Patent ID: 11928200
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a biometric sensor and a touch-sensitive display:
detecting occurrence of an error condition for detecting biometric information at the biometric sensor;
in response to detecting the occurrence of the error condition, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, an indication of a location of the biometric sensor on the electronic device, wherein the indication is a graphical indicator that is displayed at a respective location on the touch-sensitive display that is a first distance from a first edge of the electronic device, wherein the first edge of the electronic device corresponds to the location of the biometric sensor on the electronic device, and wherein the respective location on the touch-sensitive display is a second distance from a second edge of the electronic device, wherein the second edge is opposite from the first edge, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance;
while displaying the indication of the location of the biometric sensor on the electronic device, detecting a request to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor; and
in response to detecting the request to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor:
in accordance with a determination that the error condition is still occurring at a respective time that occurs after detecting the request to unlock the electronic device:
ceasing to display the indication of the location of the biometric sensor; and
displaying a touch-based user interface for entering touch-based authentication information; and

in accordance with a determination that the error condition is no longer occurring, attempting to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor.