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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2024
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Xiomara Alejandro, Austin, TX (US);
Carol Kotermanski, New York, NY (US);
Marten Andreas Jonsson, London, GB;
Roger Graves, San Carlos, CA (US);
Artur Tsurkan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Prabhu Balasubramanian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lauren Wunderlich, Mountain View, CA (US);
Esther Leong, Cave Creek, AZ (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Various techniques for directed to unauthenticated and authenticated users accessing functionality of a docked computing device. The techniques are directed to allowing unauthenticated users (e.g., family members, friends, . . . ) to access to selected functionality types provided by the computing device even though the tablet is locked. As an example, while the tablet is docked and locked, unauthenticated users can access selected functionality types provided by the computing device such as, but not limited to, the ability to listen to music, stream videos, ask for timers, set reminders, ask for facts from a virtual assistant, and the like.