Protecting content on a display device from a field-of-view of a person or device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11080434-B2
Application number	US-202016794950-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2020
Priority date	Apr 13, 2017
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A server can receive data about attributes of user devices that includes sensors for capturing information about environments in which the user devices are located. The server can determine various risk profiles using the attributes. The risk profiles can indicate likelihoods of content on the user devices being viewed by persons other than users of the user device. The server can also transmit data indicating a risk profile of the various risk profiles to a user device. The user device can use the risk profile received from the server to identify confidential content displayed on the user device and protect the confidential content.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing device comprising:
a display device;
a processing device; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processing device, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that are executable by the processing device for:
receiving a plurality of risk profiles indicative of a likelihood of content on the display device being accessed by at least one of a third-party device or a person other than a user of the computing device, wherein each risk profile in the plurality of risk profiles corresponds to a particular location, a particular application or program, a particular type of computing device, and a particular type of network;
determining a field of view of the third-party device or the person other than the user of the display device;
identifying confidential content in the computing device for display on the display device; and
protecting, based on a risk profile at least corresponding to a location of the computing device and in response to determining the field of view, the confidential content.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processing device for determining a direction of view of the third-party device or the person other than the user of the computing device, and wherein the protecting of the confidential content is further in response to determining the direction of view.

3. The computing device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processing device for determining an eye gaze the person other than the user of the computing device and the direction of view is determined at least in part based on the eye gaze.

4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processing device for displaying public content on the display device while hiding or blurring the confidential content on the display device.

5. The computing device of claim 4 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processing device for determining at least one of an amount of the confidential content to hide or blur, or a duration of time to hide or blur the confidential content.

6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processing device for transmitting an attribute of the computing device, wherein the risk profile corresponds at least in part to the attribute of the computing device.

7. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processing device for detecting the third-party device within the field of view of the display device by analyzing a strength of a signal from the third-party device.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that includes instructions that are executable by a computing device for causing the computing device to perform operations for protecting confidential content, the operations comprising:
receiving a plurality of risk profiles indicative of a likelihood of content displayed by the computing device being accessed by at least one of a third-party device or a person other than a user of the computing device, wherein each risk profile in the plurality of risk profiles corresponds to a particular location, a particular application or program, a particular type of computing device, and a particular type of network;
determining a direction of a field of view of the third-party device or the person other than the user of the computing device;
identifying the confidential content in the computing device for display on the computing device; and
protecting, based on a risk profile corresponding to a location of the computing device and in response to determining the direction of the field of view, the confidential content.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a direction of view of the third-party device or the person other than the user of the computing device, and wherein protecting the confidential content is further in response to determining the direction of view.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise determining an eye gaze the person other than the user of the computing device and the direction of view is determined at least in part based on the eye gaze.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise displaying public content on the computing device while hiding or blurring the confidential content on the computing device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise determining at least one of an amount of the confidential content to hide or blur, or a duration of time to hide or blur the confidential content.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting an attribute of the computing device, wherein the risk profile corresponds at least in part to the attribute of the computing device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise detecting the third-party device within the field of view of the computing device by analyzing a strength of a signal from the third-party device.

15. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processing device, a plurality of risk profiles indicative of a likelihood of content displayed by a computing device being accessed by at least one of a third-party device or a person other than a user of the computing device, wherein each risk profile in the plurality of risk profiles corresponds to a particular location, a particular application or program, a particular type of computing device, and a particular type of network;
determining, by the processing device, a field of view of the third-party device or the person other than the user of the computing device;
identifying, by the processing device, confidential content in the computing device for display on the computing device; and
protecting, by the processing device, based on a risk profile corresponding to a location of the computing device and in response to determining the field of view, the confidential content.

16. The method of claim 15 comprising determining a direction of view of the third-party device or the person other than the user of the computing device, and wherein protecting the confidential content is further in response to determining the direction of view.

17. The method of claim 15 comprising displaying public content on the computing device while hiding or blurring the confidential content on the computing device.

18. The method of claim 17 comprising determining at least one of an amount of the confidential content to hide or blur, or a duration of time to hide or blur the confidential content.

19. The method of claim 15 comprising transmitting an attribute of the computing device, wherein the risk profile corresponds at least in part to the attribute of the computing.

20. The method of claim 15 comprising detecting the third-party device within the field of view of the computing device by analyzing a strength of a signal from the third-party device.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Lam Yeeling
• Solero Daniel

Classifications

• G06F21/84 Primary

  output devices, e.g. displays or monitors · CPC title

• G06F21/6245

  Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes · CPC title

• G06F21/577

  Assessing vulnerabilities and evaluating computer system security · CPC title