IP Library Granted Patent US 10,216,956
Granted Patent B2
US 10,216,956 · App. 15/830,462 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Virtualization input component

Inventor: Christian Holz (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Oath Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,216,956
App. No.
15/830,462
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

One or more systems and/or methods for storing personal information within a first device and/or for providing personal information from the first device to the second device are provided. The first device (e.g., a smartphone) may identify a user interface (e.g., a movie streaming website) populated with user specified data (e.g., a password). The user specified data may be evaluated to identify personal information of the user (e.g., a movie streaming website password). The personal information may be stored within the first device. Responsive to determining that a second device (e.g., a smart television) displays a personal information input field (e.g., a movie streaming website password input field), an input event comprising the personal information may be provided from the first device to the second device. The input event may invoke the second device to input the movie streaming website password into the movie streaming website password input field.

Claims (60)

1. A system, comprising:

a processor comprising hardware; and

memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the hardware processor cause implementation of a virtualization input component, hosted by a first device comprising personal information of a user, configured to:

establish a communication connection between the first device and a second device;

identify, on the first device, a user interface element and a second user interface element within a user interface of the second device, wherein the first device is a virtualized input device to the second device;

responsive to the user interface element having a visible text property and the personal information having a non-display privacy setting, determine that the user interface element is not a personal information input field for the personal information;

responsive to the second user interface element having a hidden text property and the personal information having the non-display privacy setting, determine that the second user interface element is the personal information input field identified for the personal information;

generate, on the first device, an input event comprising the personal information in response to determining the identified personal information input field of the second user interface element; and

send the input event over the established communication connection from the first device to the second device in association with the second user interface element, the input event invoking the second device to fill in the personal information input field with the personal information.

2. The system of claim 1 , the virtualization input component configured to:

establish a communication connection between the first device and the second device.

3. The system of claim 2 , the sending performed over the communication connection.

4. The system of claim 1 , the input event comprising at least one of a mouse event or a tab event to move a cursor to the personal information input field.

5. The system of claim 1 , the input event comprising at least one of a keyboard input or a paste input of the personal information.

6. The system of claim 1 , the virtualization input component configured to:

store the personal information within an encrypted data storage object hosted on the first device.

7. The system of claim 6 , the encrypted data storage object comprising a plurality of personal information entries, and the virtualization input component configured to:

prompt the user for master authentication credentials; and

responsive to successfully authenticating the master authentication credentials, obtain access into the encrypted data storage object for retrieval of the personal information.

8. The system of claim 7 , the virtualization input component configured to:

evaluate the user interface displayed by the second device to determine a context of the personal information input field; and

query the encrypted data storage object using the context to identify the personal information corresponding to the personal information input field.

9. The system of claim 1 , the virtualization input component configured to:

obtain, on the first device, a screen capture of the user interface.

10. The system of claim 9 , the virtualization input component configured to:

evaluate the screen capture to identify at least one of the user interface element or the second user interface element.

11. The system of claim 1 , the virtualization input component configured to at least one of:

evaluate the screen capture utilizing a form field detection technique to identify the second user interface element within the user interface;

evaluate text of the screen capture utilizing optical character recognition to identify a context of the second user interface element; or

identify the second user interface element as the personal information input field based upon the context.

12. The system of claim 1 , the virtualization input component configured to:

evaluate the second user interface element within the user interface displayed by the second device to determine a text property for the second user interface element;

prompt the user to provide a privacy setting for the personal information corresponding to the second user interface element; and

store the text property, the privacy setting, and the personal information within an encrypted data storage object hosted on the first device.

13. A system, comprising:

a processor comprising hardware; and

memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the hardware processor cause implementation of a virtualization input component, hosted by a first device of a user, configured to:

establish a communication connection between the first device and a second device;

identify, on the first device, a user interface element and a second user interface element within a user interface of the second device, wherein the first device is a virtualized input device to the second device;

responsive to the user interface element having a visible text property, the second user interface element having a hidden text property and personal information of the user having a non-display privacy setting, determine that the second user interface element is a personal information input field for the personal information identified for the personal information;

generate, on the first device, an input event comprising the personal information in response to determining the identified personal information input field of the second user interface element; and

send the input event over the established communication connection from the first device to the second device in association with the second user interface element, the input event invoking the second device to fill in the personal information input field with the personal information.

14. The system of claim 13 , the virtualization input component configured to:

evaluate the screen capture utilizing a form field detection technique to identify the second user interface element within the user interface.

15. The system of claim 14 , the virtualization input component configured to:

evaluate text of the screen capture utilizing optical character recognition to identify a context of the second user interface element.

16. The system of claim 15 , the virtualization input component configured to:

identify the second user interface element as the personal information input field based upon the context.

17. The system of claim 13 , the input event comprising at least one of a keyboard input or a paste input of the personal information.

18. The system of claim 13 , the virtualization input component configured to:

establish a communication connection between the first device and the second device, the sending performed over the communication connection.

19. A method, comprising:

establishing a communication connection between the first device and a second device;

identifying, on a first device comprising personal information of a user, a user interface element within a user interface of the second device, wherein the first device is a virtualized input device to the second device;

responsive to the user interface element having a visible text property, the second user interface element having a hidden text property and the personal information having a non-display privacy setting, determining that the user interface element is a personal information input field for the personal information identified for the personal information;

generating on the first device, an input event comprising the personal information in response to determining the identified personal information input field of the second user interface element; and

sending the input event over the established communication connection from the first device to the second device in association with the user interface element, wherein the input event invoking the second device to fill in the personal information input field with the personal information, and at least some of the method implemented via a processor comprising hardware.

20. The method of claim 19 , comprising:

identifying, on the first device, a second user interface element within the user interface of the second device; and

responsive to the second user interface element having a visible text property and the personal information of the user having the non-display privacy setting, determining that the second user interface element is not the personal information input field for the personal information.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2024
From: HOLZ, CHRISTIAN
To: YAHOO! INC.
Reel/Frame 068207/0088 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2024
From: YAHOO! INC.
To: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 068208/0530 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2021
From: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
To: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Reel/Frame 057453/0431 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2020
From: OATH INC.
To: VERIZON MEDIA INC.
Reel/Frame 054258/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2018
From: YAHOO HOLDINGS, INC.
To: OATH INC.
Reel/Frame 045240/0310 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15419027 · Jan 30, 2017
Continuation 14625213 · Feb 18, 2015
Related Publication 20180089462A1 · Mar 29, 2018