U.S. Patent 7779475 was awarded to PetNote LLC on 2010-08-17 and describes a “Software-based method for gaining privacy by affecting the screen of a computing device.” This patent has been cited 244 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative audio-visual technology patents in the field of electrical engineering. The abstract states:

A method and apparatus for allowing the user of an electronic device to enhance privacy over a display with the use of software, are disclosed. A security window including a translucent graphical effects region may be displayed on the electronic device such that it overlays content the user may choose to protect. The security window allows the protected content to remain discernable for the user of the device yet substantially indiscernible to a person at a further distance and/or greater viewing angle from the screen of the device. One or more security windows, each of which may be of any size, shape, texture, translucency level and any other graphical or behavioral properties may be displayed on the display associated with the electronic device. The user may control the size, shape, texture, translucency level and any other graphical or behavioral properties of the security window and graphical effects region. The user may invoke or terminate a security window with the single click of a button. Security windows may automatically attach to applications in focus, or be attached in response to a user command, and allow uninterrupted usability of those applications. Link: U.S. Patent 7779475

This patent was originally filed on 2006-07-31 which gives it a processing time of 1478 days, compared to an average processing time of 2016 in the field. PetNote LLC has 2 total patents. The first named inventor is Gabriel Jakobson of Alamo, CA. The primary examiner was Brandon S Hoffman.

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