Selective locking method of information device having touch screen
AssigneeRsupport Co., Ltd.
InventorHyung Su Seo
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Abstract
An input apparatus of an information device is selectively locked by physically installing a selective lock key in the information device, executing an application program installed therein, and blocking, if the selective lock key is handled after the application program is executed, input through a system key of the information device while accepting input through an application button. With this method, for example, an unintended touch on a system key while using an information device can be prevented.
Claims3
A method of selectively locking an input apparatus of an information device having a touch screen as an input-output means and having a power/lock key configured to perform a method of locking an input means, the method comprising the steps of:
- physically installing a selective lock key in the information device having a touch screen, and executing an application program installed in the information device having a touch screen;
- and
- when the selective lock key is handled after the application program is executed, blocking input through a system key of the information device having a touch screen and accepting input through an application button.
A method of selectively locking an input apparatus of an information device having a touch screen as an input-output means and having a power/lock key configured to perform a method of locking an input means, the method comprising the steps of:
- executing an application program installed in the information device having a touch screen;
- outputting a selective lock object, which is a kind of application button, on a corresponding application program screen;
- and
- when touch on the selective lock object is sensed, blocking input through a system key of the information device having a touch screen and accepting input through the application button.
An information device comprising:
- a touch screen as an input-output means;
- a power/lock key configured to perform a method of locking an input means;
- a selective lock key installed therein;
- and
- an application program installed therein,
- wherein when the selective lock key is handled after the application program is executed, input through a system key of the information device is blocked, and input through an application button in accepted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.