Patent ID: 9406157
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G06F,G06T,G09G

Claim Text:
1. A method for a computing device to conceal sensitive information on a display, wherein the computing device is coupled to a first display and a second display, the method comprising: detecting sensitive information in a desktop shown on the first display by detecting a user interface element associated with sensitive information; in response to detecting sensitive information in the desktop shown on the first display, generating a replacement image that conceals the detected sensitive information in the desktop and sending the replacement image to the second display for display, wherein generating the replacement image that conceals the detected sensitive information comprises capturing a static image of the desktop before the detected sensitive information appears on desktop and modifying a portion of the desktop in the static image on which the sensitive information is detected; and in response to failing to detect sensitive information in the desktop shown on the first display, sending a mirror image of the desktop shown on the first display to the second display for display.