate photographs may be identified by the system of the present invention, and when a user attempts to transmit one or more of these photographs, the system will prevent the user from doing so.

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Dependent claims

A content control system for selectively limiting or preventing the transmission of specific content comprising:

a content evaluation engine for analysing source content intended to be transmitted;
content control criteria information comprising a set of criteria data which is applied to said source content by said content evaluation engine to determine whether said source content is permitted to be transmitted;
a censorship control function for managing the treatment of said source content depending upon instructions from said content evaluation engine.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and Methodology for Selectively Controlling the Transmission of Content

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