US 12,130,948 B2
Screen capture data protection for managed devices
Madhavan Kara Bhattathiri, Bangalore (IN); and Sushma Shadakshari, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Omnissa, LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by VMWARE, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/896,277.
Claims priority of application No. 202241037296 (IN), filed on Jun. 29, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0005041 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/629 (2013.01) [G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 2221/032 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for screen capture security in iOS, comprising:
receiving configuration data that indicates which portions of an application to hide during a screen capture;
displaying application content in a graphical user interface (“GUI”), wherein the content is displayed within a user interface (“UI”) class that extends an iOS class having a protected field that disables during a screen capture, and wherein the content is placed within the protected field; and
in an instance where the screen capture is detected, disabling display of the protected field based on the configuration data, causing the content within the protected field to be hidden from display on the GUI during the screen capture,
wherein display of additional content remains enabled during the screen capture based on the configuration data.