Electronic device including display and method of encrypting information

• US 10,515,222 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2017
• Issued: 12/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Adams, Neil Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Minh
• Application Number:
  US15/816,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20190156044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/602 Providing cryptographic facilities or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method of encrypting information on an electronic device includes displaying information associated with an application running on the electronic device, receiving, via the application running on the electronic device, an input to initiate an encrypted camera application that is separate from the application running on the electronic device, initiating the encrypted camera application, determining an identity profile having an associated key, receiving an input from the encrypted camera application to collect image data with the camera, receiving image data from an image sensor of the camera, encrypting the image data utilizing the key associated with the determined identity profile to generate encrypted image data, adding the encrypted image data to a document associated with the application running on the electronic device.

Claims

1. A method of encrypting information on an electronic device having a camera, the method comprising:

displaying information associated with an application running on the electronic device;

receiving, via the application running on the electronic device, an input to initiate an encrypted camera application that is separate from the application running on the electronic device;

initiating the encrypted camera application;

determining an identity profile having an associated key;

receiving an input from the encrypted camera application to collect image data with the camera;

receiving image data from an image sensor of the camera;

encrypting the image data utilizing the key associated with the determined identity profile to generate encrypted image data;

adding the encrypted image data to a document associated with the application running on the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining an identity profile comprises receiving a selection of an identity profile from a plurality of identity profiles stored on the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the information associated with the application running on the electronic device includes a selectable feature associated with initiating the encryption camera application; and

receiving an input comprises receiving a selection of the selectable feature.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining an identity profile comprises automatically selecting an identity profile.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein automatically selecting an identity profile comprises selecting a default identity profile associated with the application running on the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein:

the application running on the electronic device is a messaging application; and

automatically selecting an identity profile comprises;

determining that the message application includes a previous message containing encrypted information;

selecting an identity profile associated with an identifier associated with the second encrypted information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the encrypted image data in a memory of the electronic device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the encrypted image data is stored in a secured database that is separate from a database storing unencrypted image data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the encrypted image data is stored utilizing a file type that is the same as a file type of the image data received from the image sensor.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the encrypted image data is stored utilizing a file type that is different than a file type of the image data received from the image sensor.

11. An electronic device for encrypting information, the electronic device comprising:

a display for displaying information;

a camera having an image sensor;

a processor operably coupled to the camera and the display and configured to;

display on the display information associated with an application running on the electronic device;

receive, via the application running on the electronic device, an input to initiate an encrypted camera application that is separate from the application running on the electronic device;

initiate the encrypted camera application;

determine an identity profile having an associated key;

receive an input via the encrypted camera application to collect image data from the image sensor;

receive image data from the image sensor;

encrypt the image data utilizing the key associated with the determined identity profile to generate encrypted image data;

add the encrypted image data to a document associated with the application running on the electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein determining an identity profile comprises receiving a selection of an identity profile from a plurality of identity profiles stored on the electronic device.

13. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein:

the information associated with the application running on the electronic device includes a selectable feature associated with initiating the encryption camera application; and

receiving an input comprises receiving a selection of the selectable feature.

14. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein determining an identity profile comprises automatically selecting an identity profile.

15. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein automatically selecting an identity profile comprises selecting a default identity profile associated with the application running on the electronic device.

16. The electronic device of claim 14, wherein:

the application running on the electronic device is a messaging application; and

automatically selecting an identity profile comprises;

determining that the message application includes a previous message containing encrypted information;

selecting an identity profile associated with an identifier associated with the second encrypted information.

17. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to store the encrypted image data in a memory of the electronic device.

18. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the encrypted image data is stored in a secured database that is separate from a database storing unencrypted image data.

19. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the encrypted image data is stored utilizing a file type that is the same as a file type of the image data received from the image sensor.

20. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the encrypted image data is stored utilizing a file type that is different than a file type of the image data received from the image sensor.