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September 3, 2013 01:57 pm GMT

Apple Patents iOS Unlocking Methods That Determine Level Of User Access To Device Features And Software

iphone-ios7-unlock-heroA big request from parents regarding iOS has been that Apple implement user accounts on its mobile devices, in order to make it so that a parent can sign in with greater access to device features and apps than a child, for instance. It's a system that already has an analogue on the desktop, and that Google has seen fit to implement with multiple user accounts with varying levels of permissions for tablets running Android 4.3 and higher. A new patent granted to Apple today (spotted by AppleInsider) describes a way of changing device access depending on who's doing the accessing.

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