Patent ID: 9626074
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M

Claim:
1. A touch screen unlocking method comprising: reading information from a configuration list, wherein the information includes a serial number of a first one of matched icons and a serial number of a second one of matched icons, wherein the first one of the matched icons and the second one of the matched icons are visually identical; displaying after reading the information, a plurality of icons including at least four icons, the plurality of icons including the first one of the matched icons and the second one of the matched icons on an unlocking interface, wherein the plurality of icons are randomly distributed on the unlocking interface and wherein each of the plurality of icons is visually identical to at least one other matched icon in the plurality of icons; and where each pair of the first and second one of the matched icons is visually distinct from each other and associated with a predefined function; waiting for a user to tap the first one of the matched icons in a first tap operation; magnifying the second one of the matched icons after an operation of tapping the first one of the matched icons is received from the user, and waiting for a second tap operation from the user; unlocking the touch screen and starting the predefined function when the second tap operation in an area of the magnified second one of the matched icons is received from the user.