IP Library Granted Patent US 10,114,968
Granted Patent B2
US 10,114,968 · App. 15/047,907 · Granted Oct 30, 2018

Proximity based content security

Inventors: Amol A. Dhondse (Pune, IN); Anand Pikle (Pune, IN); Laura I. Rusu (Victoria, AU); Gandhi Sivakumar (Victoria, AU)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
G06F21/6218G06F21/10G06F21/62H04L63/101H04L63/102H04W12/02H04W12/08
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Patent No.
US 10,114,968
App. No.
15/047,907
Granted
Oct 30, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for proximity based content security. Aspects include receiving a request to access a secured data by a user device; accessing, by a processor, a security profile for the secured data; obtaining environmental data from one or more sensors related to the user device, wherein a type of the one or more sensors is determined by the security profile; and providing access to the secured data based upon a determination that the environmental data is in compliance with the security profile.

Claims (46)

1. A computer-implemented method for proximity based content security, the method comprising:

receiving a request to access a secured data by a user device;

accessing, by a processor, a security profile for the secured data;

obtaining environmental data from one or more sensors related to the user device, wherein a type of the one or more sensors is defined by the security profile;

providing access to the secured data based upon a determination that the environmental data is in compliance with the security profile;

periodically obtaining the environmental data from the type of one or more sensors while the secured data is being accessed;

invoking a security measure based upon a determination that the environmental data is not in compliance with the security profile, wherein the display screen displays the secured data and unsecured data, and wherein the secured data is displayed on a portion of the display screen;

blanking the portion of the display screen displaying the secured data;

receiving an edit to a portion of the secured data; and

removing the security profile for the secured data based at least in part on the edit to the portion of the secured data.

2. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise at least one of a camera, a motion sensor, and a proximity sensor.

3. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors are located physically separate from the user device.

4. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein the security measure comprises at least one of invoking a screen saver for a display screen of the user device, blanking a display screen of the user device, closing the secured data, blanking a portion of the secured data, turning off the display screen of the user device, and denying access to the secured data.

5. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein a period of the periodically obtaining the environmental data is determined by the security profile.

6. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein the environmental data comprises at least one of a location of the user device, a proximity of an individual other than a user of the user device to the user device, an identity of the user of the user device, and an identify of an individual other than the user of the user device.

7. The computer-implemented method according to claim 6 , wherein the identity is determined by at least one of a facial recognition, a mobile device, and a wearable device.

8. A system for proximity based content security, the system comprising:

a processor communicatively coupled to a memory, the processor configured to:

receive a request to access a secured data by a user device;

access a security profile for the secured data;

obtain environmental data from one or more sensors related to the user device, wherein a type of the one or more sensors is defined by the security profile;

provide access to the secured data based upon a determination that the environmental data is in compliance with the security profile;

periodically obtain the environmental data from the type of one or more sensors while the secured data is being accessed;

invoke a security measure based upon a determination that the environmental data is not in compliance with the security profile, wherein the display screen displays the secured data and unsecured data, and wherein the secured data is displayed on a portion of the display screen;

blank the portion of the display screen displaying the secured data;

receive an edit to a portion of the secured data; and

removing the security profile for the secured data based at least in part on the edit to the portion of the secured data.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise at least one of a camera, a motion sensor, and a proximity sensor.

10. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more sensors are located physically separate from the user device.

11. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the security measure comprises at least one of invoking a screen saver for a display screen of the user device, blanking a display screen of the user device, blanking the secured data, closing the secured data, blanking a portion of the secured data, turning off the display screen of the user device, and denying access to the secured data.

12. The system according to claim 8 , wherein a period of the periodically obtaining the environmental data is determined by the security profile.

13. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the environmental data comprises at least one of a location of the user device, a proximity of an individual other than a user of the user device to the user device, an identity of the user of the user device, and an identify of an individual other than the user of the user device.

14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the identity is determined by at least one of a facial recognition, a mobile device, and a wearable device.

15. A computer program product for proximity based content security, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory, tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising:

receiving a request to access a secured data by a user device;

accessing, by a processor, a security profile for the secured data;

obtaining environmental data from one or more sensors related to the user device, wherein a type of the one or more sensors is determined defined by the security profile;

providing access to the secured data based upon a determination that the environmental data is in compliance with the security profile;

periodically obtaining the environmental data from the type of the one or more sensors while the secured data is being accessed;

invoking a security measure based upon a determination that the environmental data is not in compliance with the security profile, wherein the display screen displays the secured data and unsecured data, and wherein the secured data is displayed on a portion of the display screen;

blanking the portion of the display screen displaying the secured data;

receiving an edit to a portion of the secured data; and

removing the security profile for the secured data based at least in part on the edit to the portion of the secured data.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the security measure comprises at least one of invoking a screen saver for a display screen of the user device, blanking a display screen of the user device, blanking the secured data, closing the secured data, blanking a portion of the secured data, turning off the display screen of the user device, and denying access to the secured data.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein a period of the periodically obtaining the environmental data is determined by the security profile.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2016
From: DHONDSE, AMOL A.; PIKLE, ANAND; RUSU, LAURA I.; SIVAKUMAR, GANDHI
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037777/0135 →
Continuity (1)
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