Today the United States Patent & Trademark Office granted Apple a patent on iOS 'Slide to Unlock' action, reports 9to5Mac.
Apple says in some embodiments of the patent "a method of controlling a device with a touch-sensitive display includes: displaying an image on the touch-sensitive display while the device is in a user-interface lock state; detecting contact with the touch-sensitive display; transitioning the device to a user-interface unlock state if the detected contact corresponds to moving the image to a predefined location on the touch-sensitive display; and maintaining the device in the user-interface lock state if the detected contact does not correspond to moving the image to the predefined location. "
Apple filed the patent application on December 23, 2005.
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Apple says in some embodiments of the patent "a method of controlling a device with a touch-sensitive display includes: displaying an image on the touch-sensitive display while the device is in a user-interface lock state; detecting contact with the touch-sensitive display; transitioning the device to a user-interface unlock state if the detected contact corresponds to moving the image to a predefined location on the touch-sensitive display; and maintaining the device in the user-interface lock state if the detected contact does not correspond to moving the image to the predefined location. "
Apple filed the patent application on December 23, 2005.
Read More [via 9to5Mac]