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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2011
Pascal Wever, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Julian Bleecker, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Duncan Burns, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Andrew Julian Gartrell, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
John-rhys Newman, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Marco Paglia, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ilkka Hyytiainen, Espoo, FI;
Pascal Wever, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Julian Bleecker, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Duncan Burns, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Andrew Julian Gartrell, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
John-Rhys Newman, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Marco Paglia, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ilkka Hyytiainen, Espoo, FI;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
A method for providing quick access to functions from a locked screen may include receiving an indication of entry of an activation input at a user terminal while the user terminal is displaying a locked screen, causing a launch of an application associated with performance of a function associated with the application from the locked screen and without completion of an unlock procedure in response to the activation input, enabling the function to be performed while the activation input is provided, and causing the user terminal to revert to the locked screen in response to removal of the activation input. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.