PROVIDING INTRUSION DETECTION, MONITORING AND PROTECTION IN A SYSTEM

• US 20150302207A1
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sprenger, Mark E., Gwin, Paul J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,984,237 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/30 Monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/50 Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/55 Detecting local intrusion or implementing counter-measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/70 Protecting specific internal or peripheral components, in which the protection of a component leads to protection of the entire computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/032 Protect output to user by software means

Abstract

In an embodiment, a system includes a processor with at least one core to execute an application to provide intrusion detection and protection, a radar sensor to detect presence of one or more persons within a detection zone about the system and to output a detection notification responsive to the presence detection, and a peripheral controller coupled to the radar sensor to receive the detection notification and to provide the detection notification to the application, where the application is to cause a protection measure to be performed responsive to the detection notification. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor including at least one core to execute an application to provide intrusion detection and protection;

a radar sensor to detect presence of at least one person within a detection zone about the system and to output a detection notification responsive to the presence detection, the at least one person separate from a user of the system; and

a peripheral controller coupled to the radar sensor to receive the detection notification and to provide the detection notification to the application, wherein the application is to cause a protection measure to be performed responsive to the detection notification.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the application is to prevent display of confidential information on a display of the system responsive to the detection notification.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising a capture device coupled to the processor to capture video data at a location of the system.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising a video conference application to execute on the processor, wherein the application is to obscure a portion of the video data corresponding to the detected at least one person, wherein the video data including the obscured portion is communicated to a remote system.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the application is to cause the video conference application to display the user against a predetermined background, responsive to the detection notification.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the application is to cause a warning to be displayed on a display of the system responsive to the detection notification.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the application is to cause display of an image of the at least one person obtained from a capture device in connection with the warning.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the application includes a configuration module to enable the user to configure a size of the detection zone, a form of a warning message, and to store configuration settings in a policy table.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the application is to access the policy table responsive to the detection notification and to determine whether to cause the protection measure to be performed based on the detection notification and the configuration settings.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the application is to cause display on a display of the system of an indication of a distance and a direction of movement of the at least one person with respect to the system.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises a multicore processor further comprising the peripheral controller.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising a sensor hub coupled to the radar sensor to receive the detection notification, the sensor hub to provide the detection notification to the peripheral controller.

13. A method comprising:

receiving, in a processor of a system executing an intrusion monitoring application, an indication of a person moving into a first detection zone of the system;

determining, in the processor, whether the person is located within a predetermined distance of the system;

accessing a policy table to determine a selected protection technique to apply, responsive to determining that the person is located within the predetermined distance; and

applying the selected protection technique to the system.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising monitoring detection information from a sensor of the system responsive to the indication, the sensor comprising a micropower ultrawideband impulse radar sensor.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

monitoring an eye gaze of the person and obscuring information displayed on a display of the system responsive to detection of the eye gaze towards the system; and

monitoring an eye gaze of a user of the system, and blanking the display when the eye gaze is away from the system.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising determining whether the person is an authorized user and if so, not applying the selected protection technique.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the selected protection technique comprises:

identifying a location of the person within a second detection zone of the system using information from a capture device of the system;

displaying an image of the person on a display of the system to enable a user of the system to identify whether the person is an authorized individual; and

applying the protection technique at a corresponding location of a video frame obtained from the capture device using the information to obscure the person if the person is not an authorized individual.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the selected protection technique comprises:

using information from a capture device to identify a location of the person within a second detection zone of the system; and

displaying a warning on a display of the system in connection with displaying an image of the person obtained from the capture device.

18. (canceled)

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21. (canceled)

22. (canceled)

23. At least one computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed enable a system to:

associate an intrusion detection application with a first application;

enable a user to configure a set of parameters for the intrusion detection application;

store the set of parameters in a policy table of the system;

access the policy table to determine a protection technique to apply, responsive to receipt of an indication that a person is detected within a detection zone of the system during execution of the first application; and

apply the protection technique, during execution of the first application.

25. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions that enable the system to detect the person within the detection zone and display a warning on a display of the system in connection with display of an image of the person obtained from a capture device of the system.

24. (canceled)