INDIVIDUALIZED METHOD FOR UNLOCKING DISPLAY SCREEN ON MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM THEREOF

• US 20130091468A1
• Filed: 10/08/2012
• Published: 04/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Xie, Jian
• Application Number:
  US13/646,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20130091468A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/835
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

An individualized method and a system for individually unlocking a display screen on a mobile computing device are disclosed. The method includes displaying an icon serving as an unlocking hot key on the display unit; selecting the unlocking hot key, by using an input unit connected to the display unit, to produce a first activating signal; displaying icons serving as application hot keys on the display unit according to the first activating signal; sliding on the input unit and selecting the unlocking hot key and one of the application hot keys, to produce a second activating signal; and unlocking the display screen and then performing an application corresponding to the selected application hot key, according to the second activating signal. With such an unlocking mechanism, the invention makes performing unlocking a mobile computing device more flexible and efficient.

Claims

1. An individualized method for unlocking a display screen on a mobile computing device, the display screen being on a display unit of the mobile computing device, the method comprising:

displaying an icon on the display unit, the icon serving as an unlocking hot key for unlocking the display screen;

selecting the unlocking hot key, by using an input unit connected to the display unit, to produce a first activating signal;

displaying a plurality of icons on the display unit according to the first activating signal, the icons serving as application hot keys for activating applications;

sliding on the input unit and selecting the unlocking hot key and one of the application hot keys, to produce a second activating signal; and

unlocking the display screen and then performing an application corresponding to the selected application hot key, according to the second activating signal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the plurality of icons on the display unit according to the first activating signal comprises:

displaying the application hot keys around the unlocking hot key.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of sliding on the input unit and selecting the unlocking hot key and one of the application hot keys to produce a second activating signal comprises:

sliding from the unlocking hot key to the selected application hot key to produce the second activating signal.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of sliding on the input unit and selecting the unlocking hot key and one of the application hot keys comprises:

selecting the unlocking hot key and then sliding from the selected application hot key, through the application hot keys around the selected unlocking hot key, to the selected application hot key again, to produce the second activating signal.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the input unit comprises a touch panel.

6. An individualized method for unlocking a mobile computing device, having a display unit, the method comprising:

displaying an icon on the display unit, the icon serving as an unlocking hot key for unlocking the mobile computing device;

selecting the unlocking hot key, by using an input unit connected to the display unit, to produce a first activating signal;

displaying a plurality of icons on the display unit according to the first activating signal, the icons serving as application hot keys for activating applications;

sliding on the input unit and selecting the unlocking hot key and one of the application hot keys, to produce a second activating signal; and

unlocking the mobile computing device according to the second activating signal.

7. A system for individually unlocking a mobile computing device, comprising:

a storage unit for storing data of an application;

a display unit configured to display an icon serving as an unlocking hot key for unlocking the mobile computing device and to display an icon serving as an application hot key for activating the application;

an input unit by which to select the unlocking hot key to produce a first activating signal, and by which to select the application hot key to produce a second activating signal; and

a processing unit configured to direct the display unit to display the application hot key according to the first activating signal, and configured to perform the application according to the second activating signal.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of the application hot keys are displayed according to the first activating signal.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the plurality of the application hot keys are displayed around the unlocking hot key.

10. The system according to claim 7, wherein the input unit comprises a touch panel.

11. The system according to claim 7 comprising or composing the mobile computing device.