WO2021098797A1

WO2021098797A1 - Method of managing documents, user equipment, and non-transitory

Info

Publication number: WO2021098797A1
Application number: PCT/CN2020/130209
Authority: WO
Inventors: Shashank Shekhar; Govind JANARDHANAN; Munwar Shamsher KHAN; Kirti ANAND; Manoj Kumar; Tasleem Arif; Nitin Misra; Rahul Kumar TRIPATHI; Vrajeshkumar kishorbhai PATEL; Milan pradipbhai PATEL; Pritkumar kantibhai LADANI; Nishant Chauhan; Sumit Kumar Tiwary; Sandeep kumar RAI; Sonia THAKUR
Original assignee: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd.
Priority date: 2019-11-19
Filing date: 2020-11-19
Publication date: 2021-05-27

Abstract

A method for managing documents in a user equipment (UE), a UE, and a non-transitory computer-readable memory are provided. The method includes the following. Receive a set of data. Determine whether to assign a document type to the received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameters. Process the received set of data to extract a set of critical data points, in response to that the document type is assigned to the received set of data. Create an image based on the set of critical data points.

Description

METHOD OF MANAGING DOCUMENTS, USER EQUIPMENT, AND NON-TRANSITORY

COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates generally to the field of document management, and more particularly to a method of managing documents in a user equipment (UE) , a UE, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium.

BACKGROUND

This section is intended to provide information relating to field of the disclosure and thus any approach or functionality described below should not be assumed to be qualified as related art merely by its inclusion in this section.

In today’s digital world the digital technologies are leaving a remarkable impact in almost every sector. One of the important impact of digitalization is reducing the use of paper documents/hardcopies by providing an e-platform. The e-platform may include e-receipts, e-papers, e-books, e-documents and the like electronically available data. Further the digitalization has also an important impact in reducing the human efforts in handling multiple paper documents.

There are many instances when a user requires multiple important documents in a day to day life, as the documents verification or identity checks may come surprisingly in his/her way anytime, anywhere, for e.g. either during driving in the city, while travelling for hotel check-in or even for access to private cyber café etc. Further, it becomes difficult for the user to carry multiple identity documents and/or other such important documents along with him all the time. Although it is a common behaviour of users to carry photocopies of important documents so that the originals aren’t lost as their replacement is tedious.

However, the digitalization has made it possible for a user to store any paper document in a digital form on his electronic device and/or on a server. The user can also access and download, any information available on the World Wide Web and/or any electronically stored document at any instant of time.

Although, the user can store and access all such documents electronically, but this further requires a lot of user efforts to manage and secure such electronic documents. The electronic devices and the servers on which such documents can be stored are synchronized with many third party applications over internet, which leads to a high risk of data theft and data misuse.

Further there are also many other challenges related to the electronically stored documents. In many instances when a user requires a particular document and the document is also stored on his electronic device, there are possibilities that the user may forgot the file location of such document.

Also when multiple documents are stored by a user over a specific platform, the user have to access said platform every single time when he is in need of any such stored document. The pulling of documents from said platforms is very time consuming and requires a lot of user’s efforts.

One more challenge related to such electronically stored documents is that a user may have multiple stored documents that may be in the form of images, like clicked important documents or in the form of a file format like PDF. Accessing such multiple type of documents and browsing is very difficult as they are accessed in different environments. For example, while accessing an image and a PDF at a given instant of time, a user can’t browse seamlessly like browsing images.

Further there are chances that the user may have stored an important document electronically but the document may need a renewal and unknowingly it comes as a shock and at times as a monetary penalty, as user ends up revealing an expired document during a surprise check.

However, due to such challenges, there arises a need of a secure platform to avoid any kind of digital fraud and misuse and also a need to provide a proper management of electronically stored documents. In order to manage the documents electronically in an organised and secure way, a number of solutions are provided time to time, but said prior art solutions fails to provide an easy search/view model. The prior art solutions also lacks the required level of security and in-device encryption of documents. Further none of the existing solutions provides an intelligent prior information related to an electronically stored document.

