Transitioning between access states of a computing device

• US 8,694,791 B1
• Filed: 10/15/2012
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Fong-Jones, Zhen Elizabeth, Rohrweck, Florian
• Primary Examiner(s): Yalew, Fikremariam A
• Application Number:
  US13/652,236
• Publication Number:
  US 20140109219A1
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 713/184
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation

Abstract

Aspects of this disclosure are directed to outputting, for display at a presence-sensitive display, a first set of two or more selectable objects in a first arrangement of locations, the computing device operating in a first instance of a limited access state. At least one of the selectable objects includes an element of a predetermined passcode. The computing device may receive an indication of a first gesture to select one of the selectable objects and an indication of a second gesture to designate the selected object as an element of a candidate passcode. The computing device may transition to an access state based at least in part on a comparison between the candidate passcode and the predetermined passcode. The computing device may transition to a second instance of the limited access state, and may output a second set of two or more selectable objects in a second, different arrangement.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

outputting, by a computing device and for display at a first region of a presence-sensitive display, a first set of two or more selectable objects in a first arrangement of locations comprising at least a first location of a first selectable object of the first set, the computing device operating in a first instance of a first access state that denies access to one or more applications executable by the computing device, wherein the first selectable object of the first set comprises an element from a plurality of elements of a predetermined passcode;

receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a first gesture to select the first selectable object;

responsive to receiving an indication of a second gesture to designate the first selectable object as an element of a candidate passcode;

outputting, by the computing device and for display at a second region of the presence-sensitive display, an indication that the selected object has been designated as the element of the candidate passcode, and

transitioning, by the computing device, and based at least in part on a comparison between the candidate passcode and the predetermined passcode, the computing device from operating in the first instance of the first access state to operating in a second access state that permits access to the one or more applications executable by the computing device; and

responsive to transitioning the computing device from operating in the second access state to operating in a second instance of the first access state, outputting, by the computing device and for display at the first region of a presence-sensitive display, a second set of two or more selectable objects in a second arrangement of locations, wherein the first set of two or more selectable objects and the second set of two or more selectable objects each include the first selectable object that comprises the element from the plurality of elements of the predetermined passcode, and wherein the second arrangement is different than the first arrangement such that the first selectable object that comprises the element from the plurality of elements of the predetermined passcode is displayed at a second location that is different than the first location of the first arrangement.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the two or more selectable objects of the second set is different than each of the two or more selectable objects of the first set.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

prior to transitioning the computing device from operating in the first instance of the first access state to operating in the second state and in response to receiving the indication of the second gesture to designate the first selectable object as the element of the candidate passcode;

ceasing to output, by the computing device, the first selected object for display; and

outputting, by the computing device and for display, a second selectable object that is different than each of the two or more selectable objects of the first set.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein transitioning the computing device from operating in the first instance of the first access state to operating in the second access state based at least in part on the comparison between the candidate passcode and the predetermined passcode further comprises transitioning the computing device from operating in the first instance of the first access state to the second access state based at least in part on a determination, by the computing device, that a sequence of elements of the candidate passcode matches a sequence of elements of the predetermined passcode.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication of the second gesture comprises receiving an indication of a motion gesture detected at a presence-sensitive display to designate the selectable object as the element of the candidate passcode.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein receiving the indication of the first gesture comprises receiving an indication of a first touch gesture detected at a first time at the first location of a presence-sensitive display that displays the first selectable object,

wherein receiving the indication of the second gesture comprises receiving an indication of a second touch gesture detected at a second time at a location of the presence-sensitive display that is at or near the first location of the presence-sensitive display, and

