System and method for the display of restricted information on private displays
AssigneeD.R. Systems, Inc.
InventorEvan K. Fram
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for restricting data, or portions thereof, to specific display devices when accessed by a user. Furthermore, the system and method of the invention are directed, in part, to evaluating in real time, the access level of a device and restricting the availability of sensitive information on the device according to the access level as determined by device location and hardware configuration.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for preventing inadvertent violations of confidentiality, the method comprising:
- by one or more processors executing program instructions:
- determining, for a dataset including patient medical information, an access restriction level of the dataset;
- receiving, from a display device, a request for the dataset;
- accessing data indicating a physical size of the display;
- determining, based at least in part on the physical size of the display device, an access restriction level of the display device;
- comparing the access restriction level of the display device and the access restriction level of the dataset;
- and
- in response to the comparison, denying the request for the dataset that includes patient medical information to prevent the display device from displaying the dataset when the physical size of the display device is larger than a threshold physical size.
A system for preventing inadvertent disclosure of private information, the system comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith;
- and
- one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions to cause the one or more processors to:
- receive, from a display device, a request for a dataset of patient medical information, wherein the dataset includes a first visual feature and a second visual feature;
- determine a first access restriction level of the first visual feature and a second access restriction level of the second visual feature;
- access data indicative of a physical size characteristic of the display device;
- determine, based at least in part on the physical size characteristic of the display device, an access restriction level of the display device;
- compare the access restriction level of the display device and the first access restriction level;
- compare the access restriction level of the display device and the second access restriction level;
- in response to the comparison of the access restriction level of the display device to the first access restriction level, communicate the first visual feature of the dataset to the display device;
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- in response to the comparison of the access restriction level of the display device to the second access restriction level, restrict the display device from accessing the second visual feature to provide the display device from displaying the second visual feature when the physical size characteristic of the display device is larger than a threshold physical size associated with the second access restriction level.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to:
- determine, based at least in part on patient medical information in a dataset, an access restriction level of the dataset;
- receive, from a display device, a request for the dataset;
- access data indicative of a physical size characteristic of the display device;
- determine, based at least in part on the physical size characteristic of the display device, an access restriction level of the display device;
- compare the access restriction level of the display device and the access restriction level of the dataset;
- and
- in response to the comparison, deny the request for the dataset to prevent the display device from displaying the dataset when the physical size characteristic of the display device is larger than threshold physical size associated with the access restriction level of the dataset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.