Furthermore, the existing solutions lacks all important features collectively in a single platform to provide secure and managed documents. In view of these and other existing limitations, there arises an imperative need to provide a solution to overcome the limitations of prior existing solutions and to provide a more efficient method for managing documents in a UE/electronic device.

SUMMARY

This section is provided to introduce certain objects and aspects of the present disclosure in a simplified form that are further described below in the detailed description. This summary is not intended to identify the key features or the scope of the claimed subject matter.

In order to overcome at least a few problems associated with the known solutions as provided in the previous section, an object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for managing documents in a UE, a UE, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a method to help a user in managing the documents stored in a UE and a UE capable of executing the method. It is also an object of the present disclosure to provide a method and UE to provide seamless browsing of multiple document types. It is yet another object of the present disclosure to provide a method and UE to provide a safe and secure storage with no vulnerability to downloaded 3rd party applications. One more object of the present disclosure is to provide document’s expiry alerts and renewal reminders.

Furthermore one another object of the present disclosure is to provide a method and UE to provide smart notifications and document tracing. The one more object of present disclosure is to provide a method for providing secured document sharing with passcode and face tag feature and a UE capable of executing the method. The yet another object of the present disclosure is to provide a method and UE to provide offline availability of authentic documents.

In order to achieve the afore-mentioned objectives, the present disclosure provides a method for managing documents in a UE and a UE capable of executing the method. One aspect of the disclosure relates to a method of managing documents in a UE. The method includes receiving a set of data. The method thereafter includes determining whether to assign a document typeto the received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameters. Further the method includes processing the received set of data to extract a set of critical data points, in response to that the document type is assigned to the received set of data. The method then proceeds to creating an image based on the set of critical data points.

Further, another aspect of the disclosure relates to a UE. The UE includes a processor and a memory storing at least one computer program. The at least one computer program, when executed, is operable with the processor to perform the following. Receive a set of data. Determine whether to assign a document type to the received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameters. Process the received set of data to extract a set of critical data points, in response to that the document type is assigned to the received set of data. Create an image based on the set of critical data points.

Furthermore, another aspect of the disclosure relates to a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium stores at least one computer program. The at least one computer program, when executed, is operable with a processor of a UE to perform the following. Receive a set of data. Determine whether to assign a document type to the received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameters. Process the received set of data to extract a set of critical data points, in response to that the document type is assigned to the received set of data. Create an image based on the set of critical data points.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein, and constitute a part of this disclosure, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosed methods and systems in which like reference numerals refer to the same parts throughout the different drawings. Components in the drawings are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. Some drawings may indicate the components using block diagrams and may not represent the internal circuitry of each component. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that disclosure of such drawings includes disclosure of electrical components, electronic components or circuitry commonly used to implement such components.

FIG. 1 illustrates a general overview of the implementation of multiple UE, in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of a system unit in the UE, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart for the overall method of management of documents, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 illustrates an instance of method for management of documents, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 illustrates another instance of method for management of documents when the documents are password protected, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 illustrates an instance of method for management of documents showing recommendation of documents based on location, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 illustrates an instance of method for management of documents illustrating securing the documents, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

The foregoing shall be more apparent from the following more detailed description of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In the following description, for the purposes of explanation, various specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present disclosure. It will be apparent, however, that embodiments of the present disclosure may be practiced without these specific details. Several features described hereafter can each be used independently of one another or with any combination of other features. An individual feature may address only some of the problems discussed above. Some of the problems discussed above might not be fully addressed by any of the features described herein.

