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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventor:
Steven Charles Michalske, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04M 1/2745 (2006.01); H04W 4/22 (2009.01); H04M 1/673 (2006.01); H04M 1/677 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/629 (2013.01); H04M 1/27455 (2013.01); H04M 1/72536 (2013.01); H04M 1/72541 (2013.01); H04M 1/72563 (2013.01); H04W 4/22 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04M 1/673 (2013.01); H04M 1/6775 (2013.01);
Abstract
Improved techniques for facilitating emergency access to one or more contacts stored on a portable electronic device are disclosed. One or more contacts on the portable electronic device are designated as emergency contacts. While the portable electronic device is password-locked, a request to display the one or more emergency contacts on the password-locked portable electronic device is received. Without requiring a password, the one or more emergency contacts are displayed on the portable electronic device.