Patent ID: 9086799
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method in an electronic device having a processor and touch screen displaying a lock screen, the method comprising: receiving a start area user input actuation from a start area of a screen; displaying plural target areas of said screen, wherein each target area is operatively connected to an application launchable in said electronic device; receiving at least one intermediate area user input actuation from an intermediate area of said screen, said intermediate area being placed between said start area and a target area of said target areas of said screen; receiving a target area user input actuation from said target area of said screen; wherein the target area user input actuation includes at least one slide gesture in a vertical, a horizontal, or a diagonal direction; if said target area is associated with at least one sub-choice representing a specific action or operation within the application operatively connected to said target area: introducing a new start area coinciding with said target area; and for each associated sub-choice, introducing a new sub-choice target area associated with said sub-choice, each sub-choice target area coinciding with one of said target areas of said screen and each sub-choice target area being operatively connected to a specific action or operation within the application operatively connected to said target area; and if a sub-choice target area user input actuation is received from a sub-choice target area of said screen, unlocking said screen, launching said application operatively connected to said target area, and initiating, within said launched application, said specific action or operation within the application operatively connected to said sub-choice target area; and if said user input actuation is discontinued, unlocking said screen and launching said application operatively connected to said target area.