The disclosure provides a method for management of personal documents in a UE and a UE. More specifically, the disclosure allows the user to capture (using a camera of the device) or transfer, edit and store personal documents on his/her electronic devices. The disclosure enables secure storing of the personal documents by ensuring that the documents are stored in a separate secure partition. Further, the disclosure enables that although documents are stored in a separate secure partition of memory, however, ‘gallery/photos’ folder of the electronic device is made as an access gateway to such stored documents. To this end, the disclosure enables that the documents stored on the electronic device are converted into images either fully or partially, such that these images can be accessed by the user in the ‘gallery/photos’ folder. The user can view various document types seamlessly in a same format i.e. image format via said ‘gallery/photos’ folder. The disclosure also ensures that despite the fact that the documents/corresponding images are accessible from the ‘gallery/photos’ folder, these documents are not stored as part of the ‘gallery/photos’ folder within the device, thus ensuring that the documents are stored securely and cannot be accessed by any applications/programs/systems that have access to the ‘gallery/photos’ folder.

Once the documents are stored in the electronic device, the disclosure enables reading and interpreting such documents to identify the expiry date of these documents and provide timely reminders to the user for renewals. The disclosure also encompasses recommending the correct documents to the user based on parameters such as location of the user, usage pattern, etc.

The disclosure is further explained in detail below with reference now to the diagrams.

FIG. 1 illustrates a general overview of the implementation of multiple UE in accordance with exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 1, each UE includes a system unit (constituted by various components of the UE, see FIG. 2) for management of documents, i.e. a system unit 200 resides in a UE 104. As is evident form Fig. 1, multiple system units 200 (1) , 200 (2) , 200 (3) , …200 (n) reside in multiple UE 104 (1) , 104 (2) , 104 (3) , …104 (n) , where the UE 104 are connected to a server 102. The disclosure encompasses that the UE 104 may be connected to multiple servers. The server 102 may be a central server where identity documents are accessible such as servers storing social security numbers, passport information, driving license information, etc. The server 102 may also be a cloud server. The system unit 200 is configured to exchange data with the server 102 to enable the features of the disclosure as discussed in more detail in the ensuing paragraphs.

FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of the system unit for management of documents, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 2, the system unit 200 includes at least a categorization unit 202, a processor 204, a memory 206 and a display unit 208, wherein all the components are assumed to be connected to each other unless otherwise indicated below. Also, only one categorization unit 202, processor 204, memory 206 and display unit 208 are shown below, however, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the disclosure encompasses multiple such units as may be necessary to implement the features of the disclosure. In an implementation, the processor 204, the memory 206, and the display unit 208 are all hardware components of the UE 104, and the categorization unit 202 may be a soft module that may be stored in the memory 206. The soft modules or programs stored in the memory 206 can be invoked by the processor 204 to perform various functions of the UE 104, such as perform management of documents/data in the UE 104.

The categorization unit 202 is configured to determine whether to assign a document type to a received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameters. The categorization unit 202 may assign the document type or a non-document type to the received set of data based on the list of pre-defined parameters. As used herein, the received set of data refers to any data in the form of images, documents, audio, video, or files in any other format that is captured or stored at the UE 104. The list of pre-defined parameters includes but is not limited to specific text, symbols, any machine-readable codes. For instance, the pre-defined specific text may include words like ‘identification’ , ‘license’ , ‘government’ , ‘university’ , etc. Similarly, pre-defined symbols may include symbols of the government or government agencies such as emblem, flag, etc.; and symbols of other institutions such as universities, companies, etc. Further, pre-defined machine-readable codes may include bar codes, QR codes, etc. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the disclosure encompasses using pre-defined machine-readable code types and not a specific barcode or QR code. The process of categorization of data into a category is discussed further in detail with respect to the method flow diagrams.

The processor 204 is configured to receive a set of data, wherein the data may be received in response to user input or from another server 102. The processor 204 is further configured to process the received set of data to extract a set of critical data points associated with the received set of data. For instance, if the data received at the processor 204 includes a marksheet of a user, then the processor 204 may process this data to extract critical data points such as name of the user, subject names, marks in each subject, total marks and result. The details of such processing is discussed in detail further below in the specification with respect to the method flow diagrams. Based on the extracted data points, the processor 204 is further configured to create an image corresponding to said data. The details for creation of an image from the extracted data points is discussed in further detail below in the specification with reference to the method flow diagrams.

