Patent ID: 9047453
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An unlocking method for a handheld electrical device that includes a normal mode in which the handheld electrical device is allowed to display contents of an application, and a limited mode in which the handheld electrical device is limited to display only part of the contents of the application displayed in the normal mode, wherein the unlocking method comprises: displaying a notice that corresponds to unlocking with a second unlocking fingerprint corresponding to the limited mode on a display unit of the handheld electrical device under a locked status; obtaining an input fingerprint acquired from a fingerprint scanner of the handheld electrical device under the locked status while the notice that corresponds to unlocking with the second unlocking fingerprint corresponding to the limited mode is displayed on the display unit of the handheld electrical device; releasing the locked status of the handheld electrical device and making the handheld electrical device enter the normal mode based on a determination that the input fingerprint, which is obtained while the notice that corresponds to unlocking with the second unlocking fingerprint corresponding to the limited mode is displayed on the display unit of the handheld electrical device, matches a first unlocking fingerprint corresponding to the normal mode; and releasing the locked status of the handheld electrical device and making the handheld electrical device enter the limited mode based on a determination that the input fingerprint, which is obtained while the notice that corresponds to unlocking with the second unlocking fingerprint corresponding to the limited mode is displayed on the display unit of the handheld electrical device, matches the second unlocking fingerprint corresponding to the limited mode.