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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/84 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); H04M 1/72577 (2013.01);
Abstract
A privacy protection method and a terminal device are provided. The privacy protection method in a terminal device includes receiving a user input of designated multimedia content that is stored in the terminal device, detecting an activation of a privacy mode on the terminal device, determining a set of private multimedia content stored in the terminal device based on the designated multimedia content, and preventing the set of private multimedia content from being displayed on the terminal device.