The processor 204 is further configured to perform a partition of the memory 206 of the UE 104 to create a secure partition. The processor 204 is further configured to store the image created by the processor 204, corresponding to the received set of data, in the secure partition of the memory 206. The secure partition of the memory 206 ensures that the images stored in the secure partition are not accessible by any third party applications/systems/programs having access to the gallery.

The processor 204 is also configured to identify an authentication mechanism associated with the received set of data. Authentication mechanism may include password protection, fingerprint authentication, face recognition authentication, or any other authentication mechanism as obvious to a person skilled in the art. For instance, if the data is received from another UE via a Bluetooth connection, and said data is password protected, then the processor 204 will identify this authentication mechanism associated with the received set of data. To enable access to such data that is associated with an authentication mechanism, the processor 204 is also configured to prompt the user via auser interface to authenticate the received set of data. For instance, the processor 204 may generate a prompt for asking the user to enter the password for the document and send such prompt/message to the display unit 208.

Further, the processor 204 is also configured to map the created image of a data associated with an authentication mechanism with the identified authentication mechanism. For instance, if the marksheet is password protected then the image created by the processor 204 of this marksheet will also be password protected.

The processor 204 is further configured to determine a location associated with the received set of data (i.e., the created image) , for example, determine the location associated with the received set of data based on a type of the received set of data. For example, if the received set of data is associated with an airport, the location associated with the received set of data may be an international airport. The processor 204 is further configured to store the created image and a correspondence between the created image and the location associated with the created image. Further, the processor 204 is configured to identify a current location of the UE 104 and determine one or more images associated with the identified current location according to multiple images and a mapping relation between the multiple images and multiple locations stored in the memory 206. For instance if the current location of the UE 104 is detected by the processor 204 to be an airport then the processor 104 also identified from the already stored data, the particular data/document such as the passport which is associated with this location. In such a case, the processor 204 is also configured to select at least one image from the one or more determined images based on an acceptance criterion at the identified location, and prompt the at least one image via the display unit 208.

The processor 204 is further configured to receive a request to share the received set of data (i.e., the created image) with an intended recipient. The request may be received from the user via the user interface of the UE 104. For instance, the user may press the share option on a document. The processor 204 is also configured to receive an authorization data associated with the intended recipient and add the authorization data for the intended recipient to the created image. For instance, the user of the user equipment 104 may wish to share his marksheet with his friend (intended recipient) but may also wish to add a password to the document before sharing, so that the document can be accessed by the intended recipient only. This password is also received by the processor 204 and the processor 204 associates this password to this document i.e. the marksheet in this example.

As used herein, a “processing unit” or “processor” includes one or more processors, where the processor 204 refers to any logic circuitry for processing instructions. The processor 204 may be a general-purpose processor, a special purpose processor, a conventional processor, a digital signal processor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in association with a digital signal processor (DSP) core, a controller, a microcontroller, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Field Programmable Gate Array circuits, any other type of integrated circuits, etc. The processor may perform signal coding data processing, input/output processing, and/or any other functionality that enables the working of the system unit 200 according to the present disclosure. More specifically, the processor or processing unit is a hardware processor.

The memory 206 is configured to store the set of data received at the processor 204 of the user equipment 104. The memory 206 is also configured to store the pre-defined parameters, the categories (document type and non-document type) , the category assigned to the received set of data, the critical data points extracted from the received set of data, the image generated from the critical data points, etc. The memory 206 is further configured to store any other data created during or after the completion of the document management process of the present disclosure.

