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# Anti-Sexting Schemes
The US Patent Office has Approved a Control Filter for Apple

By Amelia Roblin | Published 2010-10-14 | Tech
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/control-filter-for-apple
References: [dvice](http://dvice.com/archives/2010/10/apple-patent-wo.php) & [freepatentsonline](http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7814163.html)

The US Patent and Trademark Office has approved the option of a control filter for Apple phones.

Developed as a means to protect the youth from coarse communication, whether accidental or intentional, this control filter for Apple products is essentially a tool for parents to activate on their children’s phones. The app will predict words of a more innocuous nature and disable the ability for the texter to input lewd language.

Photo Credits:

[Electronic District Sides](http://electronic.districsides.com/search/Sexting) | [Mom Logic](http://www.momlogic.com/2009/01/mom_of_sexting_teen_speaks_out.php) | [Australia.to News](http://www.australia.to/2010/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4342:youtube-video-urges-teens-to-think-again-about-sexting&catid=134:news-wire&Itemid=247)

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 1.9/10
- Popularity: 29% | Activity: 21% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

[Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile)

## Key Themes

### What Makes This Trend Stand Out

- **Control Filters for Smartphones:** Developing control filters to enable parents to protect their children from coarse communication on their phones through machine learning prediction and removal of lewd language.
- **Incorporating Parental Controls in Mobile Phones:** Exploring ways to develop technologies to incorporate parental controls that can be easily activated on mobile phones.
- **AI-based Texting Controls:** Incorporating AI-based predictive models to identify lewd language and to disable texting functions for younger smartphone users.

### Sectors Adopting This

- **Mobile Phone Industry:** Mobile phone manufacturers can design smartphones with input filters activated by parents to limit their child's access to coarse communication.
- **Child Safety Industry:** Companies that produce products to protect children may want to partner with mobile phone companies to offer control filters as a part of their product offerings.
- **AI and Machine Learning Industry:** Incorporating AI and machine learning models in mobile phones can identify and remove lewd language in real-time, opening up opportunities in AI and machine learning industries.

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