Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for identifying user-operated features of input interfaces obfuscating user navigation
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Application No.: US16409763Application Date: 2019-05-10
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Publication No.: US11112881B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Ross Garrett Cutler
- Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: NovoTechIP International PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F3/023
- IPC: G06F3/023 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/0488 ; G06F21/83 ; G06F21/84 ; G06F3/0482

Abstract:
Techniques for obfuscating user selections during user-input sessions in which potentially sensitive information is being identified, involving displaying several targets, such as keys of a virtual keyboard, on a display device, where each target corresponds to one of multiple options. While a current user target is associated with a visual indicator at a first time, a discriminatory signal indicating the visual indication displayed at the first time is for the current user target is provided, where the discriminatory signal includes one of a haptic signal generated by a device in physical contact with the user, an audio signal, and a modified image. Concurrently, the obfuscation system is configured to present another visual indication corresponding to a current distractor target. The current user target is thus obfuscated as two different visual indicators are presented and move through the group of options.
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