Privacy protection on application sharing and data projector connectivity

• US 20070136466A1
• Filed: 12/12/2005
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Etelapera, Esa
• Granted Patent: US 7,685,238 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

Privacy protection of data content is provided by identifying one or more applications running on a suitably configured device, and marking each of the applications to indicate that a respective one of the applications is permitted or not permitted to issue messages in an all share public mode. The data content of such messages is hidden from public view in response to the application not having the requisite permission to issue messages in the all share public mode. A computer program and mobile terminal device for providing privacy protection of data content are also presented.

Claims

1. Method for providing privacy protection of data content comprising the steps of:

Identifying one or more applications running on a suitably configured device, and

marking each of said one or more applications to indicate that a respective one of said one or more applications is permitted or not permitted to issue messages in an all share public mode;

whereby data content is hidden from public view.

2. The method for providing privacy protection as defined in claim 1 wherein the steps of marking each of said one or more applications further comprises the steps of:

creating a first listing of said one or more applications marked with permission to issue messages when the device is in an all share public mode;

creating a second listing of said one or more applications marked as not having permission to issue messages when the device is in an all share public mode;

detecting that the all share mode in the device is activated;

comparing the application wishing to display data content with the listed one or more applications;

showing the data content in response to determining that the application is listed in said first listing of notification applications marked with permission to issue messages, and

not showing the data content in response to determining that the application is listed in said second listing of applications not having permission to issue messages.

3. The method for providing privacy protection as defined in claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

detecting by the application that the all share mode in the device is activated;

determining prior to interrupting to display a message whether the application is permitted or not permitted to show the message;

hiding the message in response to determining the application is not permitted to show the message.

4. The method of providing privacy protection as defined in claim 3 further comprising the step of displaying the message on the display screen of the device only.

5. The method for providing privacy protection as defined in claim 1 further comprising the steps of:

including an inquiry sequence in the application for determining when the device is in an all share public mode;

determining if the application is permitted to issue messages in response to the device being in an all share public mode, and

displaying the message data content on the device display screen and on an external viewing device in communication with the device in response to determining the application is permitted to issue messages.

6. The method for providing privacy protection as defined in claim 1 wherein the step of displaying the message further comprises displaying an icon.

7. The method for providing privacy protection as defined in claim 1 wherein the step of displaying the message further comprising displaying a text message.

8. The method for providing privacy protection as defined in claim 1 wherein the step of displaying the message further includes the step of providing an audible message.

9. The method of providing privacy protection as defined in claim 1 further comprising the steps of removing personal information from said messages prior to issuing the message.

10. The method of providing privacy protection as defined in claim 1 wherein said one or more applications is a notification application.

11. The method of providing privacy protection as defined in claim 10 wherein said notification application is an instant messaging application.

12. The method of providing privacy protection as defined in claim 10 wherein said notification application is an alarm alert application.

13. The method of providing privacy protection as defined in claim 10 wherein said notification application is a calendar application.

14. A computer program product carried on a storage medium and executable by a processor in a presentation device for providing privacy protection of application data content in an application sharing device comprising:

program code for identifying applications running on a suitably configured device;

program code for suitably marking the permission status of each of the identified applications to issue or not issue messages when the device is in an all share public mode;

whereby the application data content is hidden from public view thereby providing privacy protection of the application data content.

15. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a display screen;

a memory;

processing means for carrying out the intended operational functions of the mobile terminal device;

means for identifying applications running on the mobile terminal device;

means for marking the permission status of each of the identified applications to issue or not issue messages when the mobile terminal device is in an all share public mode;

whereby the application data content shown on the display screen of the mobile terminal device is hidden from public view thereby providing privacy protection for the application data content.