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USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A USER INTERFACE STATE BETWEEN A LOCKED STATE AND AN UNLOCKED STATE

  • US 20130027433A1
  • Filed: 08/12/2011
  • Published: 01/31/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A user interface for an electronic device comprising:

  • a touch sensitive display having a display surface, the touch sensitive display being adapted for presenting to a user at a respective position having a respective orientation at least one display element along the display surface, and the touch sensitive display being further adapted for receiving from the user a user interaction with the touch sensitive display at a location along the display surface;

    a controller includinga user interface state module having an unlocked state and a locked state adapted for selectively enabling and disabling at least a portion of the user interface, wherein the portion of the user interface responds to a predetermined type of user interaction when in the unlocked state and does not respond to the predetermined type of user interaction when in the locked state; and

    a state change module adapted for switching the state of the user interface state module between the locked state and the unlocked state, the state change module switches the state of the user interface module from the locked state to the unlocked state when the state change module detects each of the at least one display element in a respective unlock position for the corresponding one of the at least one display element, the state change module including an area detector and an orientation detector, wherein the respective unlock position for the corresponding one of the at least one display element includes a placement within a respective predetermined area and a rotational direction in a respective predetermined orientation, and wherein when the state change module switches the state of the user interface state module to a locked state, the state change module is adapted to respectively reposition at least one display element to a respective lock position including an area of the display surface other than within the respective predetermined area of the respective unlock position and to an orientation other than the respective predetermined orientation of the respective unlock position.

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