Patent ID: 8132229
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing a program which, when executed, performs an operation, comprising: receiving, from a requesting application, a request for data selected from: (i) emotion data characterizing an emotional state of a user and (ii) a combination of the emotion data and physiological data of the user, wherein the requesting application is of a particular type; accessing a firewall rule set defining rules governing the transfer of the data to requesting applications, wherein at least some of the rules of the firewall rule set each specify a different application type selected from a plurality of application types; by operating of one or more computer processors when executing the program, determining whether to provide the data to the requesting application, wherein determining comprises: denying the request upon determining that the firewall rule set rules are not satisfied.