IP Library Granted Patent US 9,558,367
Granted Patent B2
US 9,558,367 · App. 14/625,213 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Virtualization input component

Inventor: Christian Holz (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Yahoo!, Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,558,367
App. No.
14/625,213
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

One or more systems and/or methods for storing personal information within a first device and/or for providing personal information from the first device to the second device are provided. The first device (e.g., a smartphone) may identify a user interface (e.g., a movie streaming website) populated with user specified data (e.g., a password). The user specified data may be evaluated to identify personal information of the user (e.g., a movie streaming website password). The personal information may be stored within the first device. Responsive to determining that a second device (e.g., a smart television) displays a personal information input field (e.g., a movie streaming website password input field), an input event comprising the personal information may be provided from the first device to the second device. The input event may invoke the second device to input the movie streaming website password into the movie streaming website password input field.

Claims (77)

1. A system for providing personal information from a first device to a second device, comprising:

a processor comprising hardware; and

memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause implementation of a virtualization input component, hosted by a first device comprising personal information of a user, configured to:

establish a communication connection between the first device and a second device;

advertise the first device as a virtualized input device to the second device;

obtain, on the first device, a screen capture of a user interface displayed by the second device;

evaluate the screen capture to identify a personal information input field displayed by the second device;

generate an input event, comprising the personal information, as originating from the virtualized input device; and

send the input event over the communication connection from the first device to the second device, the input event invoking the second device to fill in the personal information input field with the personal information.

2. The system of claim 1 , the virtualization input component configured to:

obtain the screen capture of the user interface displayed by the second device using a camera of the first device.

3. The system of claim 1 , the input event comprising at least one of a mouse event or a tab event to move a cursor to the personal information input field.

4. The system of claim 1 , the input event comprising at least one of a keyboard input or a paste input of the personal information.

5. The system of claim 1 , the virtualization input component configured to:

store the personal information within an encrypted data storage object hosted on the first device.

6. The system of claim 5 , the encrypted data storage object comprising a plurality of personal information entries, and the virtualized input component configured to:

prompt the user for master authentication credentials; and

responsive to successfully authenticating the master authentication credentials, obtain access into the encrypted data storage object for retrieval of the personal information.

7. The system of claim 6 , the virtualized input component configured to:

evaluate the user interface displayed by the second device to determine a context of the personal information input field; and

querying the encrypted data storage object using the context to identify the personal information corresponding to the personal information input field.

8. The system of claim 1 , the virtualized input component, hosted by the first device, configured to:

identify a user interface displayed by a device, the user interface populated with user specified data;

evaluate the user specified data to identify the personal information; and

store the personal information within a data storage object hosted on the first device.

9. The system of claim 8 , the virtualized input component, hosted by the first device, configured to:

obtain a screen capture of the user interface displayed by the device; and

evaluate the screen capture to identify the user specified data as the personal information.

10. The system of claim 1 , the virtualized input component configured to:

identify a user interface element within the user interface displayed by the second device;

responsive to the user interface element having a visible text property and the personal information having a non-display privacy setting, specify that the user interface element is not to be identified as the personal information input field; and

responsive to the user interface element having a hidden text property and the personal information having a non-display privacy setting, identify the user interface element as the personal information input field.

11. The system of claim 10 , the virtualized input component configured to:

evaluate the user interface element within the user interface displayed by the second device to determine a text property for the user interface element;

prompt the user to provide a privacy setting for the personal information corresponding to the user interface element; and

store the text property, the privacy setting, and the personal information within an encrypted data storage object hosted on the first device.

12. The system of claim 1 , the virtualized input component configured to:

evaluate the screen capture utilizing a form field detection technique to identify a user interface element within the user interface;

evaluate text of the screen capture utilizing optical character recognition to identify a context of the user interface element; and

identify the user interface element as the personal information input field based upon the context.

13. A system for storing personal information within a first device, comprising:

a processor comprising hardware; and

memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause implementation of a virtualization input component, hosted by a first device of a user, configured to:

identify a user interface populated with user specified data;

evaluate the user specified data to identify personal information of the user;

store the personal information within an encrypted data storage object of the first device;

advertise the first device as a virtualized input device to a second device; and

responsive to determining that the second device displays a personal information input field based upon a screen capture, obtained on the first device, of a second user interface displayed by the second device, provide an input event comprising the personal information to the second device, the input event invoking the second device to fill in the personal information field with the personal information.

14. The system of claim 13 , the virtualization input component configured to:

encrypt a data storage object to create the encrypted data storage object.

15. The system of claim 13 , the virtualization input component configured to:

prompt the user for master authentication credentials; and

responsive to successfully authenticating the master authentication credentials, obtain access into the encrypted data storage object for retrieval of the personal information.

16. The system of claim 15 , the virtualized input component configured to:

evaluate the second user interface displayed by the second device to determine a context of the personal information input field; and

querying the encrypted data storage object using the context to identify the personal information.

17. The system of claim 13 , the virtualized input component configured to:

obtain the screen capture of the second user interface displayed by the second device;

evaluate the screen capture utilizing a form field detection technique to identify a user interface element within the second user interface;

evaluate text of the screen capture utilizing optical character recognition to identify a context of the user interface element; and

identify the user interface element as the personal information input field based upon the context.

18. The system of claim 13 , the virtualized input component configured to:

prompt the user to provide a privacy setting for the personal information;

evaluate the personal information input field to determine a text property for the personal information input field;

responsive to the personal information input field having a visible text property and the personal information having a non-display privacy setting, refrain from providing the input event to the second device; and

responsive to the personal information input field having a hidden text property and the personal information having a non-display privacy setting, provide the input event to the second device.

19. A method of providing personal information from a first device to a second device, comprising:

establishing a communication connection between a first device and a second device;

advertising the first device as a virtualized input device to the second device;

obtaining, on the first device, a screen capture of a user interface displayed by the second device;

evaluating the screen capture to identify a personal information input field displayed by the second device;

accessing an encrypted storage device comprising a plurality of personal information entries to identify a personal information entry corresponding to the personal information device;

generating an input event, comprising the personal information entry, as originating from the virtualized input device; and

sending the input event over the communication connection to the second device, the input event invoking the second device to fill in the personal information input field with the personal information entry, at least some of the method implemented via a processor comprising hardware.

20. The method of claim 19 , assessing an encrypted storage device comprising:

prompting the user for master authentication credentials; and

responsive to successfully authenticating the master authentication credentials, obtaining access into the encrypted data storage object for retrieval of the personal information entry corresponding to the personal information input field.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2021
From: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
To: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Reel/Frame 057453/0431 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2020
From: OATH INC.
To: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
Reel/Frame 054258/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2018
From: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
To: OATH INC.
Reel/Frame 045240/0310 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2017
From: YAHOO! INC.
To: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 042963/0211 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2015
From: HOLZ, CHRISTIAN
To: YAHOO!, INC.
Reel/Frame 035037/0355 →
Continuity (1)
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