The term “memory” as used herein refers to any non-transitory media that store data and/or instructions that cause a machine to operate in a specific fashion. Such storage media may include non-volatile media and/orvolatilemedia. Non-volatilemedia includes, for example, optical disks, magnetic disks, or solid-state drives, such as the storage device. Volatilemedia may include dynamic memory, such as the main memory. Common forms of memory include, for example, a floppy disk, a flexible disk, hard disk, solid-state drive, magnetic tape, or any other magnetic data storage medium, a compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM) , any other optical data storage medium, any physical medium with patterns of holes, a random access memory (RAM) , a programmable read-only memory (PROM) , an electrically programmable read-only memory (EPROM) , a FLASH-EPROM, a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) , or any other memory chip or cartridge.

The display unit 208 is configured to display one or more images generated by the processor 204 to the user via the user interface. The user can view said generated images seamlessly one after another, for instance via swipe gesture like any gallery file/image. The display unit 208 may be a separate unit or may be the integrated display of the UE 208.

FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart for the overall method of management of documents, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 3, the method begins at block 304.

At block 304, a set of data is received, for example, received at the processor 204 of the user equipment 104. This data may include documents, images, videos, etc. Further, the data received at block 304 may be received from anotherUE, the memory 206, external server 102 or from the camera unit of the UE 104. For instance, data may be received from another UE via an email or a messaging application. Similarly, data may be received from the memory 206 for instance when the data is already stored as a file in the memory 206. In another example, data may be received from the external server 102 such as the server of a university, when the user downloads the data from the university website on the UE 104. In yet another example, the data may be received from the camera unit of the UE 104 when the user clicks a picture of his marksheet using the camera application of the UE 104.

At block 306, determine whether to assign a document type to the received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameters. As described above, the list of pre-defined parameters includes but is not limited to specific text, symbols, any machine-readable codes. Whether to assign the document type to the received set of data is determined as follows. Analyze the received set of data to detect and extract one or more text, symbols, codes, etc. and compare the extracted one or more text, symbols, codes, etc. with the list of pre-defined parameters. If the extracted one or more text, symbols, codes, etc. includes any parameter from the list of pre-defined parameters, then such data is assigned the document type. While on the other hand, if the extracted one or more text, symbols, codes, etc. does not include any parameter from the list of pre-defined parameters, then such data is assigned a non-document type.

Next, at block 308, the received set of data is processedvia the processor 204 to extract a set of critical data points, in response to that the document type is assigned to the received set of data. Processing of the data to extract critical data points includes extracting the text from the data, parsing the extracted text to identify one or more keywords and marking said keywords as the set of critical data points. For instance, if the data received at the user equipment 104 is a credit card bill, then firstly, the processor 104 extracts all the text from the credit card bill; secondly, the processor 204 parses the extracted text to identify keywords such as name of account holder, account number, amount due, date due, etc.; and saves these keywords as critical data points. An example of the critical data points extracted from a credit card bill is as follows:

Account No.: 201XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Amount Due: INR 45,000

Due date: 27 Dec 2019

Credit points earned: 4500

Subsequently, at block 310, an image is created based on the extracted set of critical data points. This image creation includes converting the extracted data points into an image format. An example of the image created of the critical data points extracted from a credit card bill is as follows:

Thereafter, the process terminates and the generated image is stored in the memory 206. The disclosure encompasses that the image is stored in the partitioned secure portion of the memory 206 and displayed on the UE 104 via the display unit 208. The stored images can be accessed by the user via ‘gallery/photos’ folder. Since all the document types such as pdf documents, word documents, etc. are converted by the disclosure into images, the disclosure also enables the user to view these various document types seamlessly in a same format i.e. image format via said ‘gallery/photos’ folder.

FIG. 4 illustrates an instance of a method for management of documents, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 4, the process begins at block 402, where a set of data is received. The set of data may be one or more camera images captured, a file generated in response to user input, data/file downloaded from theserver 102, asystem file in the UE 104, and so on.

