Wednesday, November 3, 2010

New patent for apple iphone Stop "sexting"

Apple has received to stop publishing inappropriate text messages or pornography patent applications, which means that iPhone owners will be to stop using their mobile phones to send pornographic text messages or other inappropriate information. The purpose of this application is to stop the mobile phone users send pornographic or other induced SMS.

While "sexting" isn't mentioned once in the patent, the technology appears to enable users to control the content of text-based messages, so that parents -- or employers -- could exclude or replace "forbidden" content. Presumably the administrator could select verboten words or product names, which would be flagged or replaced when they appear on a user's handset.

According to tech blog TechCrunch, the background info for the patent states in part that currently there is "no way to monitor and control text communications to make them user appropriate.

"For example, users such as children may send or receive messages (intentionally or not) with parentally objectionable language."

And of the patent itself: "In one embodiment, the control application includes a parental control application.

"The parental control application evaluates whether or not the communication contains approved text based on, for example, objective ratings criteria or a user's age or grade level, and, if unauthorised, prevents such text from being included in the text-based communication.

"If the control contains unauthorised text, the control application may alert the user, the administrator or other designated individuals of the presence of such text.

Many of the stars can also be used by the program. Many celebrities in trouble because they used mobile phones to send with the restricted information, such as we know Tiger Woods.

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