Patent ID: 7836348

Claim:
A computer implemented method for calculating and rendering a risk level, the computer implemented method comprising: responsive to receiving an input to perform an action within a data processing system, calculating a level of risk to the data processing system to perform the action based on a set of rules to form a calculated level of risk, wherein a rule in the set of rules escalates the calculated level of risk to a next higher risk level after receiving three or more of a same risk level for different components of the data processing system trying to perform the action within the data processing system; determining if the calculated level of risk presents an elevated risk; and responsive to determining that the calculated level of risk does present the elevated risk, rendering a user interface with an appropriate elevated visual warning based on the calculated level of risk, wherein the appropriate elevated visual warning includes one of a plurality of specific colors each associated with a specific level of calculated risk rendered on an OK button maintained within the user interface changing a color of the OK button to the one of the plurality of specific colors based on the specific level of calculated risk.