Patent ID: 8726365

Claim:
A computer implemented method for providing access to applications on a mobile computing device through a launcher, the method comprising: mapping a first set of one or more applications with a guest access code and mapping a second, different set of applications with a second access code; receiving, through a security user interface of the mobile computing device, an access code; in response to determining that the received access code is the guest access code, displaying the guest access code in a single code display area of the security user interface; identifying the first set of one or more applications corresponding to the guest access code, and providing for display, on a display screen of the mobile computing device, the identified first set of one or more applications; and in response to determining that the received access code is the second access code, displaying the second access code in the single code display area of the security user interface, identifying the second set of applications corresponding to the second access code, and providing for display, on the display screen, the identified second set of applications.