For instance, user may open the camera application of the user equipment 104 to capture an image of a document such as a marksheet. In another instance, the user may download a file received at a social media application, or the file is received from another UE. In yet another instance, the user may download a file from the server 102 such as a university central server. In yet another instance, the user may start an event to generate a new file.

Next, at block 404, determine whether to assign a document type to the received set of data. If the received set of data is categorized as the document type, the method proceeds to block406 else the procedure ends. For details of the operation at block 404, reference can be made to the operations at block 306.

At block 406, further analysis is performed and critical data points for the received set of data is identified.

Lastly, at block 408, an image for the received set of data is created based on the critical data points and is stored in the secure partition of the memory 206. Thereafter the method terminates.

FIG. 5 illustrates another instance of a method for management of documents when the documents are password protected, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 5, the method begins at block 502, a set of data is received. The received set of data may be user whitelisted documents and legal documents/digitally authorized documents.

Next, at block 504, assess if the received set of data is password protected. This assessment includes checking the properties of the received set of data to detect type of encryption and authentication associated with the received set of data. Although at block 504assess if the received set of data is password protected, however it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that this is only exemplary and the disclosure encompasses assessing if the received set of data is associated with any kind of authentication such as password protection, fingerprint protection, face ID protection, etc. If it is determined at block 504that the received set of data is password protected, then the method proceeds to step 506, else to step 508.

At block 506, provide a prompt message to the user via the user interface to enter the password of the received set of data. The operations at block 506 includes generating by the processor 204, the prompt message and displaying the same via the display unit 208.

Next, at block 508, determine whether to assign a document type to the received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameter, after a correct password is input. For details of the operations at block 508, reference can be made to the operations at block 306. If the document type is assigned to the received set of data, proceed to block 510, otherwise the procedure ends.

Next, at block 510, a set of critical data pointsare extracted from the received set of dataand an image for the received set of data is created based on the set of critical data points. The critical data pointsare extracted after receiving the password from the user for the document and authenticating by checking if the correct password has been provided. Data extraction and image creation has already been discussed with reference to Fig. 3 and is therefore not repeated herein.

Thereafter, at step 512, the image generated at block 510 is mapped with the password/fingerprint/PIN, etc. associated with the received set of data. This ensures that if a document is password protected, then the corresponding image created by the system unit 200 is also protected with the same password. Lastly, at block 514 the image is stored in the secure partition of the memory 206 and thereafter the method terminates. The stored images can be accessed by the user via ‘gallery/photos’ folder. The user can view various document types seamlessly in a same format i.e. image format via said ‘gallery/photos’ folder.

FIG. 6 illustrates an instance of a method for management of documents showing recommendation of documents based on location, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 6, the method begins at block602, receive a set of data.

Then, at block 604, determine whether to assign a document type to the received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameter.

Then, at block 606, process the received set of data to extract a set of critical data points, in response to that the document type is assigned to the document type.

Then, at block 608, create an image based on the extracted set of critical data points.

For details of the operations at blocks 602-608, reference can be made to the description with reference to FIG. 3, and thus the details of the operations at blocks 602-608will not be repeated herein.

Furthermore, at block 610, determine a location associated with the image and store the image and a correspondence between the image and the location associated with the image in the secure partition of the memory 206. The location associated with the image may be determined according to a type of the received set of data. For example, if the received set of data is associated with a passport, the location may be an international airport. In an implementation, in the secure partition of the memory 206, multiple images and a mapping relation between locations and the multiple images may be stored after performing the method a number of times.

At block 612, identify the current location of the UE 104. The current location of the UE 104 may be determined by using the location services of the UE 104 or by using the location received from any other application stored at the UE 104. For instance, an application for booking a cab may provide the current location of the UE 104.

