IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,849,256
Granted Patent B2
US 11,849,256 · App. 17/868,948 · Granted Dec 19, 2023

Systems and methods for dynamically concealing sensitive information

Inventors: Anh Truong (Champaign, IL); Reza Farivar (Champaign, IL); Jeremy Edward Goodsitt (Champaign, IL); Kate Key (Effingham, IL); Vincent Pham (Champaign, IL); Galen Rafferty (Mahomet, IL); Austin Walters (Columbia, TN)
Assignee: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
H04N7/152H04L63/168H04L2209/16
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Patent No.
US 11,849,256
App. No.
17/868,948
Granted
Dec 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for dynamically concealing sensitive information in a shared screen session of a video conference are disclosed. The system may establish communication with one or more computing devices active in a video conference in which each computing device may switch between a screen share mode and a video mode. The system may determine that one or more articles of sensitive information are visible in a graphical user interface associated with a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices. The system may receive a first signal from the first computing device that indicates a first intent of a host associated with the first computing device to switch the screen share mode which includes sharing the first graphical user interface with the one or more computing devices during the video conference. In response to the first signal, the system may execute one or more privacy actions.

Claims (65)

1. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory in communication with the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause the system to:

establish communication with one or more computing devices participating in a video conference;

monitor a first graphical user interface (GUI) associated with a first computing device of the one or more computing devices for one or more articles of sensitive information;

receive a first signal from the first computing device indicating a first intent to switch from a video mode to a screen share mode of the video conference, wherein the screen share mode comprises sharing at least a first portion of the first GUI with at least a second computing device of the one or more computing devices during the video conference; and

responsive to receiving the first signal:

detect at least a first article of the one or more articles of sensitive information on the first GUI by determining a first template field within the first GUI exceeds a similarity threshold associated with one or more predetermined template fields; and

execute one or more privacy actions comprising causing at least the second computing device of the one or more computing devices to display the video mode in place of the first GUI.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more computing devices may switch between the screen share mode and the video mode of the video conference.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein detecting at least the first article of the one or more articles of sensitive information on the first GUI comprises identifying one or more templates having at least one template field containing the one or more articles of sensitive information.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein identifying the one or more templates having at least one template field containing the one or more articles of sensitive information is conducted by a machine learning model.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first signal comprises an audio queue based on one or more utterances of a user of the first computing device, and the instructions are further configured to cause the system to:

receive data indicative of the audio queue from the first computing device; and

detect one or more keywords indicative of the first intent.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more privacy actions are determined based in part on user security preferences.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein detecting at least the first article of the one or more articles of sensitive information on the first GUI comprises generating a second GUI that conceals at least the first article of the one or more articles of sensitive information, and wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the system to:

receive a second signal from the first computing device indicating a second intent to reveal at least the first article of the one or more articles of sensitive information to at least the second computing device of the one or more computing devices;

generate, for display on at least the second computing device, a third GUI that reveals at least the first article of sensitive information while keeping a remainder of the one or more articles of sensitive information concealed;

monitor the third GUI for at least a second article of sensitive information;

responsive to detecting the second article of sensitive information in the third GUI, disable the screen share mode of the third GUI with at least the second computing device of the one or more computing devices;

generate a fourth GUI based on concealing the second article of sensitive information in the third GUI; and

provide the fourth GUI for display on at least the second computing device of the one or more computing devices.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more articles of sensitive information comprise a social security number, a credit card number, a bank account number, a password, a private message, or combinations thereof.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein detecting at least the first article of the one or more articles of sensitive information on the first GUI comprises:

parsing a data entry in the first template field; and

identifying one or more sequences of characters in the data entry.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein executing the one or more privacy actions is responsive to identifying the one or more sequences of characters in the data entry.

11. A system comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory in communication with the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, are configured to cause the system to:

receive, from a first computing device in a video conference with at least a second computing device, a first signal for the first computing device to screen share a first graphical user interface (GUI) with at least the second computing device;

monitor the first GUI for one or more articles of sensitive information;

detect the one or more articles of sensitive information in the first GUI by determining a first template field within the first GUI exceeds a similarity threshold associated with one or more predetermined template fields; and

responsive to detecting the one or more articles of sensitive information in the first GUI:

disable a screen share view comprising the first GUI from being displayed on at least the second computing device; and

cause at least the second computing device to display a non-screen share view in place of the screen share view of the first GUI.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein causing at least the second computing device to display the non-screen share view happens in substantially real-time in response to disabling the screen share view.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the system to:

receive a second signal from the first computing device to display the one or more articles of sensitive information in the screen share view; and

cause at least the second computing device to display the screen share view in place of the non-screen share view of the first GUI.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein detecting the one or more articles of sensitive information in the first GUI is based on identifying, via a machine learning model, one or more templates having at least one template field containing one or more articles of sensitive information.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first signal comprises data generated in response to the first computing device receiving an input from a user of the first computing device.

16. A method comprising:

receiving, from a first computing device in a video conference with at least a second computing device, a first signal for the first computing device to screen share a first graphical user interface (GUI) with at least the second computing device;

monitoring the first GUI for one or more articles of sensitive information;

detecting the one or more articles of sensitive information in the first GUI by determining a first template field within the first GUI exceeds a similarity threshold associated with one or more predetermined template fields; and

responsive to detecting the one or more articles of sensitive information in the first GUI:

disabling a screen share mode comprising the first GUI with at least the second computing device; and

causing at least the second computing device to display a non-screen share mode in place of the first GUI.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein detecting the one or more articles of sensitive information in the first GUI comprises generating a second GUI that conceals the one or more articles of sensitive information, the method further comprising:

receiving a second signal from the first computing device to reveal a first article of the one or more articles of sensitive information in the second GUI to at least the second computing device;

generating a third GUI that reveals the first article of sensitive information while keeping a remainder of the one or more articles of sensitive information concealed;

enabling the screen share mode comprising the third GUI with at least the second computing device;

monitoring the third GUI for at least a second article of sensitive information;

responsive to detecting the second article of sensitive information in the third GUI, disabling the screen share mode of the third GUI with at least the second computing device;

generating a fourth GUI based on concealing the second article of sensitive information in the third GUI; and

providing the fourth GUI for display via the screen share mode on at least the second computing device.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving a second signal from the first computing device to display the one or more articles of sensitive information in the screen share mode; and

providing for display the first GUI to be screen shared with the second computing device.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the first signal comprises an audio queue based on one or more utterances of a user of the first computing device.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

receiving data indicative of the audio queue from the first computing device; and

detecting one or more keywords indicative of intent of the user to screen share the first GUI with at least the second computing device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2022
From: TRUONG, ANH; FARIVAR, REZA; GOODSITT, JEREMY EDWARD; KEY, KATE; PHAM, VINCENT; RAFFERTY, GALEN; WALTERS, AUSTIN
To: CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
Reel/Frame 060779/0125 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17228563 · Apr 12, 2021
Continuation 16998610 · Aug 20, 2020
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