Patent ID: 8230481
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for reconfiguring an operational mode of an input interface of a device based on a privacy level, the method comprising: identifying, by the device, at least one of an environment in which data is being entered into a computer via the input interface or a destination for the data being entered; automatically determining, by the device, if a current input interface privacy level should be changed to another input interface privacy level based on the identified at least one of the environment or the data destination; automatically determining, by the device, the other input interface privacy level if the current input interface privacy level should be changed; automatically reconfiguring, by the device, the input interface to operate in a mode corresponding to the other input interface privacy level if the current input interface privacy level should be changed, each mode changing how data is entered into the device via the input interface; and keeping the input interface configured to operate in a mode corresponding to the current input interface privacy level if the current input interface privacy level should not be changed.