Patent Document ID: 9826077
Application ID: 12787768
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of unlocking a locking mode of a portable terminal having a touchscreen, the method comprising: displaying a lock screen while the locking mode is active, and detecting, on any surface of a predetermined area of the touchscreen, a gesture in a form of a shape or pattern and displaying a trace of the gesture on the lock screen as the gesture is executed; determining by a controller whether the detected gesture matches any of a plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns comprising alphanumeric characters; and when the detected gesture matches one of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns, unlocking the locking mode by the controller and executing at least two of a plurality of predetermined executable specific functions mapped to the one of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns, wherein each of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns is mapped to a set of the plurality of predetermined executable functions; wherein, the priority of execution of each function of the set of functions is determined according to a user's setting and a predefined setting of the portable terminal.