US 12,248,609 B2
Chat attachment screening
Sangeetha Uthamalingam Santharam, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by INTUIT INC., Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/362,081.
Application 18/362,081 is a continuation of application No. 17/876,698, filed on Jul. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,755,774.
Prior Publication US 2024/0037273 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06V 30/19 (2022.01); G06V 30/413 (2022.01); H04L 51/08 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/6245 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06V 30/19 (2022.01); G06V 30/413 (2022.01); H04L 51/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting an upload of at least one attachment by a first user during a session of an application between the first user and a second user of the application, wherein the session comprises one or more elements for uploading the at least one attachment;
in response to detecting the upload of the at least one attachment, blocking access to the at least one attachment from a second computing device associated with the second user;
identifying and extracting content from the at least one attachment;
determining a type of the at least one attachment based on the content;
determining whether the second user is authorized to access the type of the at least one attachment based on a set of permissions associated with the second user, a type of engagement between the first user and the second user during the session, and the type of the at least one attachment, the type of the engagement between the first user and the second user comprising a selection from a plurality of types of engagement corresponding to a plurality of possible attachment types for the at least one attachment; and
performing one or more actions in the application based on whether the second user is authorized to access the type of the at least one attachment.