Patent ID: 9632694
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, an indication of a first gesture detected at a region of a touch-sensitive display associated with an unlock image, wherein the computing device is in a locked state; responsive to receiving the indication, outputting, by the computing device and for display at the touch-sensitive display, a plurality of action images, wherein the unlock image is displayed between at least two action images from the plurality of action images; receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a second gesture separate from the first gesture, the second gesture corresponding to movement from the region of the touch-sensitive display associated with the unlock image to a different region of the touch-sensitive display in which an action image is displayed; responsive to determining, by the computing device, that a direction of the movement of the second gesture is towards the different region of the touch-sensitive display, visually modifying the action image associated with the different region of the touch-sensitive display; and responsive to the second gesture being detected within the different region of the touch-sensitive display in which the action image is displayed, executing, by the computing device, an action corresponding to the action image.