# US 10,310,703 B2 · Unlocking a touch screen device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,310,703 B2 - Document ID: US10310703B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/866,455 - Filed: 2013-04-19 - Published: 2013-09-12 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2007-06-29 - Assignees: Nokia Technologies Oy - Applicants: Nokia Corporation - Inventors: Phillip Lindberg; Sami Niemela - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310703B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0486: Drag-and-drop - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - H04M 1/677: Preventing the dialling or sending of predetermined telephone numbers or selected types of telephone numbers, e.g. long distance numbers - H04M 2250/22: including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein an object is displayed at the third location. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second applications are present or available in the device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the object is an unlocking icon. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the computer program code is configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause at least the following to be performed: responding to the user dragging the object to the first application area or the second application area, when the device is in the locked mode, by changing a visual appearance of the object. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the computer program code is configured, working with the at least one processor, to cause at least the following to be performed: responding to the user dragging the object to the first application area, when the device is in the locked mode, by temporarily illuminating or highlighting the first application area while the device is in the locked mode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the device is unlocked and the first application is activated in response to the user dragging the object to the first application area and then dragging the object to the unlock region at an edge region of the display. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, where the apparatus is the device and comprises the touch screen display. ### Claim 9 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein an object is displayed at the third location. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein first and second applications are present or available in the device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising: responding to the user dragging the object to the first application area or the second application area, when the device is in the locked mode, by changing a visual appearance of the object. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising: responding to the user dragging the object to the first application area, when the device is in the locked mode, by temporarily illuminating or highlighting the first application area while the device is in the locked mode. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the device is unlocked and the first application is activated in response to the user dragging the object to the first application area and then dragging the object to the unlock region at an edge region of the display. ### Claim 15 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. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer module medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein an object is displayed at the third location. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer module medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein the first and second applications are present or available in the device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer module medium as claimed in claim 15, where the apparatus is the device and comprises the touch screen display.