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 managing emergency scenarios, the method comprising, at a computing device:
- receiving, while the computing device is operating under a locked state, a request to display an emergency call user interface (UI);
- and
- displaying the emergency call UI, wherein the emergency call UI simultaneously displays:
- a first affordance that, when selected, causes the UI to display medical information associated with a registered user of the computing device, and
- a second affordance that, when selected, causes the UI to display information associated with one or more emergency contacts associated with the registered user.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed by a processor included in a computing device, enable the computing device to manage emergency scenarios, by carrying out steps that include:
- receiving, while the computing device is operating under a locked state, a request to display an emergency call user interface (UI);
- and
- displaying the emergency call UI, wherein the emergency call UI simultaneously displays:
- a first affordance that, when selected, causes the UI to display medical information associated with a registered user of the computing device, and
- a second affordance that, when selected, causes the UI to display information associated with one or more emergency contacts associated with the registered user.
A computing device configured to manage emergency scenarios, the computing device comprising a processor configured to cause the computing device to carry out steps that include:
- receiving, while the computing device is operating under a locked state, a request to display an emergency call user interface (UI);
- and
- displaying the emergency call UI, wherein the emergency call UI simultaneously displays:
- a first affordance that, when selected, causes the UI to display medical information associated with a registered user of the computing device, and
- a second affordance that, when selected, causes the UI to display information associated with one or more emergency contacts associated with the registered user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.