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.
Claims17
A method for sending a message based on emergency information associated with a registered user of a portable electronic device, the method comprising, at the portable electronic device:
- displaying a lock screen user interface (UI) that includes at least an emergency UI affordance;
- receiving, from an entity, a request to access the emergency information, wherein the request specifies at least one portable electronic device associated with the entity;
- determining that the entity is authorized to access the emergency information;
- and
- sending the message, to the at least one portable electronic device, based on at least a subset of the emergency information.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that, when executed by at least one processor included in a portable electronic device, cause the portable electronic device to send a message based on emergency information associated with a registered user of the portable electronic device, by carrying out steps that include:
- displaying a lock screen user interface (UI) that includes at least an emergency UI affordance;
- receiving, from an entity, a request to access the emergency information, wherein the request specifies at least one portable electronic device associated with the entity;
- determining that the entity is authorized to access the emergency information;
- and
- sending the message, to the at least one portable electronic device, based on at least a subset of the emergency information.
A portable electronic device configured to send a message based on emergency information associated with a registered user of the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the portable electronic device to carry out steps that include:
- displaying a lock screen user interface (UI) that includes at least an emergency UI affordance;
- receiving, from an entity, a request to access the emergency information, wherein the request specifies at least one portable electronic device associated with the entity;
- determining that the entity is authorized to access the emergency information;
- and
- sending the message, to the at least one portable electronic device, based on at least a subset of the emergency information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.