USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A USER INTERFACE STATE BETWEEN A LOCKED STATE AND AN UNLOCKED STATE
First Claim
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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Abstract
A user interface for an electronic device and method for managing a state between a locked state and an unlocked state of a user interface having a touch sensitive display are provided. The user interface has a controller including a state change module for switching the state of the user interface between the locked state and the unlocked state, when the state change module detects each of at least one display element in a respective unlock position, wherein the respective unlock position includes a placement within a respective predetermined area and a rotational direction in a respective predetermined orientation. In at least some instances, while in a locked state, a display element in a lock position can be transitioned to an unlock position and a display element in an unlock position can be transitioned to a lock position.
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20 Claims
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1. A user interface for an electronic device comprising:
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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 including a 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A user interface for an electronic device comprising:
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a touch sensitive display having a display surface, the touch sensitive display being adapted for presenting to a user at a respective position a plurality of display elements 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 including a 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; 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 plurality of display elements in respective unlock positions for each of the corresponding display elements, the state change module including a position detector wherein the respective unlock position for a corresponding one of the plurality of display elements includes placement within a respective predetermined position, 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 of the plurality of display elements to a position of the display surface other than within the respective unlock position; and a lock state interface module, said lock state interface module being adapted to detect a received user interaction including the selection by the user of one of the plurality of display elements, and being further adapted to detect a further received user interaction including a postselection gesture, which moves the selected one of the plurality of display elements from a preselection position to a postgesture position having a placement within a new position, wherein in addition to being adapted to move the selected one of the plurality of display elements from the respective lock position to the respective unlock position, the lock state interface module is adapted to move the selected one of the plurality of display elements from the respective unlock position to the respective lock position. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for managing a state of a user interface between a locked state and an unlocked state, the method comprising:
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switching a state of the user interface from the unlocked state to the locked state; presenting to the user via a display surface of a touch sensitive display at least one display element, each of the at least one display element being presented at a respective position having a respective orientation, wherein when the state of the user interface is switched from the unlocked state to the locked state, the at least one display element is positioned in an area of the display surface other than a predetermined area of a respective unlock position and having a rotation other than a predetermined orientation of the respective unlock position; detecting a repositioning of the at least one display element; switching the state of the user interface from the locked state to the unlocked state, when each of the at least one display element is detected in the respective unlock position of the corresponding at least one display element. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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