Unlocking an apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9710628-B2
Application number	US-201214654540-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2012
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

An apparatus, method, and computer program product for: receiving a user input comprising an unlock sequence; comparing the user input to a predefined unlock sequence comprising a static part and a dynamic part; in response to determining that a first part of the user input complies with the static part of the predefined unlock sequence, performing an unlock operation; and in response to determining that a second part of the user input complies with the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence, performing an action based on the second part of the user input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving a user input comprising an unlock sequence;
determining that a first part of the user input complies with a static part of a predefined unlock sequence, wherein the static part of the predefined unlock sequence defines an input sequence for performing an unlock operation;
in response to the determination that the first part of the user input complies with the static part of the predefined unlock sequence, performing an unlock operation;
determining that a second part of the user input complies with a dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence, wherein the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence defines a relative location for an input within the predefined unlock sequence for performing an action; and
in response to the determination that the second part of the user input complies with the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence, performing an action based on the second part of the user input, wherein the second part of the user input identifies an application, and performing the action comprises launching the application.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second part of the user input is embedded in the first part of the user input.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second part of the user input comprises a plurality of sub-parts, each sub-part complying with the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence; and
performing the action comprises performing a combined action based on the plurality of sub-parts of the second part of the user input.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the relative location of the second part of the user input corresponds to the relative location of the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an input for storage as a part of the predefined unlock sequence;
determining that a type of the input corresponds to a first input type;
in response to the determination that the type of the input corresponds to the first input type, storing the input as the static part of the predefined unlock sequence;
determining that the type of the input corresponds to a second input type; and
in response to the determination that the type of the input corresponds to the second input type, storing the input as the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein storing the input as the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence comprises storing the input as a wildcard.

7. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor, and
memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
receive a user input comprising an unlock sequence;
determine that a first part of the user input complies with a static part of a predefined unlock sequence, wherein the static part of the predefined unlock sequence defines an input sequence for performing an unlock operation;
in response to the determination that the first part of the user input complies with the static part of the predefined unlock sequence, perform an unlock operation;
determine that a second part of the user input complies with a dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence, wherein the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence defines a relative location for an input within the predefined unlock sequence for performing an action; and
in response to the determination that the second part of the user input complies with the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence, perform an action based on the second part of the user input, wherein the second part of the user input identifies an application, and performing the action comprises launching the application.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the second part of the user input is embedded in the first part of the user input.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the second part of the user input comprises a plurality of sub-parts, each sub-part complying with the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence; and
causing an action to be performed comprises causing a combined action to be performed based on the plurality of the sub-parts of the second part of the user input.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the relative location of the second part of the user input corresponds to the relative location of the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the memory and the computer program code are further configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
receive an input for storage as a part of the predefined unlock sequence;
determine that a type of the input corresponds to a first input type;
in response to the determination that the type of the input corresponds to the first input type, storing the input as the static part of the predefined unlock sequence;
determining that the type of the input corresponds to a second input type; and
in response to the determination that the type of the input corresponds to the second input type, storing the input as the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein storing the input as the dynamic part of the unlock sequence comprises storing the input as a wildcard.

13. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:
code for receiving a user input comprising an unlock sequence;
code for determining that a first part of the user input complies with a static part of a predefined unlock sequence, wherein the static part of the predefined unlock sequence defines an input sequence for performing an unlock operation;
code for, in response to the determination that the first part of the user input complies with the static part of the predefined unlock sequence, performing an unlock operation;
code for determining that a second part of the user input complies with a dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence, wherein the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence defines a relative location for an input within the predefined unlock sequence for performing an action; and
code for, in response to the determination that the second part of the user input complies with the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence, performing an action based on the second part of the user input, wherein the second part of the user input identifies an application, and performing the action comprises launching the application.

14. The computer program product according to claim 13 , wherein the second part of the user input is embedded in the first part of the user input.

15. The computer program product according claim 13 , wherein the second part of the user input comprises a plurality of sub-parts, each sub-part complying with the dynamic part of the predefined unlock sequence; and
performing the action comprises performing a combined action based on the plurality of sub-parts of the second part of the user input.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the computer program code further comprises:
code for receiving an input for storage as a part of the predefined unlock sequence;
code for determining that a type of the input corresponds to a first input type;
code for, in response to the determination that the type of the input corresponds to the first i

Assignees

• Nokia Technologies Oy

Inventors

• Gao Bin
• Liu Song
• Liao Zhuoyuan
• Luo Li

Classifications

• G06F21/36

  by graphic or iconic representation · CPC title

• G06F21/31 Primary

  User authentication · CPC title