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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ying Li, Shanghai, CN;

Jia Yu Hu, New Taipei, TW;

Chi Yang Li, Beijing, CN;

Fei Shen, Shanghai, CN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/12 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/629 (2013.01); G06F 21/121 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems and computer program products for operating a mobile device in a limited access mode are provided. Aspects include detecting an input from a user via an input device of the mobile device, the input configured to place the mobile device in the limited access mode. Aspects also include determining an active application of the mobile device at a time of the detected input and restricting the mobile device from performing one or more tasks based on the active application of the mobile device at the time of the detected input, wherein the one or more tasks include switching from the active application.


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