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Method and apparatus for altering mobile device functionality

  • US 8,893,053 B1
  • Filed: 04/15/2010
  • Issued: 11/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for changing an operational characteristic of a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • the mobile device detecting a trigger condition for testing an ability of a user to engage in tactile interaction with the mobile device;

    responsive to detecting the trigger condition, the mobile device presenting a graphical display comprising a plurality of objects, the objects having a sequential relationship among each other that is revealed by the graphical display, the sequential relationship defining a sequence of the objects, wherein the mobile device comprises a touch-sensitive display screen, and wherein presenting the graphical display comprising the plurality of objects comprises presenting the objects at various positions on the display screen;

    the mobile device determining whether, within a predefined period of time while the sequential relationship among the objects is revealed by the graphical display, the user tactilely manipulates the mobile device in accordance with the sequential relationship among the objects, wherein determining whether the user tactilely manipulates the mobile device in accordance with the sequential relationship among the objects within the predefined period of time while the sequential relationship among the objects is revealed by the graphical display comprises a function selected from the group consisting of (i) determining whether, within the predefined period of time, the user touches the presented objects with the touching being done in order of the sequence as defined by the revealed sequential relationship among the objects and (ii) determining whether, within the predefined period of time, the user moves the presented objects on the display screen into the sequence defined by the revealed sequential relationship among the objects; and

    responsive to determining that the user does not tactilely manipulate the mobile device in accordance with the sequential relationship among the objects within the predefined period of time, the mobile device changing the operational characteristic of the mobile device.

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