Extended above the lock-screen experience

• US 9,606,643 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Issued: 03/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Aguera-Arcas, Blaise Hilary, Engstrom, George Eric, Strauch, John Steven, Kerr, Bernard, Fynn, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHREWSBURY, NATHAN K
• Application Number:
  US13/171,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20120284297A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,099 Days
• Field of Search: 715/864
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/629 to features or functions of an application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface

Abstract

A subset of functionality associated with an application or portion of an application can be executed above a lock screen. A lock screen enables a device to transition from a locked state to an unlocked state. While in a locked state, at least a subset of application functionality can be deployed. Additional functionality associated with the application can be accessed by transitioning to an unlocked state.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

deploying at least a portion of a select application on a computer such that at least a subset of functionality of the select application is configured to execute while the computer is in a locked state;

while the computer is in the lock state, receive a query through an search interface displayed on a lock screen;

generating modified search results from a plurality of search results that are responsive to the query by preventing display of a search result from the plurality of search results by the at least subset of functionality of the select application in the locked state based on a privacy policy that specifies at least one of acceptable or unacceptable public data exposure without user authentication such that data that violates the privacy policy is withheld from exposure in the locked state; and

outputting for display above the lock screen, the modified search results.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising outputting for display on the lock screen a slide-to-search interface control that causes the search interface to be displayed on the lock screen in response to a user sliding a finger over the slide-to-search interface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the search interface is a voice interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the search interface is an image interface using a camera on the computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified search results provide contextual information based on location data for the computing device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified search results provide flight information.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprises transitioning to an unlocked state to execute an additional subset of functionality of the select application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least the portion of the select application relates to a social network application.

18. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating an anonymous version of the data by removing personal information and exposing the anonymous version of the data.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises invoking user authentication to transition to an unlocked state after detecting data that violates the privacy policy.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the privacy policy is specified by the user.

9. A computing system, comprising:

a processor; and

computer storage memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, configure the computing system to;

execute search functionality while a device is in a locked state;

receive a query while the device is in the locked state through a search interface presented above the lock screen, and

manage exposure of data by the search functionality based on a privacy policy that specifies at least one of acceptable or unacceptable public data exposure without user authentication such that data that violates the privacy policy is withheld from exposure in the locked state.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the computing system further configured to output for display on the lock screen a slide-to-search interface control that causes the search interface to be displayed on the lock screen in response to a user sliding a finger over the slide-to-search interface.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the computing system further configured to deliver at least one search result for the query while the device is in the locked state.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the query is at least one of a voice input or an image input.

13. The system of claim 9, the computing system further configured to provision content to the device based on context while in the locked state.

14. The system of claim 9, the computing system further configured to request an authentication to expose additional features associated with the search functionality.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the authentication is requested to access a web page link associated with a selected search result provided by the search functionality.

22. The system of claim 9, wherein the privacy policy is defined by a user of the device.

16. A computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that when executed cause a computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:

executing at least a portion of a select application on a computer such that at least a subset of functionality of the application is configured to execute while the computer is in a locked state;

while the computer is in the lock state, receive a query through an search interface displayed on a lock screen;

generating modified search results from a plurality of search results that are responsive to the query by preventing display of a search result from the plurality of search results by the at least subset of functionality of the select application in the locked state based on a privacy policy that specifies at least one of acceptable or unacceptable public data exposure without user authentication such that data that violates the privacy policy is withheld from exposure in the locked state; and

outputting for display above the lock screen, the modified search results.

17. The computer-readable device of claim 16, wherein at least the portion of the select application is a search application.

20. The computer-readable device of claim 16, wherein the method further comprises generating an anonymous version of the data by removing personal information and exposing the anonymous version of the data.