US 12,425,507 B2
Systems and devices for protecting privacy of a user of a mobile device
Shlomo Erez, Tel Aviv (IL)
Assigned to Cirotta Tech Ltd, Tel Aviv (IL)
Appl. No. 17/927,461
Filed by Cirotta Tech Ltd, Tel Aviv (IL)
PCT Filed May 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IL2021/050624
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/240523, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/029,727, filed on May 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0171338 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H04M 1/68 (2006.01); H04M 1/72457 (2021.01)
CPC H04M 1/68 (2013.01) [H04M 1/72457 (2021.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A data protection system configured to be mounted on a mobile device being external to said mobile device, the data protection system comprising:
an ambient audio data protection system comprising one or more acoustic elements positioned in vicinity of one or more microphones of the mobile device and configured and operable to generate one or more audio signals; and
a processing unit configured and operable to generate digital signals causing the ambient audio data protection system to generate the respective one or more audio signals;
said data protection system being configured and operable for protecting privacy of a user of the mobile device, by selectively preventing said electronic device obtaining data indicative of surroundings of the device;
wherein the data protection system comprises a sensory system configured for determining status of the mobile device and configured to determine that the mobile device is in an active call and to automatically deactivate the data protection system in response to determination that the mobile device is in an active call.