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US 7657849

How the iPhone's Slide-to-Unlock Gesture Worked

Apple's 2010 patent on unlocking a device by dragging a specific graphical image along a predefined path on a touchscreen, a gesture iconic with early iPhones.

Statusactive

Granted2010

Expires2025

Claims39

Forward citations1267

Prior art55

AssigneeApple Inc

InventorsImran Chaudhri, Freddy Allen Anzures +5

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US 8046721

Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image

A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a p…

Statusactive

Granted2011

Expires2029

Claims19

Forward citations141

Prior art73

AssigneeApple Inc

InventorsImran Chaudhri, Freddy Allen Anzures +5

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