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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Matthew E. Shepherd, Mountain View, CA (US);
Morgan Grainger, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dylan Edwards, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig M. Federighi, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Gregory N. Christie, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen O. Lemay, San Francisco, CA (US);
Martin Pedrick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Patrick L. Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments of the invention provide a mobile device that restricts access to its applications. The mobile device, displays, on the device's touch screen display, a lock screen page for accessing the device in a primary access mode or a secondary access mode. The primary access mode provides access to several of the device's applications, and the secondary access mode provides access to a limited set of the applications. The mobile device receives a touch input on the lock screen page to access the device in the secondary access mode. The mobile device unlocks the device to the secondary access mode by allowing access to the set of applications and restricting access to the remaining applications in the plurality of applications.