COMMAND INVOCATION DURING LOG-IN USER AUTHENTICATION TO AN OPERATING SYSTEM

• US 20130074006A1
• Filed: 09/21/2011
• Published: 03/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2011
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: SZETO, JACK W., VENNAM, RAMRATAN, WOLF, PATRICK W.
• Application Number:
  US13/238,270
• Publication Number:
  US 20130074006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/800
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/62 Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A user log-in to a system. An embodiment can include, during a user log-in to a system to access a view of a user interface to be presented on a display, receiving a user command to be executed prior to presenting the view on the display, wherein the user is not prompted to enter the user command. Responsive to the user command, the view can be configured in accordance with the user command. The view, as configured in accordance with the user command, can be presented on the display.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

during a user log-in to a system to access a view of a user interface to be presented on a display, receiving a user command to be executed prior to presenting the view on the display, wherein the user is not prompted to enter the user command;

responsive to the user command, configuring the view in accordance with the user command; and

presenting the view, as configured in accordance with the user command, on the display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the user command is a command indicating to the system not to display within the view particular information; and

presenting the view on the display comprises excluding the particular information from the view.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein:

the user command is received in conjunction with a user log-in to the operating system to un-lock the view of the user interface previously presented on the display.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the user command is a command to minimize at least one window previously presented in the view; and

configuring the view comprises minimizing the at least one window within the view.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein:

the user command is a command to close at least one window previously presented in the view; and

configuring the view comprises closing the at least one window within the view.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

when the at least one window is closed, saving data corresponding to the at least one window to at least one machine readable storage device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is a display of an automated teller machine (ATM).

8. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the user command is a command indicating to the system to not display within the view financial information; and

presenting the view on the display comprises excluding the financial information from the view.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the user command is a command indicating to the system to not display within the view personal information related to the user; and

presenting the view on the display comprises excluding the personal information from the view.

10. A system comprising:

a display; and

a processor configured to;

during a user log-in to a system to access a view of a user interface to be presented on the display, receive a user command to be executed prior to presenting the view on the display, wherein the user is not prompted to enter the user command;

responsive to the user command, configure the view in accordance with the user command; and

present the view, as configured in accordance with the user command, on the display.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein:

the user command is a command indicating to the system not to display within the view particular information; and

the processor is configured to present the view on the display in a manner that excludes the particular information from the view.

12. A system of claim 10, wherein:

the user command is received in conjunction with a user log-in to the operating system to un-lock the view of the user interface previously presented on the display.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein:

the user command is a command to minimize at least one window previously presented in the view; and

the processor is configured to present the view on the display in a manner that minimizes the at least one window within the view.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein:

the user command is a command to close at least one window previously presented in the view; and

the processor is configured to close the at least one window within the view.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor further is configured to:

when the at least one window is closed, save data corresponding to the at least one window to at least one machine readable storage device.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the display is a display of an automated teller machine (ATM).

17. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the user command is a command indicating to the system to not display within the view financial information; and

the processor is configured to present the view on the display in a manner that excludes the financial information from the view.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein:

the user command is a command indicating to the system to not display within the view personal information related to the user; and

the processor is configured to present the view on the display in a manner that excludes the personal information from the view.

19. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising;

computer-readable program code configured to, during a user log-in to a system to access a view of a user interface to be presented on a display, receive a user command to be executed prior to presenting the view on the display, wherein the user is not prompted to enter the user command;

computer-readable program code configured to, responsive to the user command, configure the view in accordance with the user command; and

computer-readable program code configured to present the view, as configured in accordance with the user command, on the display.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein:

the user command is a command indicating to the system not to display within the view particular information; and

the computer-readable program code configured to present the view comprises computer-readable program code configured to exclude the particular information from the view.

21. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein:

the user command is received in conjunction with a user log-in to the operating system to un-lock the view of the user interface previously presented on the display.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein:

the user command is a command to minimize at least one window previously presented in the view; and

the computer-readable program code configured to configure the view comprises the computer-readable program code configured to minimize or close the at least one window within the view.

23. The computer program product of claim 22, further comprising:

computer-readable program code configured to, when the at least one window is closed, save data corresponding to the at least one window when the window is closed to at least one machine readable storage device.

24. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the display is a display of an automated teller machine (ATM).

25. The computer program product of claim 24, wherein:

the user command is a command indicating to the system to not display within the view financial information or personal information; and

the computer-readable program code configured to present the view on the display comprises computer-readable program code configured to exclude the financial information or the personal information from the view.