Emergency information access on portable electronic devices
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorSteven Charles Michalske
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Abstract
Improved techniques for facilitating emergency access to one or more contacts stored on a portable electronic device are disclosed. One or more contacts on the portable electronic device are designated as emergency contacts. While the portable electronic device is password-locked, a request to display the one or more emergency contacts on the password-locked portable electronic device is received. Without requiring a password, the one or more emergency contacts are displayed on the portable electronic device.
Claims20
A method for displaying emergency information associated with a registered user at a portable electronic device, the method comprising, at the portable electronic device:
- displaying a lock screen that includes (i) a keypad for inputting a passcode for unlocking the portable electronic device, and (ii) an emergency user interface (UI) control;
- receiving a request to bypass the lock screen such as to access the emergency information;
- and
- in response to determining that the request is provided by an authorized user:
- enabling a first subset of the emergency information to be accessible to the authorized user while preventing a second subset of the emergency information from being accessible to the authorized user, and
- presenting a lock screen bypass screen that includes an emergency information UI control for accessing the first subset of the emergency information.
A portable electronic device for displaying emergency information associated with a registered user, the portable electronic device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing instructions that, in response to being executed by the at least one processor, cause the portable electronic device to:
- display a lock screen that includes (i) a keypad for inputting a passcode for unlocking the portable electronic device, and (ii) an emergency user interface (UI) control;
- receive a request to bypass the lock screen such as to access the emergency information;
- and
- in response to determining that the request is provided by an authorized user:
- enable a first subset of the emergency information to be accessible to the authorized user while preventing a second subset of the emergency information from being accessible to the authorized user, and
- present a lock screen bypass screen that includes an emergency information UI control for accessing the first subset of the emergency information.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, in response to being executed by at least one processor included in a computing device, cause the computing device to:
- display a lock screen that includes (i) a keypad for inputting a passcode for unlocking the computing device, and (ii) an emergency user interface (UI) control;
- receive a request to bypass the lock screen such as to access emergency information;
- and
- in response to determining that the request is provided by an authorized user:
- enable a first subset of the emergency information to be accessible to the authorized user while preventing a second subset of the emergency information from being accessible to the authorized user, and
- present a lock screen bypass screen that includes an emergency information UI control for accessing the first subset of the emergency information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.