Method and mobile terminal for controlling screen lock
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJu-youn Lee, Sang-hyup Lee
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Abstract
A method of controlling screen lock and a mobile terminal employing the same is provided. The mobile device includes a User Interface (UI) for setting a screen unlock mode using a wireless device other than the mobile terminal and stores IDentifier (ID) information of the wireless device designated by the UI corresponding to the screen unlock mode. The mobile terminal is capable of detecting a wireless device. After the ID information of the wireless device is stored, if the wireless device is detected by the mobile terminal and ID information of the detected wireless device is identical to the stored ID information, the mobile terminal controls not to display an unlock requesting screen when the display unit of the mobile terminal is turned on.
Claims14
A method of controlling a screen lock function of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- detecting a wireless device and identifier information of the wireless device;
- determining whether the detected identifier information corresponds to pre-stored identifier information;
- acquiring information for unlocking according to a user input regarding the wireless device, wherein the user input is a double tap on the wireless device;
- determining that a motion of the mobile terminal is identical to a predetermined motion shape;
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- automatically displaying an unlocked screen on a display of the mobile terminal according to the information for unlocking, when the detected identifier information corresponds to the pre-stored identifier information and the motion of the mobile terminal is identical to the predetermined motion shape.
A communication system comprising:
- at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions;
- and
- at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to:
- detect a wireless device and identifier information of the wireless device,
- determine whether the detected identifier information corresponds to pre-stored identifier information,
- acquire information for unlocking according to a user input regarding the wireless device, wherein the user input is a double tap on the wireless device,
- determine that a motion of the communication system is identical to a predetermined motion shape, and
- automatically display an unlocked screen on a display of a mobile terminal according to the information for unlocking, when the detected identifier information corresponds to the pre-stored identifier information and when the motion of the communication system is identical to the predetermined motion shape.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, which when executed by at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to:
- detect a wireless device and identifier information of the wireless device;
- determine whether the detected identifier information corresponds to pre-stored identifier information;
- acquire information for unlocking according to a user input regarding the wireless device, wherein the user input is a double tap on the wireless device determine that a motion of a mobile terminal is identical to a predetermined motion shape;
- and
- automatically display an unlocked screen on a display of the mobile terminal according to the information for unlocking, when the detected identifier information corresponds to the pre-stored identifier information and when the motion of the mobile terminal is identical to the predetermined motion shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.