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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Jack Tzeng, London, GB;
Yinghua Yao, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques and technologies for providing limited-access functionality accessible at a 'login screen' (or 'lock screen') of a device are described. In at least some embodiments, a system includes a user interface operatively coupled to a processing component; and one or more instructions stored on a memory that, when executed by the processing component, are configured to: (a) generate a login portion displayed on the user interface, the login portion configured to receive at least one user access credential to determine whether to provide access to one or more authorized-access functionalities; and (b) generate a limited-access functionality access portion displayed on the user interface concurrently with the login portion, the limited-access functionality access portion configured to provide access to at least one limited-access functionality without requiring receipt of the at least one user access credential.