Patent ID: 8832424

Claim:
A computer implement method to reboot a client device in a normal operating mode when the client device is currently operating in a safe operating mode and to reboot the client device to a safe operating mode when the client device is currently operating in a normal operating mode, the method comprising: receiving, at a processor, client device operating mode data, wherein the client device operating mode data is indicative of a current operating mode of the client device; determining, using a processor, whether the client device is currently operating in a safe operating mode or a normal operating mode based on the client device operating mode data; generating, using a processor, a mode icon on a display device, wherein the mode icon indicates whether the client device is determined to be currently operating in safe operating mode or normal operating mode; activating, using a user interface device, the mode icon, wherein activating the mode icon causes the client device to reboot to safe mode when the client device is determined to be currently operating in normal operating mode and wherein activating the mode icon causes the client device to reboot to normal operating mode when the client device is determined to be currently operating in safe operating mode.