Patent ID: 8836722
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, via a computing device, if there is a screen protection rule, the screen protection rule based upon, at least in part, at least one of: an application rule for protecting a portion of a screen region associated with an application running on the computing device, and a process rule for protecting the portion of the screen region associated with an operating system application running on the computing device; determining if the screen protection rule applies to at least one of the application and the operating system application running on the computing device; and based upon the determination that the screen protection rule applies to the at least one of the application and the operating system application running on the computing device, modifying, via the computing device, the portion of the screen region based upon, at least in part, at least one of: the application rule, and the process rule, wherein at least one of: the determining if there is a screen protection rule, and the modifying the portion of the screen region, is performed in response to a request for a screenshot; wherein different portions of the screen region are associated with different applications.