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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Applicants:
Frank E. Barrus, New Ipswich, NH (US);
Lawrence R. Rau, Dublin, NH (US);
Craig F. Newell, Lowell, MA (US);
Inventors:
Frank E. Barrus, New Ipswich, NH (US);
Lawrence R. Rau, Dublin, NH (US);
Craig F. Newell, Lowell, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for providing a secure lockout from executing application programs is provided. An opaque graphical component obscures graphical components for all executing software (applications) programs on a display apparatus and prevents events from reaching the executing application programs.