Patent ID: 8732821

Claim:
A method of preventing accidental disclosure of confidential information via visual representation objects, comprising: establishing pattern information with respect to confidential information, wherein the confidential information is used to authenticate users; monitoring a visual representation object having an input focus associated with a user interface, wherein the visual representation object receives input data; determining whether display of the input data on the visual representation object is obscured; comparing, via at least one computer processor, the input data with the pattern information to identify at least one unobscured portion of the confidential information when it is determined that the display of the input data is not obscured; and producing and displaying indicia of detection of the at least one unobscured portion of the confidential information on the visual representation object based on the comparison, the display of the indicia of detection being different from the display of the input data, wherein comparing the pattern information with the input data further comprises comparing the identified at least one unobscured portion with a whitelist, and wherein the whitelist comprises approved textual data for the visual representation object.