Location and time based unlocked action

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9377928-B2
Application number	US-201114110930-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2011
Priority date	Apr 19, 2011
Publication date	Jun 28, 2016
Grant date	Jun 28, 2016

Abstract

A mobile electronic device is provided that comprises a display unit and a control unit configured to display at least a first and a second keylock icon associated with a unlock function on the mobile electronic device. The control unit may be configured to activate the display unit when unlocking the mobile electronic device and presenting a first start page in response to the first keylock icon being selected and a second start page in response to the second keylock icon being selected.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile electronic device comprising:
a display unit;
a control unit configured to display at least a first and a second keylock icon on the display unit while the device is in a display-lock state and to activate the display unit in response to any of the at least first and second keylock icon being selected by a user; and
a position unit for obtaining position parameters of the device, wherein at least one action associated with the obtained position parameters is displayed on a first dynamic start page presented on the display unit in response to the first keylock icon being selected by the user.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the first dynamic start page is predefined.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile electronic device comprising a second non dynamic start page for being presented on the display unit in response to the second keylock icon being selected by the user.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device further comprising a time registration unit for obtaining actual time, wherein at least one action associated with the obtained time is displayed on the first dynamic start page presented on the display unit in response to the first keylock icon being selected by the user.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one action is predefined as a response of a user input.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the action is any of launching an application or opening a web URL.

7. A method of unlocking a mobile electronic device, wherein the mobile electronic device comprises a display unit and a control unit and wherein the mobile electronic device is in a display-locked state, the method comprising the steps of:
selecting one of at least a first and second keylock icon presented on the display unit of the mobile electronic device;
unlocking the mobile electronic device by activating the display unit when one of the at least first and second keylock icons is being selected by a user,
wherein the method further comprising the steps of:
obtaining a position parameter; and
displaying at least one action associated with said obtained position parameters on a first dynamic start page presented on said display unit in response to the first keylock icon being selected by the user.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first dynamic start page is predefined.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the method further comprising the steps of:
customizing the first dynamic start page based on user input;
in response to the detecting of user input, adding actions based the user input to the first dynamic start page; and
selecting a range based on said obtained position parameter within which range the added actions is being displayed.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one action is predefined as a response of a user input.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the action is any of launching an application or opening a web URL.

Assignees

• Johansson Fredrik
• Sony Corp
• Sony Mobile Comm Inc

Inventors

• Johansson Fredrik

Classifications

• H04M1/67 Primary

  by electronic means · CPC title

• G06F3/04817 Primary

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• H04M2250/22

  including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector · CPC title

• H04M1/72566

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/72572

  Electricity · mapped topic