SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESS CONTROL IN A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
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1. A method of access control in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- monitoring for input at the electronic device;
for each input determined to be one of a plurality of predefined gestures, mapping the input to a respective Unicode character and adding the respective Unicode character to a passcode to provide an entered passcode; and
comparing the entered passcode to a stored passcode; and
changing an access state at the electronic device if the entered passcode matches the stored passcode.
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Abstract
A method of access control in an electronic device includes monitoring for input at the electronic device, for each input determined to be one of a plurality of predefined gestures including gestures from a touch-sensitive input device or from a movement sensor, mapping the input to a respective Unicode character and adding the respective Unicode character to a passcode to provide an entered passcode, comparing the entered passcode to a stored passcode, and changing an access state at the electronic device if the entered passcode matches the stored passcode.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of access control in an electronic device, the method comprising:
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monitoring for input at the electronic device; for each input determined to be one of a plurality of predefined gestures, mapping the input to a respective Unicode character and adding the respective Unicode character to a passcode to provide an entered passcode; and comparing the entered passcode to a stored passcode; and changing an access state at the electronic device if the entered passcode matches the stored passcode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electronic device comprising:
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a housing; input devices exposed by the housing; and functional components in the housing comprising a memory and a processor operably connected to input devices and the memory for executing a program stored in the memory to cause the electronic device to monitor the input devices for input, for each input determined to be one of a plurality of predefined gestures, map the input to a respective Unicode character to provide an entered passcode, compare the entered passcode to a stored passcode; and
change access at the electronic device if the entered passcode matches the stored passcode. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for execution by a processor in an electronic device, for monitoring for input at the electronic device;
- for each input determined to be one of a plurality of predefined gestures, mapping the input to a respective Unicode character to provide an entered passcode, comparing the entered passcode to a stored passcode, and changing an access state at the electronic device if the entered passcode matches the stored passcode.
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