Patent ID: 8365282

Claim:
A method of activating security functions on a computer device, the computer device configured for being locked and unlocked, the computer device having a device state that may be realized by way of a first user input or a second user input being received while the computer device is unlocked, the method comprising: designating a security function associated with a security rule, the security rule including detecting realization of the device state by way of input other than the first user input and activating the associated security function; detecting realization of the device state; and activating the associated security function if the device state was realized by way of the second user input instead of the first user input, wherein the first user input comprises a shortcut user input and the second user input comprises a conventional user input, wherein the detecting realization of the device state is performed by a present application program, and wherein the activated associated security function comprises, in response to detecting the conventional user input, a honeypot mode in which an interface is created that appears to be authentic but does not permit unauthorized use of information or a resource on the computer device.