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Selective display of private user information

  • US 10,417,447 B2
  • Filed: 06/15/2016
  • Issued: 09/17/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving a communication at a customer premise equipment device;

    identifying a property of the received communication, wherein the property of the received communication comprises either a packet identifier defined for application gateway messages or a packet identifier defined for messages that are to be protected, wherein the packet identifier is added to the communication by a headend device, and wherein the packet identifier is parsed from the communication by the customer premise equipment device;

    comparing the parsed packet identifier to one or more packet identifiers defined for messages that are to be protected, wherein the one or more packet identifiers defined for messages that are to be protected are stored at the customer premise equipment device;

    determining whether the identified property matches a packet identifier defined for messages that are to be protected;

    if the identified property does not match a packet identifier defined for messages that are to be protected, outputting information associated with the communication to a display; and

    if the identified property does match a packet identifier defined for messages that are to be protected, refraining from outputting, to a display, information associated with the communication until a valid passcode is received.

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