Patent ID: 11966500
Assignee: ACRONIS INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for isolating private information in streamed data, the method comprising:
receiving a stream of data, wherein the stream comprises a first image, for storage in a first storage device, and an indication of how the stream will be utilized by an end user;
comparing the indication against a plurality of rules, wherein each rule indicates a type of private information that should be isolated from a given input stream based on a respective indication of usage for the given input stream;
identifying, based on the comparing of the indication, a first type of private information that should be isolated from the stream;
in response to determining that the first type of private information is present in the stream, wherein the first type of private information is in a portion of the first image, extracting the first type of private information from the stream by:
generating a second image of a same size as the first image;
including the portion of the first image in the second image; and
setting pixel values in remaining portions of the second image to zero;

modifying the stream by removing the first type of private information from the stream by:
setting pixel values in the portion of the first image to zero;

storing the modified stream in the first storage device; and
storing the extracted first type of private information in a different location from the modified stream, wherein an original version of the first image is recreated by concatenating the first image in the modified stream and the second image.