Bypassing security authentication scheme on a lost device to return the device to the owner
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorAsaf Schushan
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for bypassing device security protections to communicate with a contact of a secure device. The method displays a selectable user interface object on the device enabling a user to bypass the security protections of the device. Upon receiving a selection of the user interface object, the method initiates a communication to a contact that is preselected from a list of contacts.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- displaying, while a device is in a locked mode in which a plurality of services are unavailable on the device, a selectable user interface (UI) item on the device for enabling a person to operate the device to communicate with a privileged contact while the device is in the locked mode;
- upon selection of the UI item, displaying a list of privileged contacts while the device is in the locked mode, wherein the list of privileged contacts includes an owner of the device;
- displaying, upon selection of the privileged contact from the list of privileged contacts, a list of different communication types for initiating a communication with the privileged contact, the displayed list of different communication types being exclusive of communication types for initiating a communication with other privileged contacts;
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- initiating the communication with the privileged contact selected from the list of privileged contacts, the communication having a communication type selected from the list of different communication types.
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program which when executed by at least one processing unit of a device bypasses a device security protection to communicate with a privileged contact, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
- displaying, while the device is in a locked mode in which a plurality of services are unavailable on the device, a selectable user interface (UI) item on the device for enabling a person to operate the device to communicate with the privileged contact while the device is in the locked mode;
- upon selection of the UI item, displaying a list of privileged contacts while the device is in the locked mode, wherein the list of privileged contacts includes an owner of the device;
- upon selection of the privileged contact from the list of privileged contacts, determining a communication type of a plurality of different communication types for initiating a communication to the privileged contact based at least in part on a configuration of the device;
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- initiating the communication with the privileged contact selected from the list of privileged contacts, the communication having the determined communication type.
A device comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- display while the device is in a locked mode in which a plurality of services are unavailable on the device, a selectable user interface (UI) item on the device for enabling a person to operate the device to communicate with a privileged contact while the device is in the locked mode;
- upon selection of the UI item, display a list of privileged contacts while the device is in the locked mode, wherein the list of privileged contacts includes an owner of the device;
- and
- initiate a communication with the privileged contact selected from the list of privileged contacts, the communication having a communication type selected from a plurality of different communication types determined based on a configuration of the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.