Patent ID: 8836530
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F,G08B

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a first user's use of an apparatus, the method comprising: automatically detecting via at least one sensor operably coupled with the apparatus, a presence of the first user within a detection area, wherein the first user is logged in to use the apparatus, the first user being authorized to access on a display of the apparatus only information associated with an authorization level of the first user; displaying information that the first user is authorized to access on the display; automatically detecting via the at least one sensor operably coupled with the apparatus, a presence of a second user within the detection area, the second user being authorized to access on the display only information associated with an authorization level of the second user but being unauthorized to access on the display information not associated with the authorization level of the second user; when the information displayed on the display includes information that the second user is authorized to access and information that the second user is unauthorized to access, obscuring or removing information on display that the second user is unauthorized to access, while continuing to display information that both the first user and the second user are authorized to access; and when the information displayed on the display includes no information that the second user is authorized to access, obscuring or removing all of the information displayed.