Password-Based Privacy Hiding Function for Mobile Operating Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for protecting personal sensitive information on terminal devices, such as smartphones and tablets, expose access entries externally, making it difficult to effectively hide such information, especially when lending the device to others.
Innovation Solution
A method involving a screen locking interface that prompts for a password, where the entered password is compared to preset passwords to determine whether it is for privacy information setting or switching, allowing access to a hiding function for personal privacy information or entry into a desktop of an operating system, thereby enhancing privacy and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If information hiding methods are used under single-user or multi-user solutions, then personal sensitive information can be protected to some extent, but the access entry of personal sensitive information is externally exposed, allowing others to conclude the existence of such information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the access entry for personal sensitive information from the public interface and relocates it to a hidden location that is not visible to others. By separating the access function from the main interface, the system maintains information security while preventing external exposure of the access entry's existence.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (such as a virtual object or indirect access path) that mediates between the user and the personal sensitive information. This intermediary hides the direct access entry while still allowing authorized users to access the information through the mediated path.
2Ease of operation
If access entries for personal sensitive information are provided on the interface, then users can easily access their information, but others can discover the access entry and conclude the existence of personal sensitive information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent moves the access entry from the two-dimensional public interface to a different dimensional space (such as a virtual object in 3D space or a hidden layer). This dimensional transformation allows users to access information conveniently through the new dimension while making the access entry invisible to others in the original interface dimension.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring hidden access paths or virtual objects that users can interact with. These preliminary setups enable convenient access for authorized users while maintaining privacy, as the access mechanisms are established before any interaction occurs and remain invisible to others.
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AI summary
Provided is a method for entering a desktop of an operating system, including: entering a screen locking interface, the screen locking interface displaying a prompt for password input; acquiring an unlocking password input on the screen locking interface; comparing the unlocking password with preset passwords; if the unlocking password is a privacy information setting password, entering a setting interface for setting a hiding function for personal privacy information; or, if the unlocking password is a switching password, entering a desktop of an operating system corresponding to the switching password.