INTELLIGENT INPUT DEVICE LOCK

• US 20100079380A1
• Filed: 09/30/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Nurmi, Mikko
• Application Number:
  US12/241,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20100079380A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/172
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means

Abstract

A method including selecting one or more keys on an apparatus where selecting the one or more keys unlocks an input device of the apparatus and activates an application of the apparatus substantially at the same time.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

selecting one or more keys on an apparatus where selecting the one or more keys unlock an input device of the apparatus and activates an application of the apparatus substantially at the same time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein activating the application includes activating a sub-part of the application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the one or more keys on a display of the apparatus, where the one or more keys correspond to at least one of applications or application sub-parts stored in or accessible by the apparatus.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising monitoring a usage of the apparatus wherein the icons presented on the display depend on a usage of their respective applications.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising presenting the icons on the display dependent upon an application actively running on the apparatus.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising that the one or more keys comprise hard keys of the apparatus, where the one or more keys correspond to at least one of applications or application sub-parts stored in or accessible by the apparatus.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the one or more keys in an idle screen of the apparatus.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the one or more keys comprises selecting the one or more keys in a sequence or substantially simultaneously.

9. An apparatus comprising:

an input device having at least one key corresponding to a respective application of the apparatus; and

a processor connected to the input device, the processor being configured to,

detect a selection of the at least one key,

unlock the input device in response to the detected selection, and

activate a respective application corresponding to the selected at least one key,

wherein the input device is unlocked substantially simultaneously with the activation of the respective application.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising a display connected to the processor wherein the at least one key comprises at least two icons presented on the display.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to monitor a usage of apparatus, wherein the at least two icons are presented on the display depending on an amount of usage of their respective applications.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least two icons presented on the display depend on an application actively running on the apparatus.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one key comprises a first key corresponding to the respective application and a second key corresponding to a sub-part of the application, the processor being further configured to activate the sub-part of the application upon detection of a selection of the first and second keys.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to detect a sequential selection or a simultaneous selection of the first and second keys.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the at least one key comprises hard keys of the apparatus, each of the hard keys correspond to at least one of applications or application sub-parts stored in or accessible by the apparatus.

16. A computer readable storage medium having computer readable code means embodied therein for causing a computer to unlock an input device and activate an application of the computer, the computer readable code means in the computer useable medium comprising:

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to detect a selection of one or more keys on an input device of the computer; and

computer readable program code means for causing a computer to unlock the input device and activate an application of the apparatus substantially at the same time in response to detecting the selection of the one or more keys.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein activation of the application includes activation of a sub-part of the application.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, further comprising computer readable program code means for causing a computer to present the one or more keys are icons on a display of the computer, where the one or more keys correspond to at least one of applications or application sub-parts stored in or accessible by the computer.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the one or more keys comprise hard keys of the computer, where the one or more keys correspond to at least one of applications or application sub-parts stored in or accessible by the apparatus.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein selecting the one or more keys comprises selecting the one or more keys in a sequence or substantially simultaneously.

21. A user interface comprising:

an input device having at least one key corresponding to a respective application of the apparatus; and

a processor connected to the input device, the processor being configured to,

detect a selection of the at least one key,

unlock the input device in response to the detected selection, and

activate a respective application corresponding to the selected at least one key,

wherein the input device is unlocked substantially simultaneously with the activation of the respective application.

22. The user interface of claim 21, further comprising a display connected to the processor wherein the at least one key comprises at least a first and a second icon presented on the display, the first icon corresponding to the respective application and the second icon corresponding to a sub-part of the application, the processor being further configured to activate the sub-part of the application upon detection of a selection of the first and second icons.

23. The user interface of claim 22, wherein the processor is further configured to detect a sequential selection or a simultaneous selection of the first and second icons.

24. The user interface of claim 21, wherein activation of the respective application includes activating a sub-part of the respective application.