International Business Machines Corporation

Sujay Sarkar

Sarbajit Kumar Rakshit

Diptiman Dasgupta

Arindam Maji

An approach is provided for controlling access to contents displayed on a mobile device. Based on a security rule, the contents are divided into first and second sets. A first user is authorized to access the first set and not authorized to access the second set. The first set is displayed on a physical, transparent, touch functionality-enabled first layer of a display of the mobile device. The second set is displayed on a physical, opaque, touch functionality-lacking second layer of the display. A security level of a second user is determined after the first user stops using and the second user starts using the mobile device. Based on the security level, the contents are modified so that item(s) are removed from the first set and placed in the second set and/or other item(s) are removed from the second set and placed in the first set.

Mobile device access control with two-layered display

An approach is provided for controlling access to contents displayed on a mobile device. A security rule specifies time periods during which a first user is and is not permitted to access items in the contents. Based on the security rule, the contents are divided into first and second sets. The first set is displayed on a first, physical, transparent display layer of a display of the mobile device. The first layer has touch functionality enabled. The second set is displayed on a second, physical layer of the display and is viewed by the first user through the first layer. The second layer is a transparent or opaque display that does not have touch functionality. Based on a second level of security determined for a second user, the divider contents are modified by switching item(s) between the first and second sets.

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Kolkata, India

Sujay Sarkar