Access restriction in response to determining device transfer

Abstract

A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: determining that a computing device used by a first user has been transferred from the first user to a second user; and restricting access via the computing device to one or more items in response to said determining. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

1 .- 173 . (canceled) 
     
     
         174 . A system, comprising:
 a transfer determining module configured to determine that a computing device has been transferred from a first user to a second user; and   an access restricting module configured to restrict access via the computing device to one or more items, the access restriction to the one or more items being in response to determining that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user.   
     
     
         175 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said transfer determining module comprises:
 a transfer determining module configured to determine automatically and without interference by the first user or the second user that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user.   
     
     
         176 .- 180 . (canceled) 
     
     
         181 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said transfer determining module comprises:
 a particular movement determining module configured to determine that the computing device has moved in a particular manner that at least infers that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user.   
     
     
         182 . The system of  claim 181 , wherein said particular movement determining module comprises:
 a tilt detecting module configured to at least detect that the computing device is no longer in a particular tilt orientation that the computing device was detected in during use of the computing device by the first user.   
     
     
         183 . The system of  claim 182 , wherein said tilt detecting module comprises:
 a tilt detecting module configured to detect that the computing device is no longer in a particular tilt orientation that the computing device was detected in during use of the computing device by the first user by at least detecting that the computing device has been reoriented from the particular tilt orientation to another tilt orientation that when detected infers that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user.   
     
     
         184 . The system of  claim 182 , wherein said tilt detecting module comprises:
 a tilt detecting module configured to detect that the computing device is no longer in a particular tilt orientation that the computing device was detected in during use of the computing device by the first user by at least detecting that the computing device has been reoriented from the particular tilt orientation to another tilt orientation having an angular tilt that is at least a predefined percentage different from an angular tilt associated with the particular tilt orientation that the computing device was detected as being in during use of the computing device by the first user.   
     
     
         185 . The system of  claim 181 , wherein said particular movement determining module comprises:
 a spatial location detecting module configured to at least detect that the computing device is no longer at a particular spatial location that the computing device was detected as being located at during use of the computing device by the first user.   
     
     
         186 . The system of  claim 185 , wherein said spatial location detecting module comprises:
 a spatial location detecting module configured to detect that the computing device is no longer at a particular spatial location that the computing device was detected as being located at during use of the computing device by the first user by at least detecting that the computing device has been relocated from the particular spatial location to another spatial location that when detected infers that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user.   
     
     
         187 . The system of  claim 185 , wherein said spatial location detecting module comprises:
 a spatial location detecting module configured to detect that the computing device is no longer at a particular spatial location that the computing device was detected as being located at during use of the computing device by the first user by at least detecting that the computing device has been relocated from the particular spatial location to another spatial location that is at least a predefined distance away from the particular spatial location that the computing device was detected as being located at during use of the computing device by the first user.   
     
     
         188 . The system of  claim 181 , wherein said particular movement determining module comprises:
 a rotation detecting module configured to at least detect that the computing device has been spin rotated from a first orientation associated with the computing device during use of the computing device by the first user to a second orientation.   
     
     
         189 . The system of  claim 181 , wherein said particular movement determining module comprises:
 a moving away detecting module configured to at least detect that the computing device has moved away from the first user.   
     
     
         190 . The system of  claim 189 , wherein said moving away detecting module comprises:
 a moving away detecting module configured to detect that the computing device has moved a predefined distance away from the first user.   
     
     
         191 . The system of  claim 181 , wherein said particular movement determining module comprises:
 a vibration detecting module configured to at least detect that the computing device is no longer vibrating in a manner that matches with a vibration pattern that the computing device was detected having during use of the computing device by the first user.   
     
     
         192 . The system of  claim 191 , wherein said vibration detecting module comprises:
 a vibration detecting module configured to detect that the computing device is no longer vibrating in a manner that matches with a vibration pattern that the computing device was detected having during use of the computing device by the first user by at least detecting that the computing device is vibrating in a manner that matches with a vibration pattern associated with the second user.   
     
