Patent ID: 8464083

Claim:
A method comprising: in response to an idle time of a computing device meeting or exceeding a power-save time threshold value, placing the computing device into a low-power state; in response to receiving an input to the computing device after the computing device has been placed into the low-power state, exiting the low-power state; determining whether the idle time meets or exceeds an intermediate threshold value that is greater than the power-save time threshold value and less than a lockout threshold value or whether the idle time meets or exceeds the lockout threshold value that is greater than the power-save time threshold value and greater than the intermediate threshold value; after having exited from the low-power state, if the idle time meets or exceeds the lockout threshold value, requiring a user to enter a password into the computing device before allowing the user to access applications in the computing device; after having exited from the low-power state, if the idle time meets or exceeds the intermediate threshold value but not the lockout threshold value, requiring the user to either provide a gesture input to the computing device or enter the password into the computing device before allowing the user to access applications in the computing device; and if the idle time does not meet or exceed the intermediate threshold value or the lockout threshold value, allowing the user to access applications in the computing device without requiring the user to either provide the gesture input to the computing device or enter the password into the computing device.