Patent ID: 7437765

Claim:
A method for providing secure viewing of a display screen comprising: transmitting a communication from a server computer to a client computer, where the client computer is operable to communicate with the display screen to display the communication; determining, before the communication is displayed, an identity of each person who is present in an area where the display screen is located, the area comprising a pre-determined distance from the display screen; identifying, using the determined identity and before the communication is displayed, a portion of the communication that at least one person who is present in the area is unauthorized to view; displaying the communication on the display screen, wherein a section of the display screen corresponding to the identified portion is obscured; tracking, at least while the display screen contains the communication, location information for each person who is present in the area, the location information indicating where in the area each person is located relative to the display screen; displaying an area representation on the display screen that visually represents the area where the display screen is located, the area representation based on the location information and including: a first icon indicating where in the area the display screen is located, and at least one second icon indicating where in the area each person who is present in the area is located; and updating the area representation, based on the tracking of the location information, to move the second icon based on a relocation of a person who is present in the area.