UNLOCKING A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE
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1. A method comprising:
- providing a touch screen device in an idle mode;
contacting an icon displayed on a screen of the device in the idle mode and moving the icon on the screen to reveal at least one application icon associated with an active/unlocked state of the device; and
moving the icon to an unlock region of the device to change a state of the device to an active/unlocked mode and activate an application associated with the revealed application icon.
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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.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a touch screen device in an idle mode; contacting an icon displayed on a screen of the device in the idle mode and moving the icon on the screen to reveal at least one application icon associated with an active/unlocked state of the device; and moving the icon to an unlock region of the device to change a state of the device to an active/unlocked mode and activate an application associated with the revealed application icon. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A user interface comprising:
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at least one region that is non-active in a locked mode of a device; a reduced active region on top of the at least one non-active region, the reduced active region being displayed in a contrasting manner relative to the non-active region; the reduced active region being configured to be expanded to reveal the at least one region that is non-active in a locked mode; the reduced active region being configured to transition a state of the device from an idle/locked state to a active/unlocked state as the reduced active region is expanded and reaches an edge of the user interface, wherein the user interface opens to a set of user elements corresponding to an application revealed by the expanded active region. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a user interface; and a processor configured to display at least a reduced active region and a non-active region on the user interface when the apparatus is in a non-active mode, wherein the processor is further configured to; illuminate at least one application icon associated with an active/unlocked state when the reduced active region is moved at least partially over the at least one application icon; change a state of the apparatus from a locked/in-active mode to an active/unlocked mode when the reduced active region is moved into an unlock region of the user interface and the change is confirmed. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A computer program product stored in a memory comprising:
a computer useable medium having computer readable code means embodied therein for causing a computer to change a state of a device to an active/unlocked mode, the computer readable code means in the computer program product comprising; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to move a reduced active area over at least one application icon associated with an active/unlocked state of the device while the device is in the non-active locked mode; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to highlight the at least one application icon; computer readable program code means for causing a computer to move the reduced active area to an unlock region on a display of the device; and computer readable program code means for causing a computer to change the state of the device and open the highlighted application when the reduced active area is in the unlock region. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A device comprising:
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means for moving a reduced active region on a display of a device in a non-active mode over at least one application region on the display; means for moving the reduced active region to an unlocking region of the display of the device while the reduced active region is still at least partially over the at least one application region; means for confirming that a state of the device is to be changed from the locked mode to the unlocked mode; and means for unlocking the device from the locked mode when the reduced active region is in the unlocking region and the state change is confirmed. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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