Patent ID: 8789197
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G06F,G09C,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method executed on a first computer device running an operating system and including a processor, a memory device communicatively coupled to the processor, and a display, the method comprising: executing a testing routine on the processor, the testing routine configured to securely allow the use of one or more of a plurality of applications or functions of the first computer device during an academic examination; receiving a hash input; entering a test mode; receiving an input indicating completion; evaluating whether unauthorized use of the first computer device occurred while the first computer device was in the test mode; computing a hash output; displaying the hash output or a visual representation of the hash output when it is determined that no unauthorized use of an application or function on the first computer device occurred while the first computer device was in the test mode; and displaying an indication of unauthorized use when it is determined that unauthorized use of an application or function on the first computer device occurred while the first computer device was in the test mode.