Patent ID: 9547775
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for managing privacy data of an electronic device being executed by at least one processor of the electronic device, the method comprising: validating, at the electronic device, whether the user is qualified before visualizing and/or hiding data; predefining, at the electronic device, an action for visualizing hidden data, wherein the hidden data is stored in the electronic device; selecting, at the electronic device, data to be hidden; hiding, at the electronic device, the selected data; updating memory usage after hiding the selected data, wherein the updated memory usage is equal to real memory usage minus memory usage of current hidden data; detecting, at the electronic device, whether the predefined action is being performed to visualize the hidden data, wherein the predefined action is clicking any blank area of a displayed user interface; visualizing, at the electronic device, the hidden data when the predefined action is detected; wherein the predefined action is a predetermined number of clicks on a screen of the electronic device within a predetermined time; and updating memory usage after visualizing the hidden data, wherein the updated memory usage is equal to real memory usage.