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- Patent Title: Limited-access functionality accessible at lock screen
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Application No.: US15634584Application Date: 2017-06-27
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Publication No.: US09959422B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Jack Tzeng , Yinghua Yao
- Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Main IPC: G06F21/62
- IPC: G06F21/62

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170300709A1 LIMITED-ACCESS FUNCTIONALITY ACCESSIBLE AT LOGIN SCREEN Public/Granted day:2017-10-19
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