Method and device for covering private data
OwnerVarsha Parikhinventor
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Abstract
A method and device for covering private data by detecting inappropriateness in a data and blurring or coloring the data is disclosed. The method and device further includes associating a password with the blurred or colored data and storing the password associated blurred or colored data in a device. The invention further includes synchronizing the data with a remote storage. For synchronization, the invention first determines whether the blurring or coloring was performed correctly or not. If the blurring or coloring was performed successfully, synchronizing the blurred or colored data with the remote storage. If the blurring or coloring was not performed successfully, not synchronizing the original data with the remote storage.
Claims20
A method implemented by a computing device comprising:
- analyzing a stored data to determine if the data is sensitive or important;
- comparing the data with a one or more reference data upon determining that the data is sensitive or important;
- and
- if the data matches with the one or more reference data, performing at least one of:
- alerting a user to back-up the data;
- automatically deleting the data if back-up if the data is performed;
- in response to alerting to back-up the data, automatically deleting the data if the back-up is performed;
- keep alerting to perform back-up of the data until the back-up is not performed;
- blurring or coloring at least a portion of the data;
- blurring or coloring at least a portion of the data and associating a password with the blurred or colored data;
- alerting the user to back-up the data if blurring or coloring of the data is not performed;
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- allowing transmission or synchronization of the data only after blurring or coloring at least a portion of the data, wherein the blurring or coloring also involves associating a password with the blurred or colored data.
A method implemented by a computing device comprising:
- analyzing a stored data to determine if the data is sensitive or important;
- upon determining that the data is sensitive or important, performing at least one of:
- alerting a user to back-up the data;
- automatically deleting the data if back-up of the data is performed;
- in response to alerting to back-up the data, automatically deleting the data if the back-up is performed;
- keep alerting to perform back-up of the data until the back-up is not performed;
- blurring or coloring at least a portion of the data;
- blurring or coloring at least a portion of the data and associating a password with the blurred or colored data;
- alerting the user to back-up the data if blurring or coloring of the data is not performed;
- and
- allowing transmission or synchronization of the data only after blurring or coloring at least a portion of the data, wherein the blurring or coloring also involves associating a password with the blurred or colored data.
A method of alerting a user, the method implemented by a computing device comprising:
- analyzing a stored data to determine if the data is sensitive or important;
- alerting the user to back-up the data upon determining that the data is sensitive or important;
- and
- if the back-up is performed, automatically deleting the data;
- and
- if the back-up is not performed, keep alerting to perform the back-up until the back-up is performed.
A method of performing an overwrite operation, the method implemented at least in part by a computing device comprising:
- receiving a request to delete a data stored at a memory location;
- detecting in relation to said data one of:
- the data is sensitive or important;
- and
- the data is sensitive or important and not blurred or not colored
- performing, on said detection, an immediate overwrite operation at the memory location.
A method of performing an overwrite operation, the method implemented at least in part by a computing device comprising:
- receiving a request to delete a data stored at a memory location;
- detecting in relation to said data one of:
- the data is sensitive or important;
- and
- the data is sensitive or important and not blurred or not colored
- comparing upon said detection, the data with a one or more reference pictures;
- and
- if the data matches with the one or more reference pictures, performing an immediate overwrite operation at the memory location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.