Apple continues to wow us with yet another patent that provides insight into what they are working on. The company has invented a way to secretly call 911 using your fingerprint. The 911 patent was granted on technology that will sense the manner you are holding your phone in order to trigger the 911 call. Once the panic command is activated, the phone would provide the users’ location to responders and could also livestream audio or video off the iPhone. With this patented technology, if an attacker requires the user to unlock the phone, the user could comply and put in a combination such “thumb-pinky-thumb,” and that would unlock the phone, but also call the police. The technology isn’t available yet, but this feature would build on the already SOS feature recently added to the Apple Watch to help support emergency calling. #patent #omnilegalgroup #intellectualpropertylaw #apple #iOS

Omid Khalifeh

Omid Khalifeh, Founder and Managing Attorney, Omni Legal Group

Omid Khalifeh is a registered patent attorney and the founder of Omni Legal Group, a Los Angeles intellectual property and business law firm. He advises inventors, startups, and established businesses on patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret strategy, from initial filing through enforcement. He is licensed by the State Bar of California and registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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