Selective Private Message Display on CPE Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing customer premise equipment (CPE) devices lack the ability to selectively control the display of private user information, such as messages and calls, leading to potential privacy issues when multiple users are present, as they often do not have configurable privacy settings for received communications.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method within CPE devices to identify and manage private communications by using packet identifiers, source identifiers, and message versions, which allows for selective forwarding and display of messages only after valid authentication, enabling users to configure privacy settings and determine urgency or archive messages for later retrieval.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If messages are forwarded to all connected devices, then users receive messages on all devices, but private information may be exposed when multiple users are present
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating message display permissions across different devices and users. Private messages are displayed only on authorized devices (mobile phones) and not on shared devices (televisions), creating location-specific and device-specific privacy protection. The system identifies private messages through packet identifiers and restricts their display to specific authorized devices only.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If authentication is required for all messages, then privacy is protected, but message display becomes slower and more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the message authentication process by creating separate handling paths for private messages and regular messages. Private messages identified by specific packet identifiers undergo authentication checks, while regular messages are displayed without authentication. This segmentation reduces overall system complexity by applying authentication only where necessary rather than universally.
3Ease of operation
If private messages are displayed on televisions, then users can view messages on larger screens, but unintended exposure occurs when others are present
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication mechanism between message reception and display. The CPE device acts as an intermediary that receives private messages, identifies them through packet identifiers, and selectively prevents their display on televisions. This intermediary layer blocks unintended exposure while still allowing convenient viewing of non-private messages on television screens.
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AI summary
Methods, systems and computer readable media described herein may facilitate the automatic identification of a need for additional authentication based on a received private message or PID, the urgency of a received private message, thus determining whether an immediate alert is output to a user, and/or a determination whether a protected message is to be archived for later retrieval via authentication. A device may be configured (e.g., by user input) to control selective decoding and display of messages (e.g., private messages), registration and configuration of blacklists, and/or defining criteria for determining urgency of a received message. Device configurations may be dynamically changed or updated according to user preferences and user treatment of received messages.