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US 9,754,092 B2Granted
Lock screens to access work environments on a personal mobile device
AssigneeVMware, Inc.
InventorCraig F. Newell
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AssigneeVMware, Inc.
InventorCraig F. Newell
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One or more embodiments of the invention provide access to a work environment in a mobile device from a lock screen presented by a personal environment of the mobile device, wherein the work environment is running in a virtual machine supported by a hypervisor running within the personal environment and wherein the personal environment is a host operating system (OS) of the mobile device. The host OS receives an authentication credential from a user in response to a presentation of the lock screen on a user interface (UI) of the mobile device and then determines whether the authentication credential is valid for the personal environment or the work environment. If the authentication credential is valid for the personal environment, access is enabled only to the personal environment. If the authentication credential is valid for the work environment, access is enabled to both the personal environment and the work environment.
A method for providing access to a work environment in a mobile device from a lock screen presented by a personal environment of the mobile device, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed on a processor in a mobile device, causes the processor to provide access to a work environment in the mobile device from a lock screen presented by a personal environment of the mobile device, by performing the steps of:
A mobile device comprising a processor configured to provide access to a work environment in the mobile device from a lock screen presented by a personal environment of the mobile device by performing the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.