Patent ID: 9591481
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method performed by at least one processor of a mobile computing device for managing access to an application executed by the mobile computing device, method comprising: receiving, by the at least one processor of the mobile computing device, a request from a user to return to the application and resume at least one task using a previous screen of the application on the mobile computing device; determining, by the at least one processor of the mobile computing device, whether the previous screen of the application is in a secured area of the application, and whether, based on at least one task performed by the user in the secured area of the application, authentication of the user is required to return to the previous screen of the application; and initiating, by the at least one processor of the mobile computing device, a middle tier authentication protocol executed by the application, based on the at least one task, to return to the application when the previous screen is in the secured area of the application and when authentication of the user is required to return to the previous screen, the middle tier authentication protocol being less rigorous than an initial authentication protocol executed by the application to initially authenticate the user to the application; wherein the at least one task is associated with a time delay from a time point of an application abandonment to a time point of receiving the request; and allowing the user to resume the at least one task at the previous screen of the application without initiating the middle tier authentication protocol when it is determined that the time delay is less than the predetermined time duration.