Patent ID: 9600688
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G

Claim:
1. A method comprising: accessing, by a computing device, information that is to be displayed on a display of the computing device, the accessed information including both potentially sensitive information and non-sensitive information; parsing the accessed information, by the computing device, to identify the potentially sensitive information and the non-sensitive information by identifying at least one of (a) predetermined data formats as related to potentially sensitive information; (b) data strings indicating the presence of potentially sensitive information; (c) code pertaining to the display of potentially sensitive information; and (d) a data field associated with potentially sensitive information; obtaining a first image of an area from a front-facing camera of the computing device, the first image having a foreground and a background; receiving a second image of the area from the front-facing camera, the second image having a foreground and a background; comparing by the computing device the background of the second image with the background of the first image to identify a change in the background in the second image; determining whether the change exceeds a predetermined threshold amount; displaying, by the computing device, the accessed information on the display; and when the change exceeds the predetermined threshold amount, obscuring, by the computing device, regions of the display where the identified potentially sensitive information is displayed.