Patent ID: 8601561

Claim:
A method comprising: outputting, by a computing device and for display, a lock screen graphical user interface, the lock screen graphical user interface including a widget region and an unlock region, the widget region including a widget and an overlay that appears to at least partially obscure the widget, wherein the overlay is at least partially transparent, wherein the computing device operates in a limited access state while outputting the overlay for display, wherein the limited access state comprises an operation state of the computing device from which a user associated with the computing device cannot access protected information or applications stored on the computing device, and wherein the widget comprises a component of the lock screen graphical user interface from which the user can cause the computing device to perform a function, execute an application, or accesses a service while the computing device operates in the limited access state; while outputting, for display, a visual indication of a suggested input, receiving, at the computing device, an indication of a user input; determining, by the computing device, a characteristic of the user input; and responsive to determining that the determined characteristic satisfies a threshold, removing, by the computing device, the overlay from the widget region, wherein a feature of the suggested input corresponds to the determined characteristic of the user input that satisfies the threshold, wherein the computing device continues to operate in the limited access state after removing the overlay from the widget region.