At block 614, determine one or more images associated with the identified current location according to the multiple images and the mapping relation between the locations and the plurality of images. The predefined set of locations may include locations stored in the memory 206 based on the users history or preferences. For instance, the user may store the location of the airport in which the user resides, wherein the user frequently retrieve his passport from the memory 106 whenever he or she reaches the airport. In another instance, the predefined location maybe learnt by the system 200 based on the users usage pattern. For example, if the system 200 detects that a user retrieves his passport from the memory 106 whenever he reaches the airport, then such information is stored by the system 200 in the memory 106.

For instance, if the user has stored the location of the airport and associated document, i.e. the passport in the system 200, the disclosure identifies the same.

At block 616, based on an acceptance criteria at the identified location, at least one image is selected from the one or more images. For instance, if the current location is the international airport and the images identified at block 614 are passport and driving license, then at block 616 the disclosure identifies any acceptance criteria associated with the international airport stored in the memory 106 and selects the passport document for further processing since such document is legally acceptable at the airport.

Thereafter, at step 618, the selected image is provided as a prompt message to the user via the user interface of the UE 104. Thus, as soon as the user reaches the airport, a copy of his passport is automatically prompted to the user on the UE 104 for his quick and easy access.

Lastly, in response to the document recommended or provided to the user at block 618, the user may or may not select or view or use such document. The user’s response may be analysed and is stored in the memory 106 for future use.

FIG. 7 illustrates an instance of a method for management of documents illustrating securing the image, in accordance with exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in Fig. 7, the method begins at block 702, receive a set of data.

Then, at block 704, determine whether to assign a document type to the received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameter.

Then, at block 706, process the received set of data to extract a set of critical data points, in response to that the document type is assigned to the document type.

Then, at block 708, create an image based on the set of critical data points.

For details of the operations at blocks 702-708, reference can be made to the description with reference to FIG. 3, and thus the details of the operations at blocks 702-708will not be repeated herein.

Then, at block 710, receive a request for sharing the image with an intended recipient. A selection may be made by the user via the user interface of the UE 104, where the selection indicates a selection of an image which the user intends to share with another user.

Next, at block 712, select a face tag security measure for the selected image that the user intends to share. This selection of face tag security measure may be in response to the system unit 200 recommending an option to apply face tag security.

Subsequently at step 714, open the camera application of the UE 104 to capture a picture of the user, for example, a picture of a face of the user, where face data captured is taken as authorize data associated with the intended recipient. Next at step 716, encrypt the face data captured at block 714 and add the same to the image metadata.

Thereafter, at step 718, the image selected by the user is encrypted with the face metadata as password, and this image may then be sharedsubsequent to which the method terminates.

For the method as illustrated in FIG. 7, before sharing, the image is encrypted with the face metadata of the user, and thus the intended recipient can only use the image in the presence of the user.

It is to be noted that the execution order of each method illustrated in the disclosure may not be limited by the sequence illustrated in each flow chart. Some steps may not be executed in the order illustrated in the flow charts, or some steps may be combined or divided into multiple sub-steps.

While considerable emphasis has been placed herein on the disclosed embodiments, it will be appreciated that many embodiments can be made and that many changes can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles of the present disclosure. These and other changes in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art, whereby it is to be understood that the foregoing descriptive matter to be implemented is illustrative and non-limiting.

Claims

A method of managing documents in a user equipment (UE) , the method comprising:

receiving a set of data;

determining whether to assign a document type to the received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameters;

processing the received set of data to extract a set of critical data points, in response to that the document type is assigned to the received set of data; and

creating an image based on the set of critical data points.
The method of claim 1, wherein the received set of datais one of a data captured from a camera of the UE, a data downloaded from a server, a file generated in response to user input in the UE, and a system data in the UE.
The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to assign the document type to the received set of data based on the list of pre-defined parameterscomprises:

extractinginformation from the received set of data;

comparing the information extracted from the received set of data with the list of pre-defined parameters; and

determining that the document type is assigned to the received set of data when the information extracted from the received set of data contains at least one parameter contained in the list of pre-defined parameters.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

partitioning a memory of the UE to create a secure partition; and

storing the image in the secure partition of the memory.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying an authentication mechanism associated with the received set of data;

