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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Richard R. Dellinger, San Jose, CA (US);
Imran Chaudhri, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory Christie, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Forstall, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A device with a touch sensitive display and a plurality of applications, including a camera application, while the device is in a locked, passcode-protected state: displays a lock screen interface, the lock screen interface including a camera access indicia; detects a gesture; in response to a determination that the gesture starts on the camera access indicia: ceases to display the lock screen interface; starts a restricted session for the camera application; displays an interface for the camera application, without displaying a passcode entry interface; and maintains the device in the locked, passcode-protected state for the applications other than the camera application; and in response to a determination that the gesture starts at a location other than the camera access indicia: displays a passcode entry interface, wherein in response to entry of a correct passcode in the passcode entry interface, the device enters an unlocked state.