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US 8,819,433 B2Granted
Message storage and retrieval
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorSudha Bheemanna
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Abstract
A method of obfuscating messages stored in a message store or messages received by a computing device by comparing portions of the messages to user-specified criteria and encrypting or hiding portions of the message if the criteria are matched. The obfuscated messages are stored and access thereto is controlled by only permitting authorized users or applications to decrypt or access the message.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- determining at least one criterion comprising contact information relating to a message sender for obfuscating information in a message received on a device;
- determining whether said message meets said criterion;
- if said message meets said criterion, obfuscating only a portion of said message;
- and
- if said message does not meet said criterion, leaving said message in a received format.
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An apparatus comprising
- a processor,
- memory including computer program code,
- the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
- determine at least one criterion comprising contact information relating to a message sender for obfuscating information in a message received on a device;
- determine whether said message meets said criterion;
- if said message meets said criterion, obfuscate only a portion of said message;
- and
- if said message does not meet said criterion, leave said message in a received format.
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A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:
- code for determining at least one criterion comprising contact information relating to a message sender for obfuscating information in a message received on a device;
- code for determining whether said message meets said criterion;
- code for, if said message meets said criterion, obfuscating only a portion of said message;
- and
- code for, if said message does not meet said criterion, leaving said message in a received format.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.