SECURE DATA ENTRY VIA A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD

摘要

A communication device, which is capable of presenting one or more of a plurality of virtual keyboards, may be operable to receive application content. The application content may require a user to enter particular data via one of the plurality of virtual keyboards. The plurality of virtual keyboards may comprise a system keyboard and one or more third-party keyboards. The communication device may be operable to determine whether the particular data to be entered by the user may comprise sensitive personal information associated with the user. Based on the determination of the personal information and/or based on a configuration option communicated from the user, the communication device may be operable to determine whether to cause presentation of the system keyboard for the user to enter the particular data. The communication device may cause presentation of the system keyboard by disabling the one or more third-party keyboards.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving a selection to present a third-party keyboard when application content which requires a user to enter particular data via one of a plurality of virtual keyboards is received; receiving application content which requires the user to enter the particular data via one of the plurality of virtual keyboards; determining that the particular data comprises sensitive personal information associated with the user; determining that no selection has been received to present the third-party keyboard when the particular data comprises sensitive personal information associated with the user; and presenting a system keyboard instead of the third-party keyboard.