Granted Patent B2

US 12,724,918 · App. 18/502,309 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Inventors: Sara E Berger (Beaverton, OR); Marc P. Yvon (Antony, FR); Neil Delima (Scarborough, CA)

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation

G06F21/6245G06F1/163H04L63/0227H04L63/04

Abstract

Claims (46)

1 . A method, comprising:

monitoring, by a processor communicatively coupled to a memory, neural signals collected from a user by a neural-computer interface (NCI) device, wherein the monitoring comprises classifying the neural signals as speech-, motor-, or emotion-related;

detecting, by the processor and based on the monitoring, a potential disclosure of confidential information, wherein the detecting comprises:

detecting an inhibitory signal in the neural signals classified as speech- or motor-related;

in response to the detecting the inhibitory signal, aligning the inhibitory signal with a co-occurring neural signal from the neural signals classified as emotion-related; and

determining that the co-occurring neural signal is aligned with an emotionally salient signal;

generating, by the processor and in response to the detecting the potential disclosure of confidential information, a notification;

displaying, at an output device, the notification; and

deleting, by the processor, a portion of the neural signals from a time range selected based on the potential disclosure of confidential information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a user-input response to the notification.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the response comprises instructions to delete the portion of the neural signals.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the NCI device is a wearable device.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring a type of signal selected from the group consisting of brainwaves, hemodynamic response, event-related potential (ERP), skin conductance response (SRP), and cortical activity.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the deleting is carried out automatically based on stored user preferences.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising detecting, by the processor and based on the monitoring, an additional potential disclosure of confidential information.

8 . The method of claim 7 , further comprising automatically storing a portion of the neural signals from a time range selected based on the additional potential disclosure of confidential information in a temporary collection cache.

9 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising automatically stopping the collection of the neural signals in response to the detecting the potential disclosure of confidential information.

10 . A system, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to perform a method comprising:

monitoring, by the processor, neural signals collected from a user by a neural-computer interface (NCI) device, wherein the monitoring comprises classifying the neural signals as speech-, motor-, or emotion-related;

detecting, by the processor and based on the monitoring, a potential disclosure of confidential information, wherein the detecting comprises:

detecting an inhibitory signal in the neural signals classified as speech- or motor-related;

in response to the detecting the inhibitory signal, aligning the inhibitory signal with a co-occurring neural signal from the neural signals classified as emotion-related; and

determining that the co-occurring neural signal is aligned with an emotionally salient signal;

generating, by the processor and in response to the detecting the potential disclosure of confidential information, a notification;

displaying, at an output device, the notification; and

deleting, by the processor, a portion of the neural signals from a time range selected based on the potential disclosure of confidential information.

11 . The system of claim 10 , further comprising receiving a user-input response to the notification.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the response comprises instructions to delete the portion of the neural signals.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the NCI device is a wearable device.

14 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring a type of signal selected from the group consisting of brainwaves, hemodynamic response, event-related potential (ERP), skin conductance response (SRP), and cortical activity.

15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the deleting is carried out automatically based on stored user preferences.

16 . A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause a device to perform a method, the method comprising:

monitoring, by the processor, neural signals collected from a user by a neural-computer interface (NCI) device, wherein the monitoring comprises classifying the neural signals as speech-, motor-, or emotion-related;

detecting, by the processor and based on the monitoring, a potential disclosure of confidential information, wherein the detecting comprises:

detecting an inhibitory signal in the neural signals classified as speech- or motor-related;

in response to the detecting the inhibitory signal, aligning the inhibitory signal with a co-occurring neural signal from the neural signals classified as emotion-related; and

determining that the co-occurring neural signal is aligned with an emotionally salient signal;

generating, by the processor and in response to the detecting the potential disclosure of confidential information, a notification;

displaying, at an output device, the notification; and

deleting, by the processor, a portion of the neural signals from a time range selected based on the potential disclosure of confidential information.

17 . The computer program product of claim 16 , further comprising receiving a user-input response to the notification, wherein the response comprises instructions to delete a portion of the neural signals.

18 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the NCI device is a wearable device.

19 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the monitoring comprises monitoring a type of signal selected from the group consisting of brainwaves, hemodynamic response, event-related potential (ERP), skin conductance response (SRP), and cortical activity.

20 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the deleting is carried out automatically based on stored user preferences.

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