# US 10,503,935 B1 · System and method for concealing sensitive data on a computing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,503,935 B1 - Document ID: US10503935B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/001,263 - Filed: 2018-06-06 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2014-10-22 - Assignees: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company - Applicants: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company - Inventors: Jacob L. Hadsall - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10503935B1 ## CPC - G06F 21/6245: {Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes} - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - G06F 21/60: Protecting data - G06F 21/604: {Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems} - G06F 21/84: output devices, e.g. displays or monitors - G06V 40/1365: {Matching; Classification} - G09G 5/003: {Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092)} - G09G 2358/00: Arrangements for display data security - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract A computer-implemented method may hide sensitive information including when no one is looking at a display screen of a client computing device, such as sensitive information relating to auto, home, life, or renters insurance, banking, and/or vehicle loans. In one aspect, the method may determine that confidential or sensitive information is being displayed on a display screen of a computing device of a user. The method may also collect image data from a front facing camera in communication with the computing device, and determine that zero or two or more people are viewing the display screen for more than a threshold duration of at least one second. The method may further blur or obscure the confidential or sensitive information being displayed on the display screen when it is determined that the zero or two or more people are viewing the display screen for more than the threshold duration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method for hiding sensitive information including when no one is looking at a display screen, the method comprising: determining, by one or more processors, that confidential or sensitive information is being displayed on a display screen of a computing device of a user; collecting, by the one or more processors, image data from a front facing camera in communication with the computing device of the user; determining, by the one or more processors, that zero people are viewing the display screen for more than a threshold duration of at least one second from computer analysis of the collected image data; and blurring or obscuring, by the one or more processors, the confidential or sensitive information being displayed on the display screen when it is determined that the zero people are viewing the display screen for more than the threshold duration. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein when zero people are viewing the display screen, the method further comprises: blurring or obscuring, by the one or more processors, the confidential or sensitive information immediately upon determining that zero people are viewing the display screen; and when more than a predetermined amount of time passes after the one or more processors determine that zero people are viewing the display screen, automatically removing, by the one or more processors, login credentials of the user for an application which includes the confidential or sensitive information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: after determining that zero people are viewing the display screen at a first time: collecting, by the one or more processors, second image data from the front facing camera at a second time; determining, by the one or more processors, that one person is viewing the display screen at the second time based upon the second image data; and verifying, by the one or more processors, that the person viewing the display screen at the second time is the user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein verifying that the person viewing the display screen at the second time is the user includes: detecting, by the one or more processors, a biometric identifier belonging to the person viewing the display screen; and comparing, by the one or more processors, the biometric identifier to a biometric fingerprint for the user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein when the biometric identifier matches the biometric fingerprint based upon the comparison, revealing, by the one or more processors, the confidential or sensitive information being displayed on the display screen. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein when the biometric identifier does not match the biometric fingerprint based upon the comparison, further blurring or obscuring, by the one or more processors, the confidential or sensitive information. ### Claim 7 A computing or mobile device configured to hide sensitive information when no one, including the user, is looking at a display screen, the computing or mobile device comprising one or more processors configured to: determine that confidential or sensitive information is being displayed on a display screen of the computing or mobile device of a user; collect image data from a front facing camera in communication with, or mounted on, the computing or mobile device of the user; determine that zero people are viewing the display screen for more than a threshold duration of at least one second from computer analysis of the collected image data; and blur or obscure the confidential or sensitive information being displayed on the display screen when it is determined that the zero people are viewing the display screen for more than the threshold duration to facilitate protecting confidential or sensitive information from eavesdroppers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The computing or mobile device of claim 7, wherein when zero people are viewing the display screen, the one or more processors further: blur or obscure the confidential or sensitive information immediately upon determining that zero people are viewing the display screen; and when more than a predetermined amount of time passes after the one or more processors determine that zero people are viewing the display screen, automatically remove login credentials of the user for an application which includes the confidential or sensitive information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The computing or mobile device of claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: after determining that zero people are viewing the display screen at a first time: collect second image data from the front facing camera at a second time; determine that one person is viewing the display screen at the second time based upon the second image data; and verify that the person viewing the display screen at the second time is the user. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The computing or mobile device of claim 9, wherein to verify that the person viewing the display screen at the second time is the user, the one or more processors are configured to: detect a biometric identifier belonging to the person viewing the display screen; and compare the biometric identifier to a biometric fingerprint for the user. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The computing or mobile device of claim 10, wherein when the biometric identifier matches the biometric fingerprint based upon the comparison, the one or more processors are configured to reveal the confidential or sensitive information being displayed on the display screen. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The computing or mobile device of claim 10, wherein when the biometric identifier does not match the biometric fingerprint based upon the comparison, the one or more processors are configured to further blur or obscure the confidential or sensitive information. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable memory storing thereon instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: determine that confidential or sensitive information is being displayed on a display screen of the computing or mobile device of a user; collect image data from a front facing camera in communication with, or mounted on, the computing or mobile device of the user; determine that zero people are viewing the display screen for more than a threshold duration of at least one second from computer analysis of the collected image data; and blur or obscure the confidential or sensitive information being displayed on the display screen when it is determined that the zero people are viewing the display screen for more than the threshold duration to facilitate protecting confidential or sensitive information from eavesdroppers. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer-readable memory of claim 13, wherein when zero people are viewing the display screen, the instructions cause the one or more processors to: blur or obscure the confidential or sensitive information immediately upon determining that zero people are viewing the display screen; and when more than a predetermined amount of time passes after the one or more processors determine that zero people are viewing the display screen, automatically remove login credentials of the user for an application which includes the confidential or sensitive information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The computer-readable memory of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to: after determining that zero people are viewing the display screen at a first time: collect second image data from the front facing camera at a second time; determine that one person is viewing the display screen at the second time based upon the second image data; and verify that the person viewing the display screen at the second time is the user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer-readable memory of claim 15, wherein to verify that the person viewing the display screen at the second time is the user, the instructions cause the one or more processors to: detect a biometric identifier belonging to the person viewing the display screen; and compare the biometric identifier to a biometric fingerprint for the user. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The computer-readable memory of claim 16, wherein when the biometric identifier matches the biometric fingerprint based upon the comparison, the instructions cause the one or more processors to reveal the confidential or sensitive information being displayed on the display screen. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The computer-readable memory of claim 16, wherein when the biometric identifier does not match the biometric fingerprint based upon the comparison, the instructions cause the one or more processors to further blur or obscure the confidential or sensitive information.