Access control method and terminal device

• US 10,127,404 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2016
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Lin, Baike
• Primary Examiner(s): Korsak, Oleg
• Application Number:
  US15/172,945
• Publication Number:
  US 20160283741A1
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/45 Structures or tools for the administration of authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

An access control method and a terminal device are disclosed. The method includes: receiving an unlock password after receiving an instruction for opening an application program; determining an access type corresponding to the unlock password; obtaining display information corresponding to the access type among current display information of the application program; and displaying the obtained display information. An access type is distinguished according to an unlock password, and display information is determined according to the access type, so that the display information can match the unlock password input by a user, and the user can flexibly and secretly control information to be displayed, thereby preventing a risk that private or other important information of the user is seen by a visitor and improving information security.

Claims

1. An access control method, comprising:

at a terminal device having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors;

pre-saving an unlock password set associated with multiple access types, wherein the unlock password set comprises at least two unlock passwords, and each unlock password is corresponding to one of the multiple access types;

displaying a lock screen on a user interface of the terminal device, wherein the lock screen is the same for the multiple access types;

receiving an unlock password after receiving an instruction for opening an application program from the lock screen;

determining an access type corresponding to the unlock password, wherein the determined access type is not revealed or displayed on the user interface;

obtaining display information corresponding to the access type among current display information of the application program; and

displaying the obtained display information on a display screen of the terminal device,

wherein;

the multiple access types comprise;

a private mode and a visitor mode, wherein display information corresponding to the private mode comprises all the current display information of the application program, and display information corresponding to the visitor mode does not comprise display information that is preset by a user to be not displayed among all the current display information of the application program;

the application program is an instant messaging application;

the display information that is preset by the user to be not displayed among all the current display information includes all relevant information of a private contact preset by the user; and

the method further comprises;

when the determined access type is the visitor mode and the terminal device is displaying the obtained display information corresponding to the visitor mode, receiving, by the application program, a message sent by the private contact; and

skipping displaying a prompt related to the message of the private contact in the visitor mode.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving an instruction for opening an application program comprises:

sending a lock instruction when a predetermined locking condition is satisfied, to lock the application program, and receiving the instruction for opening the application program after receiving an instruction for unlocking the application program.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining an access type corresponding to the unlock password comprises:

comparing the received unlock password with the pre-saved unlock password set, and determining the access type corresponding to the received unlock password.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the unlock password set is obtained in the following manner:

displaying a setting interface when the application program is started for the first time or the application program is installed for the first time or an access-type setting instruction is received;

receiving input of multiple access types by using the setting interface;

receiving an unlock password and an information filtering condition that are corresponding to each access type among the multiple access types; and

forming the unlock password set by using the multiple access types and the unlock password and the information filtering condition that are corresponding to each access type.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the obtaining display information corresponding to the access type among current display information of the application program comprises:

obtaining the current display information of the application program, and filtering the current display information of the application program by using an information filtering condition corresponding to the determined access type, to obtain the display information corresponding to the determined access type.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

skipping displaying the determined access type in a process of displaying display information.

7. A terminal device, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory storing an unlock password set associated with multiple access types, wherein the unlock password set comprises at least two unlock passwords, and each unlock password is corresponding to one of the multiple access types; and

one or more program units stored in the memory and executed by the one or more processors, the one or more program units comprising;

a display unit, configured to display a lock screen on a user interface of the terminal device, wherein the lock screen is the same for the multiple access types;

a receiving unit, configured to receive an unlock password after receiving an instruction for opening an application program from the lock screen;

a type determining unit, configured to determine an access type corresponding to the unlock password received by the receiving unit, wherein the determined access type is not revealed or displayed on the user interface; and

an information obtaining unit, configured to obtain display information corresponding to the access type determined by the type determining unit among current display information of the application program;

wherein the display unit is further configured to display the display information obtained by the information obtaining unit on a display screen of the terminal device;

the multiple access types comprise;

a private mode and a visitor mode, wherein display information corresponding to the private mode comprises all the current display information of the application program, and display information corresponding to the visitor mode does not comprise display information that is preset by a user to be not displayed among all the current display information of the application program;

the application program is an instant messaging application;

the display information that is preset by the user to be not displayed among all the current display information includes all relevant information of a private contact preset by the user; and

the one or more processors are configured to;

when the determined access type is the visitor mode and the terminal device is displaying the obtained display information corresponding to the visitor mode, receive, by the application program, a message sent by the private contact; and

skip displaying a prompt related to the message of the private contact in the visitor mode.

8. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the receiving unit is configured to send a lock instruction when a predetermined locking condition is satisfied, to lock the application program, and receive the instruction for opening the application program after receiving an instruction for unlocking the application program.

9. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the type determining unit is configured to compare the received unlock password with the pre-saved unlock password set, and determine the access type corresponding to the received unlock password.

10. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein

the display unit is further configured to display a setting interface when the application program is started for the first time or the application program is installed for the first time or an access-type setting instruction is received;

and

the receiving unit is further configured to receive input of access types by using the setting interface displayed by the display unit, receive an unlock password and an information filtering condition that are corresponding to each access type among the multiple access types, and form the unlock password set by using the multiple access types and the unlock password and the information filtering condition that are corresponding to each access type.

11. The terminal device according to claim 10, wherein the information obtaining unit is configured to obtain the current display information of the application program, and filter the current display information of the application program by using an information filtering condition corresponding to the determined access type, to obtain the display information corresponding to the determined access type.

12. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the display unit is further configured to skip displaying the current access type in a process of displaying display information.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein one or more instructions, which, when executed by a terminal device, cause the terminal device to perform:

pre-saving an unlock password set associated with multiple access types, wherein the unlock password set comprises at least two unlock passwords, and each unlock password is corresponding to one of the multiple access types;

displaying a lock screen on a user interface of the terminal device, wherein the lock screen is the same for the multiple access types;

receiving an unlock password after receiving an instruction for opening an application program from the lock screen;

determining an access type corresponding to the unlock password, wherein the determined access type is not revealed or displayed on the user interface;

obtaining display information corresponding to the access type among current display information of the application program; and

displaying the obtained display information on a display screen of the terminal device,

wherein;

the multiple access types comprise;

a private mode and a visitor mode, wherein display information corresponding to the private mode comprises all the current display information of the application program, and display information corresponding to the visitor mode does not comprise display information that is preset by a user to be not displayed among all the current display information of the application program;

the application program is an instant messaging application;

the display information that is preset by the user to be not displayed among all the current display information includes all relevant information of a private contact preset by the user; and

the one or more instructions further cause the terminal device to perform;

when the determined access type is the visitor mode and the terminal device is displaying the obtained display information corresponding to the visitor mode, receiving, by the application program, a message sent by the private contact; and

skipping displaying a prompt related to the message of the private contact in the visitor mode.