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US 8046721

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

Apple's 2011 patent describes a method for unlocking a touchscreen device by dragging a specific graphical icon from a starting point to a designated end point.

Statusactive

Granted2011

Expires2029

Claims19

Forward citations141

Prior art73

AssigneeApple Inc

InventorsFreddy Allen Anzures, Scott Forstall +5

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