OBSTRUCTING USER CONTENT BASED ON LOCATION

• US 20140041042A1
• Filed: 04/19/2011
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Wong, Glenn A., Mitchell, April Slayden, Solomon, Mark C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,317,713 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2358/00 Arrangements for display data security
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion

Abstract

Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to displaying private user content (420) of a first user (430) on a large interactive display (410) of a multi-user interface. The visibility of the private user content is obstructed based on identifying a second user (440).

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, if executed by a processor of a device, cause the processor to:

display private user content on a large interactive display of a multi-user interface, the private user content associated with a first user;

identify presence of a second user; and

obstruct visibility of the private user content.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, further comprising instructions that, if executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

measure location data of at least one of the first and second users; and

identify the first user according to at least one of a manual input by the first user and the measured location data of the first user, wherein

the identify presence of the second user is based on the measured location data of the second user, and

the second user is not associated with the private user content.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the location includes at least one of face recognition, voice recognition, body shape, weight, gait, hand geometry, iris recognition, and scent data of at least one of the first and second users.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the location data includes at least one of a position, distance and orientation of at least one of the first and second users with respect to the displayed private user content.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 2, wherein the location data of the second user is compared to the location data of the first user to differentiate the second user from the first user.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 2, further comprising instructions that, if executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

vary a threshold distance at which to obstruct the private user content based on of at least one of the private user content and the location data.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein information is classified as the private user content based on at least one of a type of information and a command by the first user.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein information at least one of modified and created by the first user when interacting with large interactive display is classified as the private user content.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the visibility is obstructed by at least one of blurring, removing and converting the user content, the converting including at least one of changing a language, orientation, size, and placement of the private user content.

10. A device comprising:

a display module to transmit private user content to a large interactive display of a multi-user interface;

a classification module to classify at least one stored and generated information as the private user content, the private user content associated with a first user;

an identification module to identify a presence of a second user near the private user content displayed on the large interactive display; and

a visibility module to obstruct visibility of the private user content displayed on the large interactive display.

11. The device of claim 10, further comprising:

a large interactive display to display the transmitted user content; and

a sensor module including at least one of a camera sensor, a proximity sensor, an audio sensor, and a weight detection pad to collect location data associated with the second user, wherein

the sensor module is to transmit the location information to the identification module,

the identification module is to identify the presence of the second user near the private user content based on the location data, and

the second user is user not associated with the private user content.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the visibility module,

determines a threshold distance to obstruct the user content based on a at least one of a text size of the private user content and the location information, the location information including at least one of a position, current speed and direction of movement of the second user, and

obstructs visibility by at least one of blurring, removing and converting the user content, the converting including at least one of changing a language, orientation, size, and placement of the private user content.

13. A user detection method, comprising:

associating private user content displayed on a large interactive display of a multi-user interface with a first user;

identifying a second user at a location near the large interactive display; and

obstructing the private user content if a distance between the location of the second user and the private user content is less than a threshold distance.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining a location of the second user with respect to the private user content before the obstructing, wherein

the obstructing varies the threshold distance based on at least one of a formatting and content of the private user content, and

the second user is not associated with the private user content.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the obstructing includes at least one of blurring, removing and converting the private user content, the converting including at least one of changing a language, orientation, size, and placement of the private user content.