MOBILE TERMINAL AND INFORMATION SECURITY SETTING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20120054838A1
• Filed: 08/24/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Moonju, Song, Suyeon, Kwon, Yunmi, Jung, Hyemi, Kwon, Arim
• Granted Patent: US 8,813,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/101 applying security measures for digital rights management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

An information security method for a mobile terminal is presented. The method includes setting security information for a content associated with a first user, uploading the content to a Social Network Service (SNS) site, and uploading the security information to the SNS site to permit the SNS site to register the security information in order to display the content according to the security information when the content is accessed by a second user via the SNS site.

Claims

1. An information security method for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

setting security information for a content associated with a first user;

uploading the content to a Social Network Service (SNS) site; and

uploading the security information to the SNS site to permit the SNS site to register the security information in order to display the content according to the security information when the content is accessed by a second user via the SNS site.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content comprises a photo, a video, or text.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting content access rights for the second user in the security information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting content access rights according to at least device information, identification (ID) information, internet protocol (IP) information, or position information for a device in the security information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting the security information for an entirety of the content or a specific portion of the content.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting the security information as a site-wide rule for an SNS site or for a specific group within an SNS site.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting the security information to pixilate, blur, blacken, or replace the content when accessed by the second user.

8. An information security setting method for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

setting security information associated with a first user for a Social Network Service (SNS) site; and

uploading the security information to the SNS site to permit the SNS site to apply the security information to content associated with the first user in order to display the content according to the security information when the content is accessed by a second user via the SNS site.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising applying the security information to the content associated with the first user via facial recognition.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying the content accessed by the second user as pixilated, blurred, blacked, or replaced when the security information is set as restricted.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising applying the security information to other content associated with the first user when the second user uploads the other content to the SNS site.

12. A mobile terminal comprising:

a controller configured to set security information for content associated with a first user; and

a wireless communication unit configured to upload the content and the security information to a Social Network Service (SNS) site to permit the SNS site to display the content according to the security information when a second user accesses the uploaded content via the SNS site.

13. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the content comprises a photo, a video, or text.

14. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the security information indicates whether the second user may view the content uploaded to the SNS site.

15. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the security information comprises access controls according to at least device information, identification (ID) information, internet protocol (IP) information, or position information for a device.

16. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the security information is set for an entirety of the content or a specific portion of the content.

17. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the security information is set as a site-wide rule for an SNS site or for a specific group within an SNS site.

18. The terminal of claim 12, wherein the security information is set to pixilate, blur, blacken, or replace the content when the content is accessed by the second user.

19. A mobile terminal comprising:

a controller configured to set security information for a first user; and

a wireless communication unit configured to upload the security information to a Social Network Service (SNS) site to permit the SNS site to apply the security information to content associated with the first user in order to display the content according to the security information when a second user accesses the content associated with the first user via the SNS site.

20. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the security information is applied to content associated with the first user via facial recognition.

21. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the security information is set to pixilate, blur, blacken, or replace the content when the content is accessed by the second user.

22. The terminal of claim 19, wherein the security information permits the SNS site to apply the security information to other content associated with the first user when the second user uploads the other content to the SNS site.