Patent ID: 8887081
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer, running a program that shows a display screen, said display screen having an unlocked state, and having a locked state controlled by said program, wherein in the unlocked state, said display screen including content thereon which can be selected to run multiple programs respectively associated with said content that has been selected, and in the locked state, said display screen preventing said programs from being run and covering said content to prevent said programs from being selected, and said program running an unlocking program which includes detecting a user actuating a first location of the display screen, where said first location of the display screen is either within a first area that defines an unlock area on the display screen near a first end of the display screen, or is within a second area that defines another unlock area on the display screen that is near a second end of the display screen opposite from the first end of the display screen and responsive to detecting the user actuating the first location on the display screen, displaying an unlock bar adjacent to a location of actuating and extending across the display screen adjacent to the location of actuating, and allowing the user to move the unlock bar across the screen, wherein moving of the unlock bar causes said content to be revealed progressively as the bar is moved across the display screen, so that part of said content is revealed as said bar is moved across the screen, where said program causes said moving unlock bar to unlock from a first unlocked state by starting at said first area near a first end of the display screen and moving towards said second end of the display screen, and said program also causes said moving unlock bar to unlock from said first unlocked state by starting at said second area near said second end of the display screen and moving towards the first end of the display screen, and where prior to detecting the user actuating the first location of the display screen, the unlock bar is not displayed.