Patent ID: 8904185
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A presence sensing security method comprising the steps of: detecting in proximity to a display of a computing device a presence of at least one of an authorized user and an unauthorized user; securing visual content of one or more messages in a messenger client executing in the computing device by masking the visual content of the one or more messages in only a portion of the display of the computing device in response to detecting the presence of the unauthorized user while permitting access to other portions of the display of the computing device despite the presence of the unauthorized user; and, performing, based upon the presence of the at least one of the authorized user and the unauthorized user, an additional security measure selected from the group consisting of securing access to one or more selected files or directories in said computing device by encrypting said selected files or directories in said computing device and disabling a hardware peripheral device.