PatentBrief

Inventor

Scott Forstall

Patents indexed

4

Year range

2009 – 2013

Associated with

Years active

2009 – 2013

Total patents

4

Most recent

2013

Frequent collaborator

Imran Chaudhri

Domains

consumer_electronicssoftwaretelecommunications

Activity by decade