US 12,437,124 B2
Method and electronic device for securing display of confidential content
Saurabh Pareek, Uttar Pradesh (IN); Abhishek Kumar Singh, Uttar Pradesh (IN); and Udish Nagpal, Uttar Pradesh (IN)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/940,846.
Application 17/940,846 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/009911, filed on Jul. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202141031302 (IN), filed on Jul. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0025191 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Prior Publication US 2025/0068778 A9, Feb. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/84 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6245 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for securing display of confidential content by an electronic device comprising a screen and at least one processor, the method comprising:
displaying, by the electronic device, content on the screen of the electronic device;
detecting, by the electronic device, an event to initiate a secure mode in the electronic device, wherein the event comprises a folding of the electronic device;
initiating, by the electronic device, the secure mode for the electronic device based on the detected event;
determining, by the electronic device, confidential portions and non-confidential portions of the content displayed on the screen of the electronic device including:
determining, by the electronic device, a view priority score of the content displayed on the screen of the electronic device in response to the secure mode being initiated, and
modifying, by the electronic device, a display characteristic of the content displayed on the screen of the electronic device based on the view priority score,
wherein the confidential portions and the non-confidential portions of the content displayed on the screen of the electronic device are based on a confidentiality score of the content displayed on the screen, and the confidentiality score of the content is for identifying the confidential portions and the non-confidential portions of the content displayed on the screen of the electronic device;
determining, by the electronic device, at least one of: a viewing angle of a user of the electronic device or a viewing distance of the user of the electronic device; and
displaying, by the electronic device, the confidential portions of the content in a manner based on the at least one of: the viewing angle of the user of the electronic device or the viewing distance of the user of the electronic device, and
wherein the initiating the secure mode comprises dividing the screen into a first area and a second area based on a folding line corresponding to the folding of the electronic device,
wherein the displaying the confidential portions of the content comprises:
dividing the confidential portions of the content into a plurality of slices,
displaying a portion of the plurality of slices on the first area of the screen, and
displaying a remaining of the plurality of slices on the second area of the screen.