US 11,836,242 B2
Controlled identity credential release
Irene M. Graff, Cupertino, CA (US); Ahmer A. Khan, Milpitas, CA (US); Christopher Sharp, San Jose, CA (US); Libor Sykora, Prague (CZ); Lucia E. Ballard, San Francisco, CA (US); and Rupamay Saha, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/840,200.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/834,397, filed on Apr. 15, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/829,626, filed on Apr. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0320188 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 21/45 (2013.01) [H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04W 12/068 (2021.01); G06F 2221/2149 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by an electronic device, a request to release an identity credential of a user, the identity credential being stored on the electronic device; and
providing the identity credential in conjunction with causing the electronic device to enter a locked state from an unlocked state based at least in part on a user configuration setting corresponding to providing the identity credential.