Terminal Device Privacy Mode Switching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current privacy protection methods on intelligent terminals require complex operations to manage privacy settings for each application, limiting their scope and failing to meet user demands for comprehensive privacy protection across multiple applications.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that allow users to conveniently switch between protection and ordinary modes on a terminal device, with the device autonomously notifying applications to hide or display content with privacy attributes, enabling seamless privacy protection across different use environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If privacy protection function is implemented separately for each application, then privacy protection coverage is improved, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges privacy protection functions across multiple applications by introducing a unified privacy management mode. When privacy protection is activated, the system globally identifies and hides privacy-related content (such as contacts, messages, photos) across all applications simultaneously, eliminating the need to configure each application separately while maintaining comprehensive privacy coverage.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal privacy protection mechanism that functions across multiple applications through a single activation. The system defines privacy content types (contacts, messages, photos, etc.) and applications (messaging apps, photo galleries, etc.) and applies protection uniformly when the privacy mode is enabled, making the privacy function applicable to all supported applications without individual configuration.
2Reliability
If multiple applications require separate privacy management, then comprehensive privacy protection is achieved, but user convenience deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines privacy protection operations across multiple applications into a single unified action. By activating privacy protection mode once, the system simultaneously protects privacy content in messaging applications, photo applications, and other supported applications, maintaining comprehensive protection while greatly improving user convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements automatic identification and protection of privacy content across applications. When privacy mode is activated, the system automatically identifies privacy-related content (such as private contacts, messages, photos) in all supported applications and applies protection without requiring user intervention in each application, thereby maintaining reliability while enhancing convenience.
3Measurement precision
If manual configuration is required for each application's privacy settings, then precise privacy control is achieved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary classification of content types (contacts, messages, photos, etc.) and applications (messaging apps, photo galleries, etc.) in advance. When privacy protection is activated, the system immediately applies pre-defined protection rules to identified privacy content across all applications, achieving precise control without requiring users to spend time configuring each application individually.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a privacy protection method, a mode switching apparatus, and a terminal device. The method includes: receiving an input operation of a user; identifying the input operation and extracting an action feature; performing matching in an instruction library according to the action feature, and when the matching succeeds, generating instruction information corresponding to the action feature; determining a protection mode of the terminal device according to the instruction information, and determining an application that subscribes to the protection mode in the terminal device; and controlling display of the application according to the protection mode of the terminal device.