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.
Claims20
A method of controlling screen lock of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving an input corresponding to an operation of turning on a display unit of the mobile terminal;
- detecting a wireless device within a predefined range from the mobile terminal;
- obtaining information of the detected wireless device;
- determining whether the obtained information matches information stored in the mobile terminal;
- if the obtained information matches the information stored in the mobile terminal, displaying a home screen on the display unit;
- and
- if the obtained information mismatches the information stored in the mobile terminal, displaying an unlock requesting screen on the display unit.
A mobile terminal which controls screen lock, the mobile terminal comprising:
- a display unit;
- a User Interface (UI) unit configured to receive an input corresponding to an operation of turning on the display unit;
- a memory unit configured to store information;
- a communication unit configured to detect a wireless device within a predefined range from the mobile terminal and obtain information of the wireless device;
- and
- a control unit configured to determine whether the obtained information matches the information stored in the memory unit, to display a home screen on the display unit if the obtained information matches the information stored in the memory unit, and to display an unlock requesting screen on the display unit if the obtained information mismatches the information stored in the memory unit.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program to execute a method of controlling screen lock of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving an input corresponding to an operation of turning on a display unit of the mobile terminal;
- detecting a wireless device within a predefined range from the mobile terminal;
- obtaining information of the detected wireless device;
- determining whether the obtained information matches information stored in the mobile terminal;
- if the obtained information matches the information stored in the mobile terminal, displaying a home screen on the display unit;
- and
- if the obtained information mismatches the information stored in the mobile terminal, displaying an unlock requesting screen on the display unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.