Patent ID: 8504842

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a computing system that is locked, input from a user that provides an unlocking pattern, wherein during entry of the unlocking pattern a display of the computing system does not provide a visual indication of an action that will be performed upon the user completing the unlocking pattern; comparing, by the computing system, the provided unlocking pattern to a plurality of stored unlocking patterns to determine whether the provided unlocking pattern matches any of the stored unlocking patterns, the stored unlocking patterns being associated with respective actions that are performed upon completion of the respective unlocking patterns, the unlocking patterns being associated with a same level of unlocked security access to the computing system, wherein a first unlocking pattern of the plurality of stored unlocking patterns is associated with a first action that includes displaying a home screen user interface of the computing system, wherein a second unlocking pattern of the plurality of stored unlocking patterns is associated with a second action that includes displaying a user interface that is not the home screen user interface and that is a most-recent user interface that the computing system would display (i) before receiving input from the user that provides the second unlocking pattern and (ii) while the computing system is unlocked; and responding, by the computing system, to a determination that the provided unlocking pattern matches one of the stored unlocking patterns, by unlocking the computing system and performing the action that is associated with the matching unlocking pattern.