Patent ID: 7689939
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of effecting a communication on a communication application, at least a portion of which is executing on a personal computer having a display, comprising: (a) when the display is in a password protected screen saver mode, providing, by the personal computer, a communication application display, the communication application display permitting a user to perform, via the display, a plurality of the following operations: (b) while the display is in the password protected screen saver mode, receiving, from the user, a selection of at least one of operations (A (c) while the display is in the password protected screen saver mode, performing, by the personal computer, the selected at least one operation, wherein the user is not logged into the personal computer during the performance of steps (a)-(c) and wherein, when a command is received from the user to disable break through by the communication application while the display is in the password protected screen saver mode, prohibiting the performance of steps (a)-(c).