IP Library Granted Patent US 10,545,660
Granted Patent B2
US 10,545,660 · App. 13/887,003 · Granted Jan 28, 2020

Multi touch combination for viewing sensitive information

Inventors: Henrik Sandström (Hässleholm, SE); Carl Fredrik Alexander Berglund (Malmö, SE)
Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
G06F3/04883
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Patent No.
US 10,545,660
App. No.
13/887,003
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method at an electronic device including a user input device, the method comprising: receiving data comprising displayable content and data indicating that touch events corresponding to a pattern of multiple touches are to be detected in order to display the displayable content; upon detecting touch events corresponding to the pattern of multiple touches, displaying the displayable content; and ceasing to display the displayable content once the touch events corresponding to the pattern of multiple touches are no longer detected.

Claims (37)

1. A method at an electronic device including a user input device, the method comprising:

receiving, at the electronic device and from a sending device, first data comprising displayable content and second data indicating a security pattern that is to be detected on the electronic device in order to display the displayable content, wherein the second data indicates touch events corresponding to the security pattern of multiple touches, and the sending device is different than the electronic device;

while detecting, at the electronic device, touch events corresponding to the security pattern of multiple touches, displaying the displayable content on a display of the electronic device; and

removing the displayable content from the display as soon as the touch events corresponding to the security pattern of multiple touches are no longer detected at the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second data indicates one of a plurality of security patterns of multiple touches stored on the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second data indicates a complexity of the security pattern of multiple touches.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second data comprises details of the security pattern of multiple touches.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the displayable content triggers a timer, and an expiration of the timer causes the electronic device to remove the displayable content from the electronic device.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising receiving an indication of a duration of the timer.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying the security pattern of multiple touches.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising indicating when the detected touch events do not match the security pattern of multiple touches.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the security pattern of multiple touches corresponds to individual touches detected at multiple locations on the electronic device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the security pattern of multiple touches corresponds to one or more touches moving over different locations on the electronic device.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displayable content is an image, or a video, or a text, or any combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display and the user input device operate together as a touch-sensitive display.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user input device comprises one or more of the following: a touch-sensitive display, one or more hardware buttons, and a touch-sensitive panel.

14. An electronic device comprising:

a user input device;

one or more processors; and

memory comprising instructions which when executed by the one or more processors cause the electronic device to:

receive, at the electronic device and from a sending device, first data comprising displayable content and second data indicating a security pattern that is to be detected on the electronic device in order to display the displayable content, wherein the second data indicates touch events corresponding to the security pattern of multiple touches, and the sending device is different than the electronic device;

during detection of touch events corresponding to the security pattern of multiple touches at the electronic device, display the displayable content on a display of the electronic device; and

remove the displayable content from the display as soon as the touch events corresponding to the security pattern of multiple touches are no longer detected at the electronic device.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the second data indicates one of a plurality of security patterns of multiple touches stored on the electronic device.

16. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the second data comprises details of the security pattern of multiple touches.

17. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein displaying the displayable content triggers a timer, and an expiration of the timer causes the electronic device to remove the displayable content from the electronic device.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the instructions which when executed by the one or more processors further cause the electronic device to receive an indication of a duration of the timer.

19. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the memory comprises further instructions to display the security pattern of multiple touches.

20. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the memory comprises further instructions to indicate when the detected touch events do not match the security pattern of multiple touches.

21. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the security pattern of multiple touches corresponds to individual touches detected at multiple locations on the electronic device.

22. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the security pattern of multiple touches corresponds to one or more touches moving over different locations on the electronic device.

23. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the display and the user input device operate together as a touch-sensitive display.

24. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the user input device comprises one or more of the following: a touch-sensitive display, one or more hardware buttons, and a touch-sensitive panel.

25. One or more non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions, which when executed by one or more of the processors of an electronic device having a user input device, cause the electronic device to:

receive, at the electronic device and from a sending device, first data comprising displayable content and second data indicating a security pattern that is to be detected on the electronic device in order to display the displayable content, wherein the second data indicates touch events corresponding to the security pattern of multiple touches, and the sending device is different than the electronic device;

during detection of touch events corresponding to the security pattern of multiple touches at the electronic device, display the displayable content on a display of the electronic device; and

remove the displayable content from the display as soon as the touch events corresponding to the security pattern of multiple touches are no longer detected at the electronic device.

Assignments (5)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 19, 2023
From: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064271/0199 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064104/0103 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2013
From: BLACKBERRY SWEDEN AB
To: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 031696/0212 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 2, 2013
From: RESEARCH IN MOTION TAT AB
To: BLACKBERRY SWEDEN AB
Reel/Frame 031745/0632 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2013
From: SANDSTROM, HENRIK; BERGLUND, CARL FREDRIK ALEXANDER
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION TAT AB
Reel/Frame 030808/0027 →
Continuity (1)
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