US 11,657,178 B1
Interrupting receipt of sensitive information
Richard Barge, San Francisco, CA (US); Lila Fakhraie, Belmont, CA (US); Tammy C. Fleming, Maple Grove, MN (US); Chris Kalaboukis, San Francisco, CA (US); Kristine Ing Kushner, Orinda, CA (US); Lane Mortensen, San Francisco, CA (US); and Karen L. Shahoian, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/176,025.
Application 17/176,025 is a continuation of application No. 16/199,930, filed on Nov. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,922,433.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01); G10K 11/178 (2006.01); G10L 17/06 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/6245 (2013.01) [G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/604 (2013.01); G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); G10K 11/17827 (2018.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01); G10L 17/06 (2013.01); G10K 2210/3044 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a primary device, a vocalization by a user in an environment including the primary device and a secondary device;
analyzing, by the primary device, the vocalization to determine a content of the vocalization;
comparing, by the primary device, the content of the vocalization to sensitive information data corresponding to the user, to determine whether the vocalization contains at least some sensitive information, the at least some sensitive information comprising an initial portion of a password, the password comprising a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being the initial portion of the password; and
controlling, based on determining that the vocalization contains the at least some sensitive information, a speaker of the primary device to output a noise canceling sound configured to prevent the secondary device from detecting any subsequently vocalized sensitive information, the subsequently vocalized sensitive information comprising the second portion of the password such that the noise canceling sound prevents the secondary device from detecting the second portion of the password.