Patent ID: 7251727
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for surely but conveniently causing reset of a computer-based device, said method comprising: (a) starting a device resetting process when resetting has been determined to be desirable; (b) as a part of said resetting process, providing N successive instances of a user option, N being greater than one, for either (i) resetting the device and ending said resetting process or (ii) continuing to enjoy further use of the device without resetting it, wherein each of said N successive instances include a user-readable notification of the sequential number of that option; and (c) as a further part of said resetting process and at a time subsequent to step (b) if a user option to reset the device has not yet been taken, then forcing device reset to occur before ending said resetting process and permitting further use of the device.