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Granted Patent B2
US 11,853,467 · App. 18/092,479 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

Method for blurring and unblur videos and photos in messages box of a communication application

Inventors: Meir Dahan (Tveria, IL); Eliahu Antopolsky (Zichron Yaakov, IL)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,853,467
App. No.
18/092,479
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for managing privacy of videos and photos recorded through a communication application by displaying a recording button on the touch screen of the user's mobile device, recording the video or photo and displaying it in the message box of the user and the contact, displaying on the mobile devices a blur button that is associated with the video or photo, applying on the video or photo a blur mode for blurring the video or photo, displaying on the mobile devices an unblur button that is associated with the blurred video or photo, applying an unblur mode on the blurred video or photo by using the unblur button on the user's mobile device when the blur mode was applied by the user's or by using the unblur button on the contact's mobile device when the blur mode was applied by the contact's mobile device.

Claims (8)

1. A method for managing privacy of a video or a photo recorded through a chat between a user and a contact of a communication application that is performed by processing devices running on mobile devices of the user and the contact, said method comprising:

displaying a recording button on a touch screen of the user's mobile device that is configured to record the video or photo, wherein said video or photo is designed to be displayed in the chat of the user and the contact in the communication application;

displaying in the chat of the user and the contact in the communication application the video or photo that was recorded by the user's mobile device and that is designed to be viewed on the touch screen of the user's mobile device and on a touch screen of the contact's mobile device;

displaying on the touch screen of the user's mobile device and on the touch screen of the contact's mobile device a blur button that is configured to be associated with the recorded video or photo;

applying on the recorded video or photo a blur mode by using the blur button on the user's touch screen or by using the blur button on the contact's touch screen, wherein the application of the blur mode on the recorded video or photo is configured to blur the recorded video or photo on the mobile device of the user or on the mobile device of the contact or on both;

displaying on the touch screen of the user's mobile device and on the touch screen of the contact's mobile device an unblur button that is configured to be associated with the blurred video or photo;

applying an unblur mode on the blurred video or photo by using the unblur button on the touch screen of the user's mobile device when the blur mode was applied by the user's mobile device or by using the unblur button on the touch screen of the contact's mobile device when the blur mode was applied by the contact's mobile device; wherein the application of the unblur mode is configured to unblur the blurred video or photo so that the recorded video or photo is designed to be viewed on the mobile devices of both the user and the contact.

2. The method for managing privacy of a video or a photo of claim 1 that further includes a step of disabling a possibility of said mobile devices to save said recorded video or photo in galleries in said mobile devices.

Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 17746966 · May 18, 2022
Continuation In Part 16879759 · May 21, 2020
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