Patent ID: 8938612
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: while operating in a first limited-access state, receiving, by a computing device, an indication of a first input; responsive to determining that at least one value of a characteristic of the first input exceeds a predetermined characteristic threshold, transitioning, by the computing device, from operating in the first limited-access state to operating in a second limited-access state, wherein the second limited-access state is different from the first limited-access state; while operating in the second limited-access state: responsive to determining, based at least in part on location information associated with the one or more touch events, that the indication of the second input satisfies a threshold of compliance with the instructions that specify user-provided input for transitioning the computing device from operating in the second limited-access state to operating in the first limited-access state, transitioning, by the computing device, from operating in the second limited-access state to operating in the first limited-access state.