Patent ID: 9575650
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of switching a screen of a mobile communications device from a screen locked state to a screen unlocked state, the mobile communications device comprising a display panel configured to display the screen that has a background section and a first section in the screen locked state, the first section displaying information with a first layout, the method comprising: moving the first section from a first location to a second location of the screen in the screen locked state when a screen unlocking requirement is determined to be satisfied; and keeping displaying the first section at the second location of the screen after switching the screen from the screen locked state to the screen unlocked state; keeping displaying the first section on the screen before, during and after switching the screen from the screen locked state to the screen unlocked state; and keeping a size of the first section unchanged before, during and after switching the screen from the screen locked state to the screen unlocked state, wherein the first section, in its entirety, is moved from the first location to the second location without changing the first layout of the information displayed in the first section, and wherein the first section is moved from the first location to the second location in a similar direction to that of an input gesture for satisfying the screen unlocking requirement for switching the screen from the screen locked state to the screen unlocked state.