Patent ID: 8924893
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor, input information relating to a modification of a state of a lock, wherein the lock comprises a lock track having a locked region and an unlocked region comprising a recessed portion, the locked region has a defined positive slope relative to an edge of a display screen, and the lock is employed to facilitate controlling access to a user interface; controlling, by the system, the state of the lock based on the input information in relation to the defined positive slope of the locked region, and a defined security criterion, wherein a lock facilitator is movable along the lock track between the locked region associated with a locked state of the lock and the unlocked region associated with an unlocked state of the lock in response to the input information; and controlling, by the system, an amount of impedance to change the state of the lock between the locked state and the unlocked state based on the shape of the locked region, wherein the defined positive slope has a value that is defined based on a first point at an end of the locked region that is adjacent to the unlocked region and a second point that is at another end of the locked region, and the amount of impedance to change the state of the lock varies as a function of the value of the defined positive slope.