Unlocking a touch screen device
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorsPhillip Lindberg, Sami Niemela
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Abstract
A method for unlocking a touch screen device includes providing a touch screen device in an idle mode. An area or region displayed on a screen of the device in the idle mode is contacted or activated to reveal at least one application icon associated with an active/unlocked state of the device. The region is moved, expanded or dragged to an edge of the device to change a state of the device to an active/unlocked mode and activate the revealed application.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory storing computer program code configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause at least the following to be performed:
- causing a touch screen display of a device to display, when the device is in a locked mode, a first application area at a first location representing a first application and a second application area at a second location representing a second application;
- enabling, when the device is in the locked mode, a user to provide touch input from a third location to the first location in order to select the first application area;
- enabling, when the device is in the locked mode, a user to provide touch input from the third location to the second location in order to select the second application area;
- wherein:
- if the user selects the first application area, when the device transitions from the locked mode to an unlocked mode, the first application is activated;
- and
- if the user selects the second application area, when the device transitions from the locked mode to the unlocked mode, the second application is activated.
A method, comprising:
- causing a touch screen display of a device to display, when the device is in a locked mode, a first application area at a first location representing a first application and a second application area at a second location representing a second application;
- enabling, when the device is in the locked mode, a user to provide touch input from a third location to the first location in order to select the first application area;
- enabling, when the device is in the locked mode, a user to provide touch input from the third location to the second location in order to select the second application area;
- wherein:
- if the user selects the first application area, when the device transitions from the locked mode to an unlocked mode, the first application is activated;
- and
- if the user selects the second application area, when the device transitions from the locked mode to the unlocked mode, the second application is activated.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program code that, when performed by at least one processor, causes at least the following to be performed:
- causing a touch screen display of a device to display, when the device is in a locked mode, a first application area at a first location representing a first application and a second application area at a second location representing a second application;
- enabling, when the device is in the locked mode, a user to provide touch input from a third location to the first location in order to select the first application area;
- enabling, when the device is in the locked mode, a user to provide touch input from the third location to the second location in order to select the second application area;
- wherein:
- if the user selects the first application area, when the device transitions from the locked mode to an unlocked mode, the first application is activated;
- and
- if the user selects the second application area, when the device transitions from the locked mode to the unlocked mode, the second application is activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.