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Unlock screen
Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
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Filing: 2009-03-30
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Granted: 2013-01-15
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Expires: 2029-03-30
Abstract
Abstract Unlock screen and notification techniques are described. In an implementation, an unlock screen is displayed by a mobile communications device that indicates that one or more keys of the mobile communications device are locked. If an input is detected at the mobile communications device to remove the lock, an animation is displayed that gives an appearance that the unlock screen is a page that is being turned and removing the lock of the one or more keys.
Inventors
- 👤 Stephanie E. Teng
- 👤 Jinsheng Shi
- 👤 Albert Shen
- 👤 Ryan M. Haning
- 👤 Paula Guntaur
- 👤 Michael J. Kruzeniski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 16:13
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/66; H04M1/667; H04M1/67; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/72427; H04W; H04W12/00; H04W12/08; H04W12/082; H04M1/57; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A method comprising: displaying an unlock screen on a display device by a mobile communications device that indicates that one or more keys of the mobile communications device are locked; and if an input at the mobile communications device is detected to remove the lock of a touch target that is displayed as an upturned corner of the page and dragged across a specified Y-axis of the display device that defines a threshold, displaying an animation that gives an appearance that the unlock screen is a page that is being turned and removing the lock of the one or more keys.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
101 words
A method comprising: displaying an unlock screen on a display device by a mobile communications device that indicates that one or more keys of the mobile communications device are locked; and if an input at the mobile communications device is detected to remove the lock of a touch target that is displayed as an upturned corner of the page and dragged across a specified Y-axis of the display device that defines a threshold, displaying an animation that gives an appearance that the unlock screen is a page that is being turned and removing the lock of the one or more keys.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
A method as described in claim 1 , wherein if the touch target is released and is not across a specified Y-axis of the display device, the touch target is animated to return to an original location on the display device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as described in claim 1 , wherein the input is received by exposing a keyboard of the mobile communications device.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method as described in claim 1 , wherein the mobile communications device includes functionality to enable a user to specify an image for display in the unlock screen.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method as described in claim 4 , wherein the image is downloaded from a web service via a network.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method as described in claim 4 , wherein the image is one of a plurality of images that are output as a slideshow on the unlock screen.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method as described in claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the unlock screen includes representations of one or more notifications to be output by the mobile communications device since a last time at which the lock was removed.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method as described in claim 7 , wherein the representation of the one or more notifications are displayed on the unlock screen as silhouettes of the notifications that are to be output in a user interface after the removing of the lock is performed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
52 words
A mobile communications device comprising a display device and one or more modules to display a clock on the display device in response to a waking of the display device and minimize the display of the clock after a specified amount of time has passed since the waking of the display device.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
52 words
A mobile communications device comprising a display device and one or more modules to display a clock on the display device in response to a waking of the display device and minimize the display of the clock after a specified amount of time has passed since the waking of the display device.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A mobile communications device as described in claim 9 , wherein the one or more modules include functionality to receive and send telephone calls.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
45 words
A mobile communications device as described in claim 9 , wherein the one or more modules further move the display of the clock from a center of the display device to a corner of the display device after the specified amount of time has passed.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
A mobile communications device as described in claim 9 , wherein the one or more modules are configured to display the clock when in a key locked state.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
A mobile communications device as described in claim 9 , wherein the one or more modules are configured to display the clock when in a device locked state that is removable by entering a PIN.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
115 words
One or more tangible computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable by a mobile communications device to display an animation that gives an appearance that an unlock screen is a page being turned that follows a gesture input via a touch screen of the mobile communications device to remove a lock of the mobile communications device the display of the unlock screen includes representations of one or more notifications to be output by the mobile communications device since a last time at which the lock was removed and displayed on the unlock screen as silhouettes of the notifications that are to be output in a user interface after the removing of the lock is performed.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
115 words
One or more tangible computer-readable media comprising instructions that are executable by a mobile communications device to display an animation that gives an appearance that an unlock screen is a page being turned that follows a gesture input via a touch screen of the mobile communications device to remove a lock of the mobile communications device the display of the unlock screen includes representations of one or more notifications to be output by the mobile communications device since a last time at which the lock was removed and displayed on the unlock screen as silhouettes of the notifications that are to be output in a user interface after the removing of the lock is performed.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
One or more tangible computer-readable media as described in claim 14 , wherein the lock is a key lock or a device lock that is removable via a PIN.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
29 words
One or more tangible computer-readable media as described in claim 14 , wherein a corner of the page of the unlock screen follows the gesture input via the touchscreen.
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