Security System Based on Input Shortcuts for a Computer Device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsDaryl Martin, Ahmed E. Hassan, J.F. Sean Wilson
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Abstract
A method of activating security functions on a computer device, for example a mobile communications device. The computer device includes a device state that may be realized by way of a first user input or a second user input. The method includes designating the first user input to realize the device state as a security rule having an associated security function, detecting realization of the device state, and activating the associated security function if the device state was realized by way of the second user input rather than the first user input. For example, the first user input may be a shortcut input, and the second user input may be a conventional or normal input.
Claims20
A method of activating security functions on a computer device, the computer device having a device state that may be realized by way of a first user input or a second user input, the method comprising:
- defining a security rule, wherein the security rule includes realization of the device state by way of the first user input;
- designating a security function associated with the security rule;
- detecting realization of the device state;
- and
- activating the associated security function if the device state was realized by way of the second user input instead of the first user input.
A computer device, comprising:
- a controller for controlling the operation of the device;
- a user input interface for inputting information to the controller;
- a display coupled to the controller;
- a software module executable by the controller and configured to produce a device state that may be realized by way of a first user input or a second user input;
- and
- a security module executable by the controller and configured to
- define a security rule, wherein the security rule includes realization of the device state by way of the first user input,
- designate a security function associated with the security rule,
- detect realization of the device state, and
- activate the associated security function if the device state was realized by way of the second user input instead of the first user input.
A computer program product having a machine-readable medium having encoded thereon computer-executable instructions for activating security functions on a computer device, the computer device having a device state that may be realized by way of a first user input or a second user input, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
- instructions for defining a security rule, wherein the security rule includes realization of the device state by way of the first user input;
- instructions for designating a security function associated with the security rule;
- instructions for detecting realization of the device state;
- and
- instructions for activating the associated security function if the device state was realized by way of the second user input instead of the first user input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.