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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Neil Patrick Adams, Waterloo, CA;
Robert Joseph Lombardi, Hamilton, CA;
Jasmin Mulaosmanovic, Kitchener, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01); G06F 2221/2107 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2151 (2013.01);
Abstract
An automatic file encryption method and device for automatically encrypting a file. A processor identifies a characteristic associated with likely sensitive content based on a usage pattern of encrypting files having the characteristic. Creation of a new file is detected and the newly-created file is analyzed to determine whether the file contains sensitive content based upon it having the characteristic. If the file is found to have the characteristic, then the file is automatically encrypted.