Operating a mobile device in a limited access mode
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsYING LI, JIA YU HU, CHI YANG LI, FEI SHEN
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Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products for operating a mobile device in a limited access mode are provided. Aspects include detecting an input from a user via an input device of the mobile device, the input configured to place the mobile device in the limited access mode. Aspects also include determining an active application of the mobile device at a time of the detected input and restricting the mobile device from performing one or more tasks based on the active application of the mobile device at the time of the detected input, wherein the one or more tasks include switching from the active application.
Claims20
A method of operating a mobile device in a limited access mode, the method comprising:
- detecting an input from a user via an input device of the mobile device, the input configured to place the mobile device in the limited access mode;
- determining an active application of the mobile device at a time of the detected input;
- and
- restricting the mobile device from performing one or more tasks based on the active application of the mobile device at the time of the detected input, wherein the one or more tasks include switching from the active application.
A mobile device for performing a processing action, the mobile device comprising:
- a sensor configured to receive an input from a user;
- and
- a processor configured to perform:
- detecting an input from a user via an input device of the mobile device, the input configured to place the mobile device in a limited access mode;
- determining an active application of the mobile device at a time of the detected input;
- and
- restricting the mobile device from performing one or more tasks based on the active application of the mobile device at the time of the detected input, wherein the one or more tasks include switching from the active application.
A computer program product for performing a processing action, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a signal, the program instructions readable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to perform a method comprising:
- detecting an input from a user via an input device of a mobile device, the input configured to place the mobile device in a limited access mode;
- determining an active application of the mobile device at a time of the detected input;
- and
- restricting the mobile device from performing one or more tasks based on the active application of the mobile device at the time of the detected input, wherein the one or more tasks include switching from the active application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.