IP Library Granted Patent US 10,956,613
Granted Patent B2
US 10,956,613 · App. 16/129,027 · Granted Mar 23, 2021

Sensitive information filter

Inventors: Russell Speight VanBlon (Raleigh, NC); Nathan J. Peterson (Oxford, NC); Mark Patrick Delaney (Raleigh, NC); John Carl Mese (Cary, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F21/6263G02B27/017G06F9/542G06F21/84
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Patent No.
US 10,956,613
App. No.
16/129,027
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiments provides a method, including: determining, using a processor, whether content to be displayed on an information handling device comprises sensitive information; filtering, responsive to determining that the content comprises sensitive information, the sensitive information from the content; displaying, on a display of the information handling device, the content with the sensitive information filtered; and transmitting the sensitive information to a secondary device. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (37)

1. A method, comprising:

determining, using a processor, whether content to be displayed on an information handling device comprises sensitive information, wherein the determining comprises:

comparing the content to at least one database comprising a plurality of predetermined keywords that are associated with sensitive information; and

identifying whether the content comprises at least one keyword found in the database;

filtering, responsive to determining that the content comprises sensitive information and prior to displaying the content, the sensitive information from the content;

displaying, on a display of the information handling device, the content with the sensitive information filtered, wherein displaying the content with the information filtered comprises displaying non-sensitive information of the content;

transmitting the sensitive information to a secondary display device, wherein the secondary display device is an augmented reality headset that displays at least one of: virtual reality and mixed reality; and

providing a notification to a user that the sensitive information has been transmitted to the secondary device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the filtering comprises redacting the sensitive information on the display.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting, after the transmitting and on the secondary device, the content comprising the sensitive information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the presenting comprises displaying the sensitive information on the secondary display device.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising altering, on the secondary display device, a visual aspect of the sensitive information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the visual aspect is at least one text characteristic selected from the group consisting of font, color, and size.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein the secondary device is an audible output device and wherein the presenting comprises audibly outputting the sensitive information using the audible output device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting an audible response containing the sensitive information to the secondary device.

9. An information handling device, comprising:

a display;

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

determine whether content to be displayed on the information handling device comprises sensitive information, wherein to determine comprises:

compare the content to a list comprising a plurality of predetermined keywords that are associated with sensitive information; and

identify whether the content comprises at least one keyword found in the list;

filter, responsive to determining that the content comprises sensitive information and prior to displaying the content, the sensitive information from the content;

display, on the display, the content with the sensitive information filtered, wherein to display the content with the information filtered comprises displaying non-sensitive information of the content;

transmit the sensitive information to a secondary display device, wherein the secondary display device is an augmented reality headset that displays at least one of: virtual reality and mixed reality; and

provide a notification to a user that the sensitive information has been transmitted to the secondary device.

10. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to filter comprise instructions executable by the processor to redact the sensitive information on the display.

11. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to present, after the transmitting and on the secondary device, the content comprising the sensitive information.

12. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to present comprise instructions executable by the processor to display the sensitive information on the secondary display device.

13. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to alter, on the secondary display device, a visual aspect of the sensitive information.

14. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the secondary device is an audible output device and wherein the instructions executable by the processor to present comprise instructions executable by the processor to audibly output the sensitive information using the audible output device.

15. The information handling device of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting comprises transmitting an audible response containing the sensitive information to the secondary device.

16. An information handling device, comprising:

a display;

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

display, on a secondary display device operatively coupled to a primary display device, sensitive information received from the primary display device, wherein the sensitive information comprises information filtered from content requested to be displayed by the primary display device and wherein the primary display device displays non-sensitive information contained within the content, wherein the secondary device is an augmented reality headset that displays at least one of: virtual reality and mixed reality, wherein the information filtered on the primary display device comprises redacting the sensitive information on the primary display device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070268/0984 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2018
From: VANBLON, RUSSELL SPEIGHT; PETERSON, NATHAN J.; DELANEY, MARK PATRICK; MESE, JOHN CARL
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 046854/0330 →
Continuity (1)
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