prompting to authenticate the received set of data; and

mapping the image with the authentication mechanism.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a location associated with the image; and

storing the image and a correspondence between the image and the location associated with the image inthe UE.
The method of claim 7, wherein a plurality of images and a mapping relation between locations and the plurality of images are stored in the UE, and the method further comprises:

identifying a current location of the UE;

determine one or more images associated with the identified current location according to the plurality of images and the mapping relation between the locations and the plurality of images;

selecting, from the one or more images, at least one image based on an acceptance criterion at the identified current location; and

displaying the at least one image selected on theUE.
The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request to share the image with an intended recipient;

receiving an authorize data associated with the intended recipient; and

adding the authorize data for the intended recipient to the image.
A user equipment (UE) , comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing at least one computer program;

the at least one computer program, when executed, being operable with the processor to:

receive a set of data;

determine whether to assign a document type to the received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameters;

process the received set of data to extract a set of critical data points, in response to that the document type is assigned to the received set of data; and

create an image based on the set of critical data points.
The UE of claim 9, wherein the received set of data is one of a data captured from a camera of the UE, a data downloaded from a server, a file generated in response to user input in the UE and a system data in the UE.
The UE of claim 9, wherein the at least one computer program operable with the processor to determine whether to assign the document type to the received set of data based on the list of pre-defined parameters is operable with the processor to:

extract information from the received set of data;

compare the information extracted from the received set of data with the list of pre-defined parameters; and

determine that the document type is assigned to the received set of data when the information extracted from the received set of data contains at least one parameter contained in the list of pre-defined parameters.
The UE of claim 9, wherein the at least one computer program is further operable with the processor to:

perform partition of a memory of the UE to create a secure partition; and

store the image in the secure partition of the memory.
The UE of claim 9, wherein the at least one computer program is further operable with the processorto:

identifyan authentication mechanism associated with the received set of data;

prompt to authenticate the received set of data; and

map the image with the authentication mechanism.
The UE of claim 9, wherein the at least one computer program is further operable with the processor to:

determine a location associated with the image; and

store the image and a correspondence between the image and the location associated with the image in the UE.
The UE of claim 14, wherein a plurality of images and a mapping relation between locations and the plurality of images are stored inthe memory;

the at least one computer program is further operable with the processor to:

identify a current location of the UE;

determine one or more images associated with the identified current location according to the plurality of images and the mapping relation between the locations and the plurality of images;

select, from the one or more images, at least one image based on an acceptance criterion at the identified current location; and

display the at least one image selected on theUE.
The UE of claim 9, wherein the at least one computer program is further operable with the processor to:

receive a request to share the image with an intended recipient;

receive an authorize data associated with the intended recipient; and

add the authorize data for the intended recipient to the image.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, being configured to store at least one computer program;

theat least one computer program, when executed, being operable witha processor of a user equipment (UE) to:

receive a set of data;

determine whether to assign a document type to the received set of data based on a list of pre-defined parameters;

process the received set of data to extract a set of critical data points, in response to that the document type is assigned to the document type; and

create an image based on the set of critical data points.
The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the at least one computer program is further operable with the processorto:

identifyan authentication mechanism associated with the received set of data;

prompt to authenticate the received set of data; and

map the image with the authentication mechanism.
The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the at least one computer program is further operable with the processor to:

determine a location associated with the image; and

store the image and a correspondence between the image and the location associated with the image in the UE.
The non-transitory computer-readable storage mediumof claim 19, wherein a plurality of images and a mapping relation between locations and the plurality of images are stored inthe memory;

the at least one computer program is further operable with the processor to:

identify a current location of the UE;

determine one or more images associated with the identified current location according to the plurality of images and the mapping relation between the locations and the plurality of images;

select, from the one or more images, at least one image based on an acceptance criterion at the identified current location; and

display the at least one image selected on the UE.