Stylus control feature for locking/unlocking touch sensitive devices
First Claim
1. A stylus comprising:
- an elongated body portion having a stylus tip located on an end of the elongated body portion and for interacting with an electronic touch sensitive device; and
a lock/unlock control feature for providing user input to the electronic touch sensitive device via a wireless communication link, the lock/unlock control feature attached to the elongated body, wherein the user input comprises at least one of a locking input that causes the electronic touch sensitive device to transition from an unlock mode to a lock mode and an unlocking input that causes the electronic touch sensitive device to transition from the lock mode to the unlock mode;
wherein the lock/unlock control feature is a twistable button knob located on an end opposite the stylus tip, the twistable button knob able to be rotated relative to the main axis of the stylus, depressed along the main axis of the stylus, and rotated relative to the main axis of the stylus while being depressed along the main axis of the stylus, andwherein the twistable button knob is configured to be rotated, depressed, or rotated and depressed relative to the elongated body portion of the stylus to provide at least one of the locking and the unlocking input.
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for locking and/or unlocking a touch sensitive device using one or more stylus control features. For example, the stylus control feature may be a twistable top button knob. In some instances, the twistable top button knob may be rotated and/or depressed to lock a related device. In some other instances, the twistable top button knob may be used to unlock a related device using a unique rotation sequence, thereby providing a security mechanism. For example, the unlocking sequence may require a user to rotate the twistable top button knob in a first direction to a first reference point, in a second direction to a second reference point, and back in the first direction to a third reference point. The stylus may also include a feedback indicator, such as a multi-colored light-emitting diode (LED), that indicates the lock status of a related device, for example.
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20 Claims
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1. A stylus comprising:
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an elongated body portion having a stylus tip located on an end of the elongated body portion and for interacting with an electronic touch sensitive device; and a lock/unlock control feature for providing user input to the electronic touch sensitive device via a wireless communication link, the lock/unlock control feature attached to the elongated body, wherein the user input comprises at least one of a locking input that causes the electronic touch sensitive device to transition from an unlock mode to a lock mode and an unlocking input that causes the electronic touch sensitive device to transition from the lock mode to the unlock mode; wherein the lock/unlock control feature is a twistable button knob located on an end opposite the stylus tip, the twistable button knob able to be rotated relative to the main axis of the stylus, depressed along the main axis of the stylus, and rotated relative to the main axis of the stylus while being depressed along the main axis of the stylus, and wherein the twistable button knob is configured to be rotated, depressed, or rotated and depressed relative to the elongated body portion of the stylus to provide at least one of the locking and the unlocking input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
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10. A device comprising:
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a touch sensitive area for receiving input from a stylus via at least one of direct and proximate contact between the stylus and touch sensitive area, the stylus including an elongated body portion having a stylus tip located on an end of the elongated body portion; and a user interface executable on the device and configured to receive stylus-based user input via a wireless communication link and a stylus lock/unlock control feature attached to the stylus, the user input comprising at least one of an unlocking input that causes the device to transition from a lock mode to an unlock mode and a locking input that causes the device to transition from the unlock mode to the lock mode; wherein the stylus lock/unlock control feature is a twistable button knob located on an end opposite the stylus tip, the twistable button knob able to be rotated relative to the main axis of the stylus, depressed along the main axis of the stylus, and rotated relative to the main axis of the stylus while being depressed along the main axis of the stylus, and wherein at least one of the unlocking input and the locking input is associated with rotating, depressing, or rotating and depressing the twistable button knob relative to the elongated body portion of the stylus the stylus. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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16. A non-transitory computer product including a plurality of instructions encoded thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out, the process comprising:
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receive at a touch sensitive device, via a wireless communication link and from a stylus-based lock/unlock control feature attached to a stylus, an unlocking input that causes the touch sensitive device to transition from a lock mode to an unlock mode, wherein the stylus includes an elongated body portion having a stylus tip located on an end of the elongated body portion; and transition the touch sensitive device from the lock mode to the unlock mode, in response to the unlocking input; wherein the stylus lock/unlock control feature is a twistable button knob located on an end opposite the stylus tip, the twistable button knob able to be rotated relative to the main axis of the stylus, depressed along the main axis of the stylus, and rotated relative to the main axis of the stylus while being depressed along the main axis of the stylus, and wherein the unlocking input is associated with rotating, depressing, or rotating and depressing the twistable button knob relative to the elongated body portion of the stylus. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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