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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2014
Applicant:
2236008 Ontario Inc., Kanata, CA;
Inventor:
Daniel Jonas Major, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
2236008 Ontario Inc., Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04W 12/12 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/1475 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of preventing observation of password entry on an electronic device is provided. The electronic device has a processor coupled to a camera, a display, and a memory. The method comprises activating the camera to acquire an image when the electronic device is in a password entry mode; detecting one or more faces present in the image; and presenting a warning when more than one face is present in the image.