Invention Grant
US08359659B2 Method and apparatus for protecting private information on a user apparatus
有权
用于保护用户设备上的私人信息的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for protecting private information on a user apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 用于保护用户设备上的私人信息的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11165874Application Date: 2005-06-24
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Publication No.: US08359659B2Publication Date: 2013-01-22
- Inventor: Wong Hoo Sim , Teck Chee Lee , Aik Tat Tan , Guan Chuan Choo
- Applicant: Wong Hoo Sim , Teck Chee Lee , Aik Tat Tan , Guan Chuan Choo
- Applicant Address: SG Singapore
- Assignee: Creative Technology Ltd
- Current Assignee: Creative Technology Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: SG Singapore
- Agency: Creative Technology Ltd
- Main IPC: G06F1/26
- IPC: G06F1/26

Abstract:
There is provided apparatus comprising a user interface for displaying a plurality of items. The apparatus is arranged: a) to receive at least one instruction, by which instruction or instructions, one or more of a plurality of items initially displayed on the user interface is or are categorized as an item or items to be hidden and the remaining one or more of the plurality of items initially displayed on the user interface is or are categorized as an item or items to be displayed; b) to receive an instruction to hide, from the user interface, the one or more items to be hidden; and c) to hide from the user interface, the one or more items to be hidden, such that the item or items categorized as items to be displayed are displayed on the user interface, and the item or items categorized as items to be hidden are not displayed on the user interface. In one preferred arrangement, the apparatus is an electronic device. There is also provided a method for hiding one or more items of a plurality of items displayed on a user interface for a user apparatus. Again, the user apparatus may be an electronic device. There is further provided a method for selecting a new password or entering a predetermined password on a user apparatus. The user apparatus may be an electronic device for storing electronic files.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060294599A1 Method and apparatus for protecting private information on a user apparatus Public/Granted day:2006-12-28
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