Patent ID: 7689939

Claim:
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: (A 1 ) place an active live voice communication on hold; (A 2 ) transfer an active live voice communication to another communication device; (A 3 ) conference at least one other communication device into an active live voice communication over the Public Switched Telephone Network to a third party; and (A 4 ) place an outgoing and nonemergency call over the Public Switched Telephone Network to a third party; (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 1 )-(A 4 ); and (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).