Patent ID: 9430635
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for securely displaying sensitive information on a mobile computing device, the method comprising: receiving, at the mobile computing device, an instruction to display a keypad in a predetermined display area of a display device of the mobile computing device to enable a human user of the mobile computing device to enter a personal identifier number (PIN) by use of the keypad, wherein the keypad includes a plurality of characters to enable a user to enter the PIN into the computing device via the keypad; generating, by the computing device, data operable to facilitate a plurality of images to be rendered, each image representing a different part of the plurality of characters, wherein the plurality of images collectively represent the keypad being statically displayed, and wherein said generating includes: causing the keypad to be displayed to the human user of the mobile computing device by rendering, using a graphics accelerator in the mobile computing device, the plurality of images in the predetermined display area sequentially at least at a predetermined minimum frame rate, such that not all of the plurality of images are displayed at any instant in time but where the predetermined minimum frame rate is such that the plurality of images sequentially displayed are perceivable by the human user collectively as the keypad, wherein the bogus data includes fake data.