Dual-Display Content Control for Unauthorized Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic user devices struggle to effectively protect confidential information from unintended viewers, particularly in public spaces, as privacy filters and privacy modes are compromised when unauthorized individuals are within the viewing angle.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising a primary user device and a secondary head-mounted device dynamically detects sensitive information using metadata tags and biometric authentication, adjusting display settings to prevent unauthorized viewing on the primary device while allowing authorized users to view sensitive content on the secondary device through augmented or virtual reality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If privacy filters or privacy modes are used on display screens, then confidential information protection is improved, but the protection is compromised when unauthorized individuals are within the viewing angle
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the viewing experience by creating two distinct display paths: a primary display for general content and a secondary private display for sensitive content. The content control circuitry divides content into sensitive and non-sensitive portions, routing sensitive portions to the private display while maintaining the original content on the primary display, thus eliminating the vulnerability of single-display privacy solutions.
Solution Approach 2:
The content control circuitry acts as an intermediary between the content source and the displays. It analyzes content metadata, determines sensitivity levels, and dynamically controls what appears on each display. This intermediary layer enables selective content distribution, allowing confidential information to be protected by routing it exclusively to authorized private displays while keeping public displays showing only non-sensitive content.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If content is filtered or redacted on the primary device, then unauthorized viewing is prevented, but the usability and information access for authorized users is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system adds a spatial dimension to content delivery by introducing a second display device (private display) that authorized users can access. Instead of degrading the primary display, the solution creates an additional viewing dimension where sensitive content appears in its complete form, accessible only to authorized users through the private display connection.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts content distribution based on real-time conditions. The content control circuitry continuously monitors content metadata, device authorization status, and user credentials to determine optimal content routing. This dynamic behavior allows the system to switch between different content delivery modes, ensuring authorized users always have access to complete information while unauthorized users see only filtered content.
3Reliability
If biometric authentication and metadata tags are used to detect sensitive information, then security clearance verification is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The content control circuitry is designed as a multi-functional component that performs multiple security and content management tasks simultaneously. It handles metadata tag analysis, biometric authentication verification, content sensitivity classification, and dynamic display routing all through a single integrated circuitry, reducing the need for separate dedicated components for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-tagging sensitive content with metadata indicators before distribution. This preprocessing step allows the content control circuitry to quickly identify and route sensitive content without requiring complex real-time analysis, significantly reducing the computational burden and device complexity during actual content delivery and authentication processes.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus, systems, and methods for display content control at electronic user devices are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein are to detect a sensitive information identifier associated with content, the sensitive information identifier to indicate the content includes sensitive information. Disclosed example apparatus are also to filter the content to change a viewing property of the sensitive information. Disclosed example apparatus are further to cause a first display screen associated with a first device to present the filtered content, and cause a second display screen associated with a second device to present the sensitive information during presentation of the filtered content by the first display screen associated with the first device.