SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE DISPLAY OF RESTRICTED INFORMATION ON PRIVATE DISPLAYS

• US 20170068813A1
• Filed: 11/18/2016
• Published: 03/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: DR Systems Incorporated (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Fram, Evan K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,916,435 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/032 Protect output to user by software means
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a system and method for restricting data, or portions thereof, to specific display devices when accessed by a user. Furthermore, the system and method of the invention are directed, in part, to evaluating in real time, the access level of a device and restricting the availability of sensitive information on the device according to the access level as determined by device location and hardware configuration.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

by one or more processors executing program instructions;

receiving, from a display device, a request for a dataset, wherein the dataset is associated with an access restriction level;

accessing data indicative of one or more characteristics of the display device;

determining, based at least in part on the characteristics of the display device, an access restriction level of the display device;

comparing the access restriction level of the display device and the access restriction level of the dataset; and

in response to the comparison, communicating or not communicating the dataset to the display device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

by one or more processors executing program instructions;

causing the display device to display the dataset.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the dataset is not communicated to the display device in response to the comparison indicating that the access restriction level of the display device does not satisfy the access restriction level of the dataset.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 further comprising:

by one or more processors executing program instructions;

accessing data indicative of one or more characteristics of a second display device;

determining, based at least in part on the characteristics of the second display device, an access restriction level of the second display device;

comparing the access restriction level of the second display device and the access restriction level of the dataset; and

in response to the comparison, communicating the dataset to the second display device.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

by one or more processors executing program instructions;

monitoring the hardware configuration of the display device; and

dynamically updating the access restriction level of the display device in response to a change in the hardware configuration.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

by one or more processors executing program instructions;

authenticating a user of the display device; and

updating the access restriction level of the display device in response to authenticating the user.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the access restriction level of the display device comprises:

by one or more processors executing program instructions;

determining the access restriction level of the display device based at least in part on a display screen size of the display device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the access restriction level of the display device comprises:

by one or more processors executing program instructions;

determining the access restriction level of the display device based at least in part on a location of the display device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the dataset comprises an audio feature and a visual feature, and wherein the computer-implemented method further comprises:

by one or more processors executing program instructions;

monitoring an audio configuration of the display device; and

in response to determining that the audio configuration of the display device indicates that the display device is not configured to output the audio feature through a private audio device, not communicating the audio feature to the display device.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the dataset comprises a first visual feature and second visual feature, wherein the first visual feature has a different access restriction level from the second visual feature.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the communicating further comprises:

by one or more processors executing program instructions;

transmitting, to the display device, only features of the dataset which have an access restriction level that satisfy the access restriction level of the display device.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising:

by one or more processors executing program instructions;

transmitting the first visual feature to a first display device having first access restriction level; and

transmitting the second visual feature to a second display device having a second access restriction level.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

by one or more processors executing program instructions;

receiving input data from the display device when the access restriction level of the display device satisfies a threshold; and

updating the dataset to include the input data.

14. A system comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith; and

one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions to cause the one or more processors to;

receive, from a display device, a request for a dataset, wherein the dataset is associated with an access restriction level;

access data indicative of one or more characteristics of the display device;

determine, based at least in part on the characteristics of the display device, an access restriction level of the display device;

compare the access restriction level of the display device and the access restriction level of the dataset; and

in response to the comparison, communicating or not communicating the dataset to the display device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the dataset is not communicated to the display device in response to the comparison indicating that the access restriction level of the display device does not satisfy the access restriction level of the dataset.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the program instructions to further cause the one or more processors to:

access data indicative of one or more characteristics of a second display device;

determine, based at least in part on the characteristics of the second display device, an access restriction level of the second display device;

compare the access restriction level of the second display device and the access restriction level of the dataset; and

in response to the comparison, communicate the dataset to the second display device.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein determining the access restriction level of the display device comprises:

determining the access restriction level of the display device based at least in part on a display screen size of the display device.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein determining the access restriction level of the display device comprises:

determining the access restriction level of the display device based at least in part on a location of the display device.

19. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:

receive, from a display device, a request for a dataset, wherein the dataset is associated with an access restriction level;

access data indicative of one or more characteristics of the display device;

determine, based at least in part on the characteristics of the display device, an access restriction level of the display device;

compare the access restriction level of the display device and the access restriction level of the dataset; and

in response to the comparison, communicating or not communicating the dataset to the display device.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the dataset is not communicated to the display device in response to the comparison indicating that the access restriction level of the display device does not satisfy the access restriction level of the dataset, and wherein the program instructions are executable by one or more processors to further cause the one or more processors to:

access data indicative of one or more characteristics of a second display device;

determine, based at least in part on the characteristics of the second display device, an access restriction level of the second display device;

compare the access restriction level of the second display device and the access restriction level of the dataset; and

in response to the comparison, communicate the dataset to the second display device.