Patent ID: 6865629
Filing Date: 2005-03-08
Classification: G06F,G07F

Abstract:
1. A method for protecting against a computer operation from being automatically performed without first confirming a user's intention for performance of the operation, comprising, for a specific performance of the computer operation, the step of (a) seeking confirmation of the user's intention that the specific performance of the operation occur, and (b) initiating the specific performance of the computer operation after a user's intention that the specific performance of the operation occur is confirmed; (c) wherein the user's intention that the specific performance of the operation occur is confirmed by a physical act of the user without requiring the use of a user-input device, the physical act of the user itself representing the confirmation of the user's intention that the specific performance of the operation occur; (d) wherein the physical act of the user is performed when confirmation of the user's intention that the specific performance of the operation occur is sought in said step (a), and (e) wherein the physical act of the user comprises replacing, within a computer configurations a first removable storage medium after a first program thereon has been read with a second removable storage medium including thereon a second program, the first program including computer-executable instructions resulting in the reading and running of the second program, and the second program including computer-executable instructions resulting in the initiating of the operation on the computer.