     
         193 . The system of  claim 181 , wherein said particular movement determining module comprises:
 a vibration detecting module configured to at least detect that the computing device is not vibrating in a manner that matches with a vibration pattern that is associated with the first user.   
     
     
         194 . The system of  claim 181 , wherein said particular movement determining module comprises:
 a three-dimensional movement detecting module configured to at least detect that the computing device has moved in a particular three-dimensional movement that infers that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user.   
     
     
         195 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said transfer determining module comprises:
 a visual cue detecting module configured to at least detect presence or absence of one or more visual cues in proximate vicinity of the computing device.   
     
     
         196 . (canceled) 
     
     
         197 . The system of  claim 195 , wherein said visual cue detecting module comprises:
 a lighting change detecting module configured to detect at least a change in lighting in the proximate vicinity of the computing device that infers that the computing device has at least moved.   
     
     
         198 . The system of  claim 197 , wherein said lighting change detecting module comprises:
 a lighting change detecting module configured to detect at least a change in lighting in the proximate vicinity of the computing device that infers that the computing device has at least moved by detecting at least a predefined amount of change in lighting in the proximate vicinity of the computing device within a predefined time period.   
     
     
         199 . The system of  claim 195 , wherein said visual cue detecting module comprises:
 a face detecting module configured to at least detect presence of at least one face in the proximate vicinity of the computing device not associated with the first user.   
     
     
         200 . The system of  claim 199 , wherein said face detecting module comprises:
 a face detecting module configured to detect presence of at least one face in the proximate vicinity of the computing device not associated with the first user by at least detecting presence of at least one face in the proximate vicinity of the computing device that is recognized as being associated with the second user.   
     
     
         201 . The system of  claim 195 , wherein said visual cue detecting module comprises:
 a face detecting module configured to at least detect presence of a first face associated with the first user and a second face associated with the second user in the proximate vicinity of the computing device, the second face being detected as being closer to the computing device than the first face.   
     
     
         202 . The system of  claim 195 , wherein said visual cue detecting module comprises:
 an eyeball detecting module configured to detect presence of at least one eyeball in the proximate vicinity of the computing device not associated with the first user.   
     
     
         203 .- 204 . (canceled) 
     
     
         205 . The system of  claim 195 , wherein said visual cue detecting module comprises:
 a visual cue detecting module configured to detect presence or absence of one or more visual cues in the proximate vicinity of the computing device by at least detecting absence of a visual cue associated with the first user in the proximate vicinity of the computing device.   
     
     
         206 . The system of  claim 205 , wherein said visual cue detecting module comprises:
 a face detecting module configured to at least detect absence of a face associated with the first user in the proximate vicinity of the computing device.   
     
     
         207 . The system of  claim 205 , wherein said visual cue detecting module comprises:
 an eyeball detecting module configured to at least detect absence of one or more eyeballs associated with the first user in the proximate vicinity of the computing device.   
     
     
         208 . The system of  claim 195 , wherein said visual cue detecting module comprises:
 a visual moving away detecting module configured to at least detect visually that the computing device has moved away from the first user.   
     
     
         209 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said transfer determining module comprises:
 an audio cue detecting module configured to at least detect presence or absence of one or more audio cues in the proximate vicinity of the computing device.   
     
     
         210 . (canceled) 
     
     
         211 . The system of  claim 209 , wherein said audio cue detecting module comprises:
 a voice pattern detecting module configured to at least detect presence of at least one audio voice pattern not associated with the first user in the proximate vicinity of the computing device.   
     
     
         212 . The system of  claim 211 , wherein said voice pattern detecting module comprises:
 a voice pattern detecting module configured to detect presence of at least one audio voice pattern not associated with the first user in the proximate vicinity of the computing device by at least detecting presence of at least one audio voice pattern that is recognized as being associated with the second user in the proximate vicinity of the computing device.   
     
     
         213 . The system of  claim 209 , wherein said audio cue detecting module comprises:
 an audio moving away detecting module configured to at least detect audibly that the computing device has moved away from the first user.   
     