wherein a time difference between the first time and the second time is within a threshold amount of time.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication of the first gesture comprises receiving an indication of a touch gesture detected at the first location of a presence-sensitive display that displays the first selectable object that comprises the element from the plurality of elements of the predetermined passcode, and wherein receiving the second indication of the second gesture comprises receiving an indication of a motion of an input from the first location to a third location of the presence-sensitive display.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication of the first gesture comprises receiving an indication of a touch gesture detected at the first location of the first region of the presence-sensitive display that displays the first selectable object that comprises the element from the plurality of elements of the predetermined passcode, and wherein receiving the indication of the second gesture comprises receiving an indication of a motion of an input from the first location to a third location of the presence-sensitive display in a direction substantially from the first region of the presence-sensitive display to the second region of the presence-sensitive display.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein outputting the indication that the selected object has been designated as the element of the candidate passcode comprises outputting the indication without including an indication of the designated element.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, by the computing device and in response to receiving the indication of the first gesture to select the first selectable object that comprises the element from the plurality of elements of the predetermined passcode, a haptic feedback to indicate that the computing device received the indication of the first gesture.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the haptic feedback comprises at least one physical vibration of the computing device.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the haptic feedback is configured to uniquely identify the first selectable object.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the two or more selectable objects in each of the first set and the second set comprise one of a circular, square, triangular, or cross-shaped selectable object, and wherein at least two of the two or more selectable objects in each of the first set and the second set comprise a same color or different colors.

14. A computer-readable storage device encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor of a computing device to:

output, for display at a first region of a presence-sensitive display, a first set of two or more selectable objects in a first arrangement of locations comprising at least a first location of a first selectable object of the first set, the computing device operating in a first instance of a first access state that denies access to one or more applications executable by the at least one processor, wherein the first selectable object of the first set comprises an element from a plurality of elements of a predetermined passcode;

receive an indication of a first gesture to select the first selectable object;

responsive to receiving an indication of a second gesture to designate the first selectable object as an element of a candidate passcode;

output, for display at a second region of the presence-sensitive display, an indication that the selected object has been designated as the element of the candidate passcode, and

transition, based at least in part on a comparison between the candidate passcode and the predetermined passcode, the computing device from operating in the first instance of the first access state to operating in second access state that permits access to the one or more applications executable by the at least one processor; and

responsive to transitioning the computing device from operating in the second access state to operating in a second instance of the first access state output, for display at the first region of a presence-sensitive display, a second set of two or more selectable objects in a second arrangement of locations, wherein the first set of two or more selectable objects and the second set of two or more selectable objects each include the first selectable object that comprises the element from the plurality of elements of the predetermined passcode, and wherein the second arrangement is different than the first arrangement such that the first selectable object that comprises the element from the plurality of elements of the predetermined passcode is displayed at a second location that is different than the first location of the first arrangement.

15. A device comprising:

at least one processor, the at least one processor being configured to;

output, for display at a first region of a presence-sensitive display, a first set of two or more selectable objects in a first arrangement of locations comprising at least a first location of a first selectable object of the first set, the device operating in a first instance of a first access state that denies access to one or more applications executable by the at least one processor, wherein the first selectable object of the first set comprises an element from a plurality of elements of a predetermined passcode;

receive an indication of a first gesture to select the first selectable object;

responsive to receiving an indication of a second gesture to designate the first selectable object as an element of a candidate passcode;

output, for display at a second region of the presence-sensitive display, an indication that the selected object has been designated as the element of the candidate passcode, and

transition, based at least in part on a comparison between the candidate passcode and the predetermined passcode, the device from operating in the first instance of the first access state to operating in a second access state that permits access to the one or more applications executable by the at least one processor; and

responsive to transitioning the device from operating in the second access state to operating in a second instance of the first access state, output, for display at the first region of a presence-sensitive display, a second set of two or more selectable objects in a second arrangement of locations, wherein the first set of two or more selectable objects and the second set of two or more selectable objects each include the first selectable object that comprises the element from the plurality of elements of the predetermined passcode, and wherein the second arrangement is different than the first arrangement such that the first selectable object that comprises the element from the plurality of elements of the predetermined passcode is displayed at a second location that is different than the first location of the first arrangement.