Patent ID: 9699217
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining, and storing in a destination in memory that is characterized as a trusted memory destination, audio or video data that is generated by a webcam while a visual privacy indicator associated with the webcam visually indicates a private state; identifying, while the visual privacy indicator associated with the webcam visually indicates the private state, a command based at least on the audio or video data; accessing a privacy policy that (i) includes a database of trusted memory destinations and (ii) identifies commands that are permissible and commands that are not permissible; determining, while the visual privacy indicator associated with the webcam visually indicates the private state, using the accessed privacy policy that (i) includes a database of trusted memory destinations and (ii) identifies commands that are permissible and commands that are not permissible, that the command that is identified based at least on the audio or video data involves providing audio or video data to a destination in memory that is not characterized as a trusted memory destination; and in response to determining, while the visual privacy indicator associated with the webcam visually indicates the private state, using the accessed privacy policy that (i) includes a database of trusted memory destinations and (ii) identifies commands that are permissible and commands that are not permissible, that the command that is identified based at least on the audio or video data involves providing audio or video data to the destination in memory that is not characterized as a trusted memory destination, causing the visual privacy indicator associated with the webcam to indicate a non-private state.