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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Asaf Schushan, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/22 (2009.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for bypassing device security protections to communicate with a contact of a secure device. The method displays a selectable user interface object on the device enabling a user to bypass the security protections of the device. Upon receiving a selection of the user interface object, the method initiates a communication to a contact that is preselected from a list of contacts.