Patent ID: 9703772
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for providing a sensitive text alert, comprising: monitoring a key selected on a keyboard of a computer system; reporting the key selected to a key-logger application executing on the computer system; appending the reported key selected to a string file; comparing at least one portion of the string file to a database of sensitive words/phrases; blocking or delaying text entry on the keyboard when it is determined that compared at least one portion of the string file matches an entry in the database of sensitive words/phrases; generating an alert when it is determined that the compared at least one portion of the string file matches an entry in the database of sensitive words/phrases; and superimposing the generated alert on a display device of the computer system, wherein the blocking or delaying of the text entry is ended when a predetermined cooling off period has been reached or a user of the computer system has agreed to terms of appropriate conduct.