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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED, Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 3/023 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 3/0233 (2013.01); G06F 3/0238 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 2221/031 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for protecting an application program password of a mobile terminal are described. The method includes: positioning an application interface view in an application program of a mobile terminal, so as to obtain a currently activated application interface view; determining whether the currently activated application interface view is an input box; and if yes, acquiring a key input event triggered in the input box and obtaining an input character by using the key input event; and replacing the character with a fake password character. A related apparatus is also described.