PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE CHAT DATA

• US 20160380927A1
• Filed: 06/27/2015
• Published: 12/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: McAfee, LLC
• Original Assignee: McAfee, Inc. (McAfee, LLC)
• Inventors: Vaughn, Robert L., Durham, David M., Cochin, Cedric, King, Jonathan B.
• Granted Patent: US 10,834,027 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6263 during internet communication, e.g. revealing personal data from cookies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

Particular embodiments described herein provide for a system that can be configured to communicate chat session data during a chat session to a first display of a first electronic device, communicate the chat session data during the chat session to a second display of a second electronic device, receive sensitive data during the chat session from the first electronic device, and protect the sensitive data from being displayed on the second display during the chat session without breaking continuity of the chat session.

Claims

1. At least one machine readable medium comprising one or more instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one machine readable medium to:

communicate chat session data during a chat session to a first display of a first electronic device;

communicate the chat session data during the chat session to a second display of a second electronic device;

receive sensitive data during the chat session from the first electronic device; and

protect the sensitive data from being displayed on the second display during the chat session without breaking continuity of the chat session.

2. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 1, further comprising one or more instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one machine readable medium to:

encrypt the sensitive chat data before being displayed on the second electronic device.

3. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 1, further comprising one or more instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause the machine readable medium to:

redirect the sensitive chat data to a secure system for processing.

4. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 1, further comprising one or more instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one machine readable medium to:

identify the sensitive data as protected on the first display.

5. The at least one machine readable medium of claim 1, wherein the sensitive data is credit card information.

6. An apparatus comprising:

a network chat module configured to;

communicate chat session data during a chat session to a first display of a first electronic device;

communicate the chat session data during the chat session to a second display of a second electronic device;

receive sensitive data during the chat session from the first electronic device; and

protect the sensitive data from being displayed on the second display during the chat session without breaking continuity of the chat session.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the network chat module is further configured to:

encrypt the sensitive chat data before being displayed on the second electronic device.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the network chat module is further configured to:

redirect the sensitive chat data to a secure system for processing.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the network chat module is further configured to:

identify the sensitive data as protected on the first display.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the sensitive data is credit card information.

11. A method comprising:

communicating chat session data during a chat session to a first display of a first electronic device;

communicating the chat session data during the chat session to a second display of a second electronic device;

receiving sensitive data during the chat session from the first electronic device; and

protecting the sensitive data from being displayed on the second display during the chat session without breaking continuity of the chat session.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

encrypting the sensitive chat data before being displayed on the second electronic device.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

redirecting the sensitive chat data to a secure system for processing.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

identifying the sensitive data as protected on the first display.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the sensitive data is credit card information.

16. A system for protecting sensitive chat data during a chat session, the system comprising:

a network chat module configured to;

communicate chat session data during a chat session to a first display of a first electronic device;

communicate the chat session data during the chat session to a second display of a second electronic device;

receive sensitive data during the chat session from the first electronic device; and

protect the sensitive data from being displayed on the second display during the chat session without breaking continuity of the chat session.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the system is further configured to:

encrypt the sensitive chat data before being displayed on the second electronic device.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the system is further configured to:

redirect the sensitive chat data to a secure system for processing.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the system is further configured to:

identify the sensitive data as protected on the first display.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the sensitive data is credit card information.