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US 12,452,256 · App. 17/510,054 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Breach detection of secured confidential content system and methods

Inventor: Jay P. Tokosch (Arnold, MD)
Assignee: NoteAffect, L.L.C.
H04L63/1408G06F16/148G06F21/604G06F2221/2113
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Patent No.
US 12,452,256
App. No.
17/510,054
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for detecting breaches of secured confidential content can include determining that a client device has an application client running, allowing access to the content when the application client is running, causing the application client to present the content when the application is running, and receiving a notification that the client device has breached a rule for a security level of the content.

Claims (37)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

associating content from a presenter with a rule indicating the content should not be shared;

determining that a client device has an application client running, the application client configured to access and present the content from the presenter;

allowing access to the content when the application client is running;

causing the application client to present the content when the application client is running;

causing a port of the client device used for screensharing to be monitored based on the application client receiving the rule indicating the content should not be shared;

detecting, using the application client, that screensharing of the content is occurring at the client device based on a bandwidth of outbound network traffic at the port exceeding a network traffic upload value associated with the rule during a monitoring interval;

receiving, from the application client, a notification of a breach indicating that the client device has breached a rule for a security level of the content, the breach being determined based on the detecting that the screensharing of the content is occurring; and

reporting the notification to a device associated with the presenter.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein,

the application client is configured to identify network traffic in intervals and determine a type of outbound network traffic.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising: prior to causing the application client to receive the notification, sending the security level of the content to the client device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the security level of the content indicates one of:

(i) the content can be shared with anyone,

(ii) the content can be shared with anyone associated with a company of the presenter,

(iii) the content can be shared only with other participants in a meeting with the content, or

(iv) the content cannot be shared with anyone else.

5. A computer-implemented method comprising:

associating content from a presenter with a rule associated with a security level indicating the content should not be shared;

receiving, from a computing device, the content and the security level associated with the content;

receiving, from the computing device and at an application client on a client device, the rule for the security level of the content, the rule indicating that the content should not be shared, and the rule includes one or more screensharing upload value used for detecting screensharing activity;

presenting the content on the client device;

causing a port of the client device used for screensharing to be monitored based on the application client receiving the rule indicating the content should not be shared;

detecting, using the application client, that screensharing of the content is occurring based on network traffic indicating an upload pattern with an upload rate maintained for a predetermined time interval which exceeds the one or more screensharing upload value associated with the rule received from the computing device at the client device; and

sending a notification to a server that a breach of the security level has occurred based on the detecting of the screensharing of the content.

6. A computer-implemented method comprising:

associating content from a presenter with a rule associated with a security level indicating the content should not be shared;

receiving, from a computing device, the content and the security level associated with the content;

receiving, from the computing device and at an application client of a client device, the rule for the security level of the content, the rule indicating that the content should not be shared, and the rule includes one or more screensharing upload value used for detecting a screensharing activity;

presenting the content on the client device;

monitoring usage of a port of the client device used for screensharing to detect outbound network traffic in response to receiving the rule indicating that the content should not be shared;

determining that a bandwidth of the outbound network traffic exceeds the one or more screensharing upload threshold value during a monitoring interval;

determining that a breach of the security level has occurred based on the bandwidth of the outbound network traffic exceeding the one or more screensharing upload value indicating an occurrence of the screensharing activity; and

sending a notification to a server that the breach of the security level has occurred.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , further comprising: detecting that a port associated with screensharing has been opened, the determining that the bandwidth of the outbound network traffic exceeds the one or more screensharing upload threshold value is based on monitoring the port associated with screensharing.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 , wherein the rule indicates a first screensharing upload value associated with a voice call and a second screensharing upload value associated with a video conference call.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the second screensharing upload value is greater than the first screensharing upload value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: TOKOSCH, JAY P.
To: NOTEAFFECT, L.L.C.
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Continuity (1)
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