ACTIVATING AN ELECTRONIC PRIVACY SCREEN DURING DISPLAY OF SENSITVE INFORMATION

• US 20160300081A1
• Filed: 04/10/2015
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Paradise, Jerry Thomas, Weksler, Arnold S., Parrish, Jason Pratt, Caliendo, Neal Robert Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 11,055,445 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3827 Portable transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method including: receiving, on a display device, a request to display data; detecting, using a processor, a factor indicating a need for privacy; activating, based on the detecting, a privacy filter of the display device; and displaying, on the display device, the data. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, on a display device, a request to display data;

detecting, using a processor, a factor indicating a need for privacy;

activating, based on the detecting, a privacy filter of the display device; and

displaying, on the display device, the data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the factor comprises the display device location.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting comprises determining, based on the display device location, if the device is in a predetermined area.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the detecting comprises determining that the device is moving above a threshold speed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the activating comprises modifying a hardware aspect of the display device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the factor is selected from the group consisting of metadata corresponding to the data to be displayed and the data to be displayed.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the metadata comprises security data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the security data comprises location data.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the security data is determined during creation of the data to be displayed;

and

wherein the security data is modifiable by a user.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the security data is determined during creation of the data to be displayed;

and

wherein the security data is not modifiable by a user.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

a display device;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to;

receive a request to display a data;

detect a factor indicating a need for privacy;

activate, based on the detecting, a privacy filter of the display device; and

display, on the display device the data.

12. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the factor comprises the display device location.

13. The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the detecting comprises determining, based on the display device location, if the device is in a predetermined area.

14. The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the detecting comprises determining, based on the device location, if the device is in a predetermined area.

15. The information handling device of claim 12, wherein the detecting comprises determining, that the device is moving above a threshold speed.

16. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the activating comprises modifying a hardware aspect of the display device.

17. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the factor is selected from the group consisting of metadata corresponding to the data to be displayed and the data to be displayed;

and

18. The information handling device of claim 17, wherein the metadata comprises security data;

and

wherein the security data comprises location data.

19. The information handling device of claim 17, wherein the metadata comprises security data determined during creation of the data to be displayed;

and

wherein the security data has a characteristic selected from the group consisting of;

being modifiable by a user and not being modifiable by a user.

20. A product, comprising:

a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a processor and comprising;

code that receives, at an input device, a request to display data;

code that detects a factor indicating a need for privacy;

code that activates, based on the detecting, a privacy filter of the display device; and

code that displays, on the display device, the data.