Patent ID: 7543160
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a security indicator on a display of a computing device, wherein secure data is stored on the computing device, wherein the secure data, when encrypted, can be decrypted using at least one encryption key in decrypted form, and wherein the method comprises: detecting when the computing device attains a locked state in which access to the device is prevented until a user is successfully authenticated; determining if any of the secure data can be decrypted by any of one or more applications residing on the computing device while the computing device is in the locked state; displaying a first indicator if it is determined that at least some of the secure data can be decrypted by at least one of the one or more applications while the computing device is in the locked state; and displaying a second indicator if it is determined that none of the secure data can be decrypted by any of the one or more applications on the computing device while the computing device is in the locked state; wherein the method further comprises: