Audience-Aware Presentation Security for Sensitive Information

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional presentation technologies fail to prevent the accidental exposure of sensitive information to unintended audience members during live presentations, as existing data loss prevention solutions are ineffective in such scenarios.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method and system that detects surrounding audience data, determines an audience profile, assigns an information exposure policy, and enforces security actions to obscure or suppress sensitive information from being exposed to unintended audience members, using modules for detection, determination, assignment, and security execution.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional presentation technologies are used to share information with a wide audience, then information sharing accessibility is improved, but sensitive information may be accidentally exposed to unintended audience members

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation sharing accessibilityVSAvoidsensitive information exposure

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different visibility qualities to different portions of the presentation content based on the identified audience members. Sensitive information is obscured or suppressed for unintended audience members while remaining visible for authorized members, creating local quality differentiation in information delivery.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The presentation content dynamically adjusts its appearance in real-time based on the detected surrounding audience. The system continuously monitors the audience composition and modifies the visibility of sensitive information accordingly, transitioning between different content disclosure states during the presentation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If data loss prevention solutions are implemented to protect sensitive information, then information security is improved, but the solutions fail to prevent exposure during live presentations with live audiences

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation securityVSAvoideffectiveness in live presentation scenarios

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by detecting the surrounding audience and identifying unintended members before the presentation begins or at the start of each slide. This advance identification allows the system to pre-apply security measures such as obscuring sensitive information before it can be accidentally exposed to unauthorized individuals.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary layer between the presentation content and the audience. This intermediary mechanism (the security system) analyzes the audience composition and mediates the delivery of information by selectively obscuring or suppressing content based on the identified audience members, thereby enabling DLP in live presentation scenarios.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Object-affected harmful factors

If security actions are taken to obscure or suppress sensitive information, then sensitive information protection is improved, but the presentation functionality may be restricted

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesensitive information protectionVSAvoidpresentation functionality

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by selectively obscuring only the sensitive portions of the presentation content while leaving non-sensitive information fully visible and accessible. This targeted approach maintains presentation functionality for authorized content while protecting sensitive information from unintended audience members.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor the presentation environment and adjust security measures accordingly. When the audience composition changes or when authorized individuals are detected, the system receives feedback and modifies its obscuration/suppression actions to restore full functionality for authorized viewers while maintaining protection for unauthorized individuals.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10783261B1Systems and methods for preventing sensitive information exposure based on a surrounding audience

Publication Date: 2020.09.22 GEN DIGITAL INC

AI summary

The disclosed computer-implemented method for preventing sensitive information exposure based on a surrounding audience may include (1) detecting, from one or more communication devices, surrounding audience data associated with an audience presentation on a presentation device, the audience presentation including sensitive information and non-sensitive information, (2) determining an audience profile based on the surrounding audience data, the audience profile identifying one or more unintended audience members in the surrounding audience, (3) assigning an information exposure policy to the audience presentation based on the audience profile, and (4) performing a security action to enforce the information exposure policy on the presentation device such that the sensitive information is prevented from being exposed to the surrounding audience during the audience presentation. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.