Patent ID: 11947701
Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A computing device comprising:
a processor;
at least one sensor device; and
a memory including instructions that, when executed with the processor, cause the computing device to, at least:
receive a request to access data collected by the at least one sensor device, the request originating from a software application installed in the memory;
determine whether the software application has authorization to access one or more biometric features in the collected data;
upon determining that the software application does have authorization to access the one or more biometric features, provide the software application with access to the collected data; and
upon determining that the software application does not have authorization to access the one or more biometric features:
alter the collected data by obfuscating the one or more biometric features within the collected data; and
provide the software application with access to the collected data having the obfuscated one or more biometric features,

wherein:
the collected data collected by the at least one sensor device comprises image data; and
obfuscating the one or more biometric features within the collected data comprises:
identifying a region within the image data associated with the one or more biometric features; and
applying an obfuscation technique to the region within the image data.