Automatic adjustment of a display to obscure data

• US 9,886,598 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2014
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ziaja, Jason, Luk, Bryant Genepang, O'Toole, Christopher Diebold, Brenner, Jennifer T., He, Robert, Tang, Yu, Das, Ananya
• Primary Examiner(s): Koziol, Stephen R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Azima, Shaghayegh
• Application Number:
  US14/584,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20160188973A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,135 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• 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: G06F 2221/2139 Recurrent verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/013 Eye tracking input arrangements G06F3/015 takes precedence

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for automatically adjusting a display to obscure application data. In an example, a computer-implemented method may include collecting eye data from a user, receiving the eye data collected from the user, analyzing the eye data, determining that eyesight of the user is on a display based on the eye data, providing data on the display to the user when the eyesight of the user is determined to be on the display, determining that the eyesight of the user is off the display, obscuring the data on the display in response to determining that the eyesight of the user is off the display, removing the obscuring applied to the data on the display when the eyesight of the user returns to the display.

Claims

1. A computer system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the computer system to perform operations comprising;

receiving, by a first application executing on the computer system, eye data collected from a user;

receiving, by the first application, an indication of an event involving a user interaction with a second application executing on the computer system, the first application and the second application being different computer programs;

modifying, by the first application, a privacy setting associated with the second application based on receiving the indication of the event involving the user interaction with the second application;

determining, by the first application, whether eyesight of the user is on a display based on the eye data and one or more attributes of the display;

determining, by the first application, whether to obscure application data of the second application based on the modified privacy setting associated with the second application;

injecting, by the first application, external code into the second application to obscure the application data of the second application based on the modified privacy setting, wherein the first application dynamically injects the external code into the second application while the second application is executing on the computer system; and

causing, by the first application, obscuring of the application data of the second application on the display using the injected code, at least in part, based on determining that the eyesight of the user is off of the display.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the obscuring is further based on detecting presence of another person.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the obscuring is further based on determining that the display is viewable by another person.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

collecting head data from the user; and

wherein the obscuring is further based on, at least in part, the head data collected from the user.

5. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

collecting facial data from the user; and

wherein the obscuring is further based on, at least in part, the facial data collected from the user.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining whether the eyesight of the user is on the display, at least in part, based on facial data and head data collected from the user.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the modifying involves associating a unique identifier of the second application with the privacy setting.

8. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the privacy setting is modified for a current user session associated with the second application.

9. The computer system of claim 1, wherein one or more cameras collect the eye data from the user.

10. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

analyzing the eye data to determine whether the eyesight of the user is on the display.

11. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the eyesight of the user is on the display based on the eye data from the user.

12. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

obscuring, by the first application, second application data associated with a third application, at least in part, based on determining that the eyesight of the user is off of the display.

13. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

obscuring the data on a second display at least in part based on determining that the eyesight of the user is not directed towards the second display and the modified privacy setting indicates that the application data is to be obscured.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the display and the second display are configured in a dual display configuration.

15. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

analyzing the eye data in view of a size and position of the display.

16. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the first application is an operating system.

17. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the obscured application data on the display is based on the event involving the user interaction with the second application.

18. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the second application is a web browser and a web browser plug-in associated with the first application injects the external code into the web browser.

19. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a first application, eye data and facial data collected from a user;

receiving, by the first application, an indication of an event involving a user interaction with a second application, the first application and the second application being different computer programs;

modifying, by the first application, a privacy setting associated with the second application based on receiving the indication of the event involving the user interaction with the second application;

analyzing, by the first application, the eye data and the facial data to determine whether sight of the user is directed towards a display based on a size and a position of the display;

determining, by the first application, whether to obscure application data for the second application based on the modified privacy setting associated with the second application;

injecting, by the first application, external code into the second application to obscure the application data of the second application based on the modified privacy setting, wherein the first application dynamically injects the external code into the second application while the second application is executing; and

obscuring, by the first application, the application data of the second application on the display using the injected code at least in response to determining that the sight of the user is off of the display.

20. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a first application, eye data collected from a user;

receiving, by the first application, an indication of an event involving a user interaction with a second application;

modifying, by the first application, a privacy setting associated with the second application based on receiving the indication of the event involving the user interaction with the second application;

analyzing, by the first application, the eye data to determine whether eyesight of the user is on a display based on a size and a position of the display;

determining, by the first application, whether to obscure application data of the second application based on the modified privacy setting associated with the second application;

injecting, by the first application, external code into the second application to obscure the application data of the second application based on the modified privacy setting, wherein the first application dynamically injects the external code into the second application while the second application is executing; and

obscuring the application data of the second application on the display using the injected code at least in response to determining the eyesight of the user is directed away from the display.