Patent ID: 7650641

Claim:
A method of preventing the display of sensitive information, comprising: receiving an input from a user in a data entry area of a user interface, the input comprising information for display on a computer-enabled display screen; receiving a selection from the user in the user interface that designates at least a portion of the entered information as sensitive information, wherein the selection includes selection on a menu including a plurality of selectable functions for designating the at least a portion of the entered information as sensitive information, the selectable functions including: (i) a folder function that allows a selected folder associated with the entered information to be marked as sensitive information; (ii) a section function that allows a selected section of the entered information to be marked as sensitive information; (iii) a page function that allows a selected page of the entered information to be marked as sensitive information; (iv) a highlighted portion function that allows a highlighted portion of the entered information to be marked as sensitive information; and (v) a mark all function that allows all of the entered information to be marked as sensitive information; overlaying the designated portion of the information with a covering for preventing viewing of the designated portion of the information when the designated portion of the information is displayed; displaying an alert in the covering for notifying the user that the covering may be dismissed by user action, wherein the alert includes instructions as to available methods for removing the covering; and dismissing the covering to allow viewing of the designated portion of the information in response to receiving a selection for dismissing the covering.