     
         214 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said transfer determining module comprises:
 a transfer determining module including a particular movement determining module configured to determine that the computing device has moved in a particular manner and a visual cue detecting module configured to detect presence or absence of one or more visual cues in the proximate vicinity of the computing device.   
     
     
         215 . The system of  claim 214 , wherein said transfer determining module comprises:
 a transfer determining module including a particular movement determining module configured to determine that the computing device has moved in a particular manner, a visual cue detecting module configured to detect the presence or absence of the one or more visual cues in the proximate vicinity of the computing device, and an audio cue detecting module configured to detect presence or absence of one or more audio cues in the proximate vicinity of the computing device.   
     
     
         216 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said transfer determining module comprises:
 a transfer determining module including a visual cue detecting module configured to detect presence or absence of one or more visual cues in the proximate vicinity of the computing device and an audio cue detecting module configured to detect presence or absence of one or more audio cues in the proximate vicinity of the computing device.   
     
     
         217 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said transfer determining module comprises:
 a transfer determining module including a geographic location determination module configured to determine that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user, the determination being initiated in response to geographic location of the computing device as determined by the geographic location determination module.   
     
     
         218 .- 219 . (canceled) 
     
     
         220 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said access restricting module comprises:
 an access restricting module configured to at least restrict access to the one or more items that were accessible by the first user when the first user was using the computing device.   
     
     
         221 . The system of  claim 220 , wherein said access restricting module comprises:
 a partial access providing module configured to provide only partial access to the one or more items that were accessible by the first user when the first user was using the computing device.   
     
     
         222 . The system of  claim 220 , wherein said access restricting module comprises:
 a no access module configured to provide no access to the one or more items that were accessible by the first user when the first user was using the computing device.   
     
     
         223 . (canceled) 
     
     
         224 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said access restricting module comprises:
 a viewing access restricting module configured to restrict viewing access to the one or more items in response to said determining that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user.   
     
     
         225 .- 226 . (canceled) 
     
     
         227 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said access restricting module comprises:
 an audio access restricting module configured to restrict audio access via the computing device to the one or more items in response to said determining that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user.   
     
     
         228 .- 229 . (canceled) 
     
     
         230 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said access restricting module comprises:
 an editorial restricted format presenting module configured to present, via the computing device and in response at least in part to said determining that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user, the one or more items in one or more formats that prevent one or more editing actions from being performed on one or more parts of the one or more items.   
     
     
         231 .- 235 . (canceled) 
     
     
         236 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said access restricting module comprises:
 a functional restricting format presenting module configured to present, via the computing device and in response at least in part to said determining that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user, the one or more items in one or more formats that prevent at least one of one or more functionalities of the one or more items from being used.   
     
     
         237 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said access restricting module comprises:
 an access restricting module including an open item ascertaining module configured to restrict access via the computing device to one or more items in response to said determining that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user by restricting access via the computing device to the one or more items that were determined by the open item ascertaining module to be opened for access by the first user via the computing device.   
     
     
         238 .- 247 . (canceled) 
     
     
         248 . The system of  claim 174 , wherein said access restricting module comprises:
 an access restricting module including an affiliation ascertaining module configured to restrict access via the computing device to one or more items that are ascertained by the affiliation ascertaining module to be affiliated with one or more particular entities, the access restriction being in response to said determining that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user.   
     
     
         249 .- 255 . (canceled) 
     
     
         256 . The system of  claim 174 , further comprising:
 an alert generating module configured to generate an alert that indicates that the computing device has been reconfigured to restrict access to the one or more items, the access restriction being in response to said determining that the computing device has been transferred from the first user to the second user.   
     
     
         257 .- 259 . (canceled) 
     
     
         260 . A computer program product comprising:
 an article of manufacture bearing   one or more instructions for determining that a computing device used by a first user has been transferred from the first user to a second user; and   one or more instructions for restricting access via the computing device to one or more items in response to said determining.   
     
     
         261 .- 345 . (canceled)