Method and apparatus for preventing sensitive data leakage due to input focus misappropriation
US8392992B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 5, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 6, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/36
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for preventing sensitive data leakage due to input focus misappropriation is described. In one embodiment, a method for restricting a change in an input focus to protect sensitive data comprising identifying a visual representation component used to receive sensitive data, wherein the virtual representation component having an input focus of a computer and preventing a change in the input focus from the visual representation component.
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