Patent ID: 9613217
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G09G,H04N

Claim:
1. A computer system for displaying confidential content on a flexible display of a flexible display device having a plurality of sensors for sensing bending of the flexible display device, at least one camera, and a computer comprising at least one processor, one or more memories, one or more computer readable storage media, coupled to the plurality of sensors and the at least one camera and having program instructions executable by the computer to perform the program instructions comprising: receiving, by the computer, content for display on the flexible display device for a user, the content comprising confidential content and non-confidential content; determining, by the computer, that at least one secondary user unauthorized to view at least a portion of the confidential content is present, by searching through the at least one camera of the flexible display device; determining, by the computer using the at least one camera of the flexible display device, a viewing direction of the secondary user; determining, by the computer, locations of the confidential content present within the display; masking, by the computer, the locations of the confidential content based on a classification of the confidential content and authorization of the user to the user and the at least one secondary user on the flexible display of the flexible display device; calculating, by the computer, coordinates at which to bend the flexible display device to create a hidden area to display confidential content to the user; directing, by the computer, a bend of the display at the coordinates; after the flexible display is bent, determining, by the computer, an actual area hidden by the bending of the flexible display; and displaying, by the computer, a legend corresponding to masked confidential information displayed to the user within the hidden area of the bent flexible display device out of view of the at least one secondary user.