System, method, and computer program product for a pre-deactivation grace period
AssigneeMcAfee, Inc.
InventorsRajkaran Singh Dhesi, Simon Hunt, Paul Martin Parke
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for a pre-deactivation grace period. In operation, a deactivation request is detected for a deactivation event. Further, the commencement of the deactivation event is delayed for a predetermined time period, in response to the deactivation request. Additionally, the deactivation event is commenced, after the predetermined time period.
Claims22
A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon for causing a mobile device to:
- receive first authentication information allowing user to logon to the mobile device and access full user level functionality;
- detect a deactivation request;
- initiate a deactivation grace period in response to the deactivation request;
- detect a reactivation request before the deactivation grace period expires;
- display, during the deactivation grace period and in response to the reactivation request, a prompt for authentication information wherein the prompt includes information identifying a last time the mobile device was successfully logged on using the first authentication information;
- receive second authentication information in response to the prompt;
- and
- commence deactivation of the mobile device if the prompt for authentication information is not successfully responded to before the deactivation grace period expires,
- wherein at least partial functionality representing a subset of the full user level functionality is available during the deactivation grace period.
The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim wherein the deactivation request includes a user request.
A method, comprising:
- receiving first authentication information allowing a user to logon to a mobile device and access full user level functionality;
- detecting, on the mobile device, a deactivation request;
- initiating, on the mobile device, a deactivation grace period in response to the deactivation request;
- detecting, on the mobile device, a reactivation request before the deactivation grace period expires;
- displaying, on the mobile device, a prompt for second authentication information during the deactivation grace period and in response to the reactivation request wherein the prompt includes information containing a last time the mobile device was successfully logged on using the first authentication information;
- receive second authentication information in response to the prompt, wherein the second authentication information is different than the first authentication information;
- and
- commencing deactivation of the mobile device if the prompt for authentication information is not successfully responded to before the deactivation grace period expires,
- wherein at least partial functionality representing a subset of the full user level functionality is available during the deactivation grace period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.