Patent ID: 9699407
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having code stored thereon that defines a method that is implemented when the code is executed by a communication terminal, the method defined by the code comprising: in response to the communication terminal receiving at least one of (i) an indicator that sensitive data is to be communicated to the communication terminal in a communication session that is to be established and (ii) the sensitive data via the communication session, the sensitive data comprising at least one of video data and audio data, the video data defining a video and the audio data defining audio, the communication terminal checking to determine whether at least a portion of the sensitive data is to be outputted by determining whether the communication terminal is in one of a plurality of predefined communication configurations for outputting at least one of the video and the audio, the predefined communication configurations comprising a first configuration for outputting data and a second configuration for outputting data, the first configuration being an arrangement wherein at least one of the audio and the video is outputable for outputting at least one of the audio and the video to only a user of the communication terminal, the second configuration being an arrangement wherein at least one of the video and the audio is outputted by the communication terminal such that at least one of the video and the audio is at least one of viewable and audible to a non-user near the communication terminal; upon a determination that the communication terminal is in the first configuration, the communication terminal transmitting the sensitive data so that at least one of the video and the audio is output to the user; and upon a determination that the communication terminal is in the second configuration, the communication terminal performing at least one security action, the at least one security action comprising at least one of (a) transmitting a warning to the user that indicates the communication terminal is configured to output at least one of the audio and the video such that the non-user could hear or view at least one of the audio and the video and (b) withholding the sensitive data so that the at least one of the video and the audio is not output to the user via the communication terminal; and wherein the first configuration comprises the communication terminal being connected to at least one of: an audio outputting device that has at least one earphone, a video displaying device comprised of headwear having at least one display for displaying the video, and a video displaying device comprised of spectacles having at least one display for displaying the video.