Virtual Keyboard Interception for Inappropriate Message Blocking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing parental control systems fail to effectively intercept and manage inappropriate content, particularly in text messages, due to limitations in filtering and monitoring capabilities, especially in the context of cyberbullying which can be psychologically harmful to adolescents.
Innovation Solution
An electronic message content intercepting system with a virtual keyboard installed on supervised mobile devices that analyzes text input, intercepts inappropriate content, and provides user interface prompts for approval or disapproval before transmission, while alerting a supervisory device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional content filters are used to filter out inappropriate content, then content filtering capability is improved, but the system cannot effectively intercept and manage inappropriate text messages before transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual keyboard intercepts text input before it is transmitted by analyzing each keystroke in real-time. The system performs preliminary action by detecting inappropriate content strings during the typing process itself, rather than filtering after transmission occurs. This allows the system to prevent inappropriate messages from being sent while maintaining user interaction capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The virtual keyboard acts as an intermediary between the user and the message transmission system. It sits at the input level, analyzing text before it reaches the transmission function. This intermediary position allows the system to manage and control inappropriate content without requiring modification of the underlying transmission infrastructure or applications.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a virtual keyboard is installed to process keypresses for all software applications, then interoperability with any software application is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual keyboard is designed as a universal input processing system that works across multiple software applications and operating platforms. By implementing the keyboard at the operating system level rather than within individual applications, the system achieves multi-functionality and broad interoperability without requiring separate implementations for each application type.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses a virtual representation of a keyboard that can be instantiated on different platforms (Android, iOS) without requiring physical hardware modifications. This virtual copying approach allows the same monitoring functionality to be deployed across different device types while maintaining platform-specific compatibility, thereby managing complexity through standardized virtual implementations.
3Reliability
If the system intercepts and displays inappropriate content for approval or disapproval, then parental control capability is improved, but user interface complexity and operational burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides self-service functionality by automatically detecting and presenting inappropriate content for parent approval. The virtual keyboard autonomously analyzes text input, identifies inappropriate strings, and presents them for review without requiring manual configuration or complex user intervention. This automation reduces operational burden while maintaining effective parental control.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where inappropriate content is immediately presented to the parent for approval or disapproval after detection. This real-time feedback loop allows parents to quickly review and control what their children can send, providing effective monitoring while keeping the interface simple through immediate, contextual presentations of flagged content.
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AI summary
An electronic message content intercepting system has a virtual keyboard installed by an operating system of a supervised mobile communication device which is configured to process keypresses for software applications executed by the supervised mobile communication device. The system is configured to analyse message text input via the keyboard to identify categorised text strings which may be categorised as inappropriate, offensive, abusive and/or the like. Responsive to the disapproval input the system does not process input of the categorised text string so that the categorised text string is not transmitted to a recipient mobile communication device. However, responsive to the approval input, the system is configured to process input of the categorised text string so that the categorised text string is transmitted to the recipient mobile communication device and the text string is also transmitted to the supervisory mobile communication device for display as an alert.