Overlay of input control to identify and restrain draft content from streaming

• US 10,127,211 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2015
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bastide, Paul R., Broomhall, Matthew E., Loredo, Robert E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Divecha, Kamal B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Eui H
• Application Number:
  US14/716,875
• Publication Number:
  US 20160344825A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,273 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A system determines whether to restrain collection of data entered into an input control by generating an overlay input field for capturing data entered by a user in response to determining that the collection of data is to be restrained. The data may be edited by the user, via the overlay input field, prior to the user submitting the data to the input control. The system submits the data captured in the overlay input field to the input control. The editing performed by the user within the overlay input field restrains collection of data by input controls that auto stream data as the data is entered into the input control.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer program product for determining whether to restrain collection of data entered into an input control of an application, which auto streams data as it is entered by a user to a network, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a computing processor configured to;

determine that the input control of the application auto streams data, where data would be streamed to a network as the data is entered into the input control by a user prior to the user submitting the data to the input control, comprising;

push test data through the input control,

determine whether the test data is streamed to the network, and

upon determining that the test data is streamed to the network, determine that the input control auto streams data;

in response to determining that the input control auto streams data and based on a created network policy,

determine that an overlay input field is required to prevent the auto stream of the data entered by the user to the network until the user submits the data to the input control,

wherein the created network policy is based on the determination that the input control has been determined to auto stream data associated with the network, that is applied when data is entered into the input control for the network, the network policy specifying whether the overlay input field is required when communicating with the network;

generate the overlay input field for capturing the data entered by the user in response to determining that the auto stream of the data is to be prevented until the user submits the data to the input control, wherein the data is edited by the user, via the overlay input field, prior to the user submitting the data to the input control, wherein the data entered into the overlay input field is stored in a buffer until the user submits the data to the input control, wherein the buffer is created when the overlay input field is generated;

receive a notification from the user that the editing of the data is complete; and

in response to the notification, submit the data captured in the overlay input field to the input control by transferring the data from the buffer to the input control.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the computer readable program code configured to generate the overlay input field for capturing the data entered by the user is further configured to:

detect that the user has accessed the input control; and

apply a content policy to inputted content to determine whether to restrain collection of data.

3. The computer program product of claim 2 wherein the computer readable program code configured to apply the content policy to the inputted content to determine whether to restrain collection of data is further configured to:

detect whether at least one of the inputted content and a recipient of the inputted content is trusted; and

if trusted, determine that restraining the collection of data is not required.

4. The computer program product of claim 1 wherein the computer readable program code configured to generate the overlay input field for capturing the data entered by the user is further configured to:

render a second notification indicating that the overlay input field has been generated, wherein the second notification comprises at least one of a visual notification and an audio notification.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer readable program code configured to determine that the input control auto streams data as data is entered into the input control is further configured to:

determine whether the input control has previously been determined to auto stream data; and

when the input control has previously been determined to auto stream data, determine that the overlay input field is required; and

when the input control has previously been determined to not auto stream data, determine that the overlay input field is not required.

6. A system comprising:

a computing processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium operationally coupled to the processor, the computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith for determining whether to restrain collection of data entered into an input control of an application, which auto streams data as it is entered by a user to a network, to be executed by the computing processor, the computer readable program code configured to;

determine that the input control of the application auto streams data, wherein data would be streamed to a network as the data is entered into the input control by a user prior to the user submitting the data to the input control, comprising;

push test data through the input control;

determine whether the test data is streamed to the network; and

upon determining that the test data is streamed to the network, determine that the input control auto streams data;

in response to determining that the input control auto streams data and based on a created network policy,

determine that an overlay input field is required to prevent the auto stream of the data entered by the user to the network until the user submits the data to the input control,

wherein the created network policy is based on the determination that the input control has been determined to auto stream data associated with the network, that is applied when data is entered into the input control for the network, the network policy specifying whether the overlay input field is required when communicating with the network;

generate the overlay input field for capturing the data entered by the user in response to determining that the auto stream of the data is to be prevented until the user submits the data to the input control, wherein the data is edited by the user, via the overlay input field, prior to the user submitting the data to an input control, wherein the data entered into the overlay input field is stored in a buffer until the user submits the data to the input control, wherein the buffer is created when the overlay input field is generated;

receive a notification from the user that the editing of the data is complete; and

in response to the notification, submit the data captured in the overlay input field to the input control by transferring the data from the buffer to the input control.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the computer readable program code configured to generate the overlay input field for capturing the data entered by the user is further configured to:

detect that the user has accessed the input control; and

apply a content policy to inputted content to determine whether to restrain collection of data.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the computer readable program code configured to generate the overlay input field for capturing the data entered by the user is further configured to:

render a second notification indicating that the overlay input field has been generated, wherein the second notification comprises at least one of a visual notification and an audio notification.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the computer readable program code configured to determine that the input control auto streams data as data is entered into the input control is further configured to:

determine whether the input control has previously been determined to auto stream data; and

when the input control has previously been determined to auto stream data, determine that the overlay input field is required; and

when the input control has previously been determined to not auto stream data, determine that the overlay input field is not required.