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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2020
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Heather Omsberg, Watertown, MA (US);

Robert Huntington Grant, Marietta, GA (US);

Jacob Thomas Covell, New York, NY (US);

Zachary A. Silverstein, Jacksonville, FL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/00 (2021.01); H04W 12/033 (2021.01); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/033 (2021.01); G06Q 50/265 (2013.01); G08B 7/06 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01);
Abstract

A method, computer system, and computer program product for protecting user confidentiality. Signal transmissions in a location in which a user is present are monitored by a computer system. A set of recording devices in an active state for recording the user in the location is identified by the computer system based on patterns in the signal transmissions monitored in the location. A set of alerts notifying the user of the set of recording devices in the active state for recording the user is generated by the computer system.


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