Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for protecting sensitive data
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Application No.: US16150253Application Date: 2018-10-02
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Publication No.: US10824769B2Publication Date: 2020-11-03
- Inventor: Lan Zhe Liu , Wei Ge , Guang Han Sui
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Kunzler Bean & Adamson
- Main IPC: G06F21/84
- IPC: G06F21/84 ; G06F21/60 ; G06F21/62

Abstract:
Methods that can protect sensitive data are provided. One method includes determining, by a processor, whether a user is focusing on an obscured set of sensitive data displayed on a computing device, clarifying the obscurity of a portion of the displayed set of sensitive data in response to determining that the user focusing on the portion of the displayed set of sensitive data, and maintaining the obscurity of one or more other portions of the displayed set of sensitive data in response to determining that the user not focusing on the one or more other portions of the displayed set of sensitive data. Apparatus and computer program products that can include, perform, and/or implement the methods are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200104539A1 METHODS, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROTECTING SENSITIVE DATA Public/Granted day:2020-04-02
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