Patent ID: 9692776
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating content provided to users via user interfaces, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: monitoring, as part of a security application via an accessibility application program interface provided by an operating system of the computing device, accessibility events designed to provide user interface enhancements for users with impairments by describing state transitions in user interfaces of applications running on the computing device; receiving, at the security application, an accessibility event that indicates that a user of the computing device is viewing a user interface of an application running on the computing device; identifying, as part of the security application via the accessibility application program interface, content that the user is attempting to access via the application; determining, as part of the security application, that the content is harmful; and in response to determining that the content is harmful, performing, as part of the security application, at least one security action to prevent the harmful content from compromising the computing device.