WO2018148084 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREVENT SURVEILLANCE AND PRESERVE PRIVACY IN VIRTUAL REALITY

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Publication Number WO/2018/148084

Publication Date 16.08.2018

International Application No. PCT/US2018/016308

International Filing Date 31.01.2018

Chapter 2 Demand Filed 07.12.2018

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IOT HOLDINGS, INC. [US]/[US]

Inventors

FALCHUK, Benjamin
LOEB, Shoshana
NEFF, Ralph

Agents

IRVINE, Robert J., III
STECK, Jeffrey Alan
STECK, Jeffrey Alan

Priority Data

62/455,971

07.02.2017

Publication Language English (en)

Filing Language English (EN)

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(EN) SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREVENT SURVEILLANCE AND PRESERVE PRIVACY IN VIRTUAL REALITY

(FR) SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ POUR EMPÊCHER LA SURVEILLANCE ET PRÉSERVER LA CONFIDENTIALITÉ DANS LA RÉALITÉ VIRTUELLE

Abstract

(EN) Preserving user privacy and preventing surveillance on behalf of users of a virtual reality world. One or more plans are available when a privacy or surveillance risk to a user is detected. In one plan, configurable scripts execute on behalf of the user to create a confusing array of clone avatars that obfuscate the real user avatar behavior. A malevolent avatar, attempting to surveil the user, may have difficulty distinguishing the clones from the user and may miss out on private insights he might otherwise have learned from the user's behavior. In another exemplary privacy plan, a copy of part of the virtual world is spawned, occupied exclusively by the user's avatar, and then merged into the main world. Privacy plans may be selected manually or automatically in response to perceived privacy threats to strike a balance between privacy and enjoyment within the virtual world.

(FR) La présente invention concerne la préservation de la confidentialité de l'utilisateur et la prévention de la surveillance au nom d'utilisateurs d'un monde de réalité virtuelle. Un ou plusieurs plans sont disponibles lorsqu'un risque de confidentialité ou de surveillance pour un utilisateur est détecté. Dans un plan, des scripts configurables s'exécutent au nom de l'utilisateur pour créer un réseau de confusion d'avatars clones qui masquent le comportement d'un avatar de l'utilisateur réel. Un avatar malveillant, essayant de surveiller l'utilisateur, peut avoir des difficultés à distinguer les clones de l'utilisateur et peut manquer des aperçus privés qu'il pourrait autrement avoir appris à partir du comportement de l'utilisateur. Dans un autre exemple de plan de confidentialité, une copie d'une partie du monde virtuel est créée, occupée exclusivement par l'avatar de l'utilisateur, puis fusionnée dans le monde principal. Des plans de confidentialité peuvent être sélectionnés manuellement ou automatiquement en réponse à des menaces de confidentialité perçues pour parvenir à un équilibre entre la confidentialité et le plaisir du monde virtuel.

G	PHYSICS
06	COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
F	ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
21	Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
60	Protecting data
62	Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules

G	PHYSICS
06	COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
F	ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
3	Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
01	Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer

G	PHYSICS
06	COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
F	ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
3	Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
01	Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
048	Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces

G	PHYSICS
06	COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
F	ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
3	Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
01	Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
048	Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces
0481	based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

G	PHYSICS
06	COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
N	COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS
3	Computer systems based on biological models

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1. WO2018148084 - SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREVENT SURVEILLANCE AND PRESERVE PRIVACY IN VIRTUAL REALITY

H	ELECTRICITY
04	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
L	TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
29	Arrangements, apparatus, circuits or systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04L1/-H04L27/136
02	Communication control; Communication processing
06	characterised by a protocol

H	ELECTRICITY
04	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
W	WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
12	Security arrangements, e.g. access security or fraud detection; Authentication, e.g. verifying user identity or authorisation; Protecting privacy or anonymity
02	Protecting privacy or anonymity

G	PHYSICS
06	COMPUTING; CALCULATING; COUNTING
F	ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
21	Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
60	Protecting data
62	Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
6218	to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
6245	Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes

H	ELECTRICITY
04	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
L	TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
63	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security
04	for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
0407	wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden

H	ELECTRICITY
04	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
L	TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
63	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security
04	for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
0407	wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden
0421	Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer

H	ELECTRICITY
04	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
L	TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
63	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security
04	for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
0407	wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden

H	ELECTRICITY
04	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
L	TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
63	Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security
04	for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
0407	wherein the identity of one or more communicating identities is hidden
0421	Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer