Patent ID: 9047472
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of automatically hiding sensitive content from a display responsive to removal of user physical proximity from a computer peripheral comprising: utilizing a set of predefined policies stored in persistent memory for monitoring user interaction with a computer peripheral for a criterion, wherein the criterion is a removal of user contact with the computer peripheral; responsive to detecting the criterion with a processor and identifying an environment where the display is located, determining a corresponding hiding action for each item of displayed sensitive content based on a ranking of each item of sensitive content and the identified environment according to the set of predefined policies; performing the determined hiding action corresponding to the each item of displayed sensitive content according to the set of predefined policie; and in response to determining that two items of sensitive content sharing a common displayed area have different hiding actions, performing the hiding action corresponding to the item of sensitive content with the highest sensitivity rank for the two items of sensitive content.