Secure Screen Sharing via Sensitive Data Masking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current screen sharing technologies lack adequate privacy controls to prevent the dissemination of sensitive information, making it difficult to securely share screens in scenarios where personal or proprietary data is involved.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for secured screen sharing that involves analyzing user interface inputs for sensitive information, masking or obscuring it, and generating a replica client interface for display on secondary devices, ensuring that only non-sensitive information is shared.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If screen sharing is implemented to allow multiple users to view the same user interface across different devices, then collaboration and troubleshooting capabilities are improved, but sensitive information such as personal identifiable information and banking information may be exposed to unauthorized parties
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the screen content into multiple regions, identifying and separating sensitive information areas from non-sensitive areas. Different privacy levels are assigned to different screen regions, allowing selective sharing where only non-sensitive portions are visible to remote users while sensitive portions remain obscured or hidden.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different quality or visibility properties to different parts of the screen content. Sensitive information regions are marked with restricted visibility properties while non-sensitive regions maintain full visibility, enabling localized privacy control rather than uniform screen sharing.
2Speed
If all user interface state information is transmitted to replica client devices for display, then real-time synchronization and collaboration are improved, but the risk of sensitive information dissemination increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary analysis of the user interface state information before transmission to replica clients. Sensitive information is identified and masked or removed in advance, so that only sanitized data is transmitted over the network, maintaining synchronization speed while preventing privacy loss.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer between the primary client and replica clients. This intermediary analyzes the UI state, identifies sensitive information, and applies masking or filtering before the data reaches replica clients, acting as a mediator that preserves both synchronization and privacy.
3Reliability
If sensitive information detection and masking is implemented in the screen sharing system, then information security is improved, but system complexity and processing overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the system automatically detects, classifies, and masks sensitive information without requiring manual configuration or user intervention. The system autonomously identifies sensitive data patterns and applies appropriate masking, reducing the perceived complexity for users while maintaining high security.
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AI summary
The current disclosure relates to a system and method for secured screen sharing. A specially configured screen sharing server of the system may facilitate screen sharing between two independent and remote devices. The system may be configured to access state information from a primary client device. The system may then determine if any of the elements of the application state primary client interface correspond to sensitive information. The system may then mask the primary client interface to create a replica client interface by masking any elements of the application state that correspond to sensitive information. The system may then cause the replica client device to display the replica client interface by transmitting the application state to the replica client interface.