System and method for providing information access on a portable device
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsGeorge Baldwin Bumiller, Michael J. Crowley, Luis Estable
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Abstract
A system and method of providing information stored in a memory is provided. The system comprises an information repository for storing information and an access module for providing access to the information in response to a predetermined operation performed on a man-machine interface. The method includes the steps of storing information in a memory and providing access to the information in dependence upon at least one predetermined operation.
Claims21
A portable device capable of providing access to In Case of Emergency (ICE) information, the portable device comprising:
- a man-machine interface;
- a display;
- and
- a processor coupled to the display and to the man-machine interface, the processor being configured to present through the display at least one ICE entry while the portable device is in a locked condition and in response to a predetermined operation associated with the man-machine interface.
A method for a portable device for providing access to In Case of Emergency (ICE) information, the method comprising:
- detecting a predetermined operation associated with a man-machine interface of the portable device when the portable device is in a locked condition;
- and
- in response to the predetermined operation, presenting at least one ICE entry while the portable device is in the locked condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.