User-defined shortcuts for actions above the lock screen
OwnerSunder Nelatur Ramaninventor
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Abstract
Customized tasks can be performed above the lock screen in response to a user-defined shortcut input as an interaction with a user interface of a device while the device is in a locked state. A method for facilitating user-defined shortcuts for actions above the lock screen includes at least monitoring user interactions made with respect to the user interface of the device while the device is in the locked state for at least one interaction associated with at least one feature of an application. The user interaction may be a gestural input of a custom combination of one or more gestures on a designated region of the lock screen. The user-defined shortcut may be reconfigured at any time by a user.
Claims20
One or more computer readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon for facilitating user-defined shortcuts for actions above a lock screen that, when executed by a computing device, directs the computing device to at least:
- monitor user interactions made with respect to a user interface in a locked state for at least one interaction associated with at least one feature of one application of a plurality of applications otherwise accessible through the user interface when in an unlocked state;
- and
- in response to an occurrence of the one interaction associated with the one application, invoke the feature of the one application while maintaining the user interface in the locked state.
A computing device comprising:
- a processor coupled to a memory, the processor configured to execute the following computer-executable components stored in the memory:
- a lock screen having a first region designated to receive a user-defined gesture and a second region designated to receive an application-defined gesture;
- and
- an input recognition component configured to recognize the user-defined gesture, determine a corresponding selected application;
- and invoke the selected application to deploy functionality to execute a task all while a device is in a locked state.
A lock screen user interface configured to receive gestural input on a designated region;
- in response to receiving a gesture corresponding to a recognized user-defined shortcut, invoking an application task to which the user-defined shortcut is mapped while;
- and surfacing content from the application task while remaining in a locked state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.