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Protecting content on a mobile device from mining

  • US 9,836,597 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2016
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • identifying, by a first application running on a mobile device, a mining-restriction mark in frame buffer data for the mobile device, the mining-restriction mark having been inserted by a second application prior to output on the mobile device;

    determining whether the mining-restriction mark prevents mining of content, wherein mining includes non-transient storage of a copy or derivations of the frame buffer data;

    preventing the mining when the mining-restriction mark prevents mining;

    determining a restriction for the data based on the mining-restriction mark when the mining-restriction mark does not prevent mining; and

    providing the restriction with the data for further processing.

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