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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2021
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Uri Kartoun, Cambridge, MA (US);
Krishnan Sugavanam, Mahopac, NY (US);
Jayanth Krishnan, Mahopac, NY (US);
Aris Gkoulalas-Divanis, Waltham, MA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G09G 3/20 (2013.01); G09G 2358/00 (2013.01); G09G 2370/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method secures a computer display. One or more processors detect whether there is a presence of an authorized portable device proximate to the computer display. Based on what the processor(s) detect, the processor(s) apply a rule, which is based on one or more portable devices being proximate to the computer display, to selectively continue or end a current session on the computer display.