Patent ID: 7844254

Claim:
A method for accessing media content using a mobile communications device, said method comprising steps of: receiving, by the mobile communications device, a first user request from a user for media content; analyzing, by the mobile communications device, the first user request for private information; and prompting, by the mobile communications device, the user for feedback if an execution of the first user request requires a revelation of said private information, wherein the private information includes an output of one or more sensors coupled to the mobile communications device, and wherein the step of prompting the user for feedback comprises: identifying one or more terms in the first user request that contain said private information; alerting the user to a fact that said execution of the first user request will require the revelation of said one or more terms that contain said private information; soliciting a user permission to execute the first user request; generating, by the mobile communications device, one or more new terms that correspond to the one or more terms, where the one or more new terms contain less private information relative to the one or more terms, if said user permission is not granted; and reformulating, by the mobile communications device, the first user request, prior to submitting said first user request for execution, as a second user request that uses said one or more new terms.