System and method of providing information access on a portable device
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1. A portable device capable of storing information and which may be placed in a locked condition, the portable device comprising:
- a man-machine interface;
a subscriber information module ‘
SIM’
for storing In Case of Emergency (ICE) information; and
a processor configured to limit access by a user only to the stored ICE information in response to a predetermined operation on the man-machine interface by the user even if the portable device is in the locked condition.
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Abstract
A system and method of providing information stored in a memory is provided. The system comprises an information repository for storing information and an access module for providing access to the information in response to a predetermined operation performed on a man-machine interface. The method includes the steps of storing information in a memory and providing access to the information in dependence upon at least one predetermined operation.
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1. A portable device capable of storing information and which may be placed in a locked condition, the portable device comprising:
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a man-machine interface; a subscriber information module ‘
SIM’
for storing In Case of Emergency (ICE) information; anda processor configured to limit access by a user only to the stored ICE information in response to a predetermined operation on the man-machine interface by the user even if the portable device is in the locked condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A portable device capable of storing information and which may be placed in a locked condition, the portable device comprising:
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a man-machine interface; a subscriber information module ‘
SIM’
for storing at least In Case of Emergency (ICE) information; andan access module for limiting access by a user only to the ICE information in the SIM in response to a predetermined operation of the man-machine interface by the user even if the portable device is in the locked condition; wherein during the user'"'"'s access to the ICE information while the portable device is in the locked condition, other information stored on the portable device remains protected. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A method of providing access to emergency information in a portable device having one or more memory modules, the portable device being capable of storing information and which may be placed in a locked condition, the method comprising:
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storing at least emergency information in a first one of the memory modules; and limiting access by a user only to the emergency information in the first one of the memory modules in response to an input operation performed by the user even if the portable device is in the locked condition. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50)
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49. A method of providing access to emergency information in a portable device having a subscriber information module ‘
- SIM’
, the portable device being capable of storing information and which may be placed in a locked condition, the method comprising;storing at least emergency information in the SIM; and limiting access by a user only to the emergency information in the SIM in response to a repeated pressing of a predetermined key by the user even if the portable device is in the locked condition; wherein during the user'"'"'s access to the emergency information while the portable device is in the locked condition, other information stored on the portable device remains protected.
- SIM’
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