Patent ID: 9513797
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G06F,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: controlling, by a system comprising a processor, a state of a lock that facilitates controlling access to a user interface based on input information relating to a modification of the state of the lock that is received in connection with a defined positive slope of a locked region of the lock relative to an edge of a display screen, wherein the lock comprises a lock track comprising the locked region and an unlocked region that comprises a recessed portion, and wherein a lock facilitator is movable, in response to the input information, along the lock track between the locked region associated with a locked state of the lock and the unlocked region associated with an unlocked state of the lock; and controlling, by the system, an amount of impedance to change the state of the lock between the locked state and the unlocked state based on a shape of the locked region, wherein the defined positive slope has a value that is defined based on a first point at an end of the locked region that is adjacent to the unlocked region and a second point that is at another end of the locked region, and wherein the amount of impedance to change the state of the lock varies as a function of the value of the defined positive slope.