Patent ID: 8434153
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: G06F,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method in a device, the method comprising: receiving, when the device is not locked, a user request entered as a gesture to display an application while the device is locked, wherein the application is a top-level application of multiple applications running on the device when the user request is received, wherein the user request entered as the gesture does not appear to manipulate the application when received and is effective to display images generated by another of the multiple applications when received while the other application is a top-level application; and in response to the user request to display the other application while the device is locked, repeatedly: obtaining an image generated by the application while the device is locked, displaying the image generated by the application while the device is locked in lieu of displaying a generic image, and ignoring inputs received while the device is locked, wherein the received inputs are effective to perform actions with the application relative to the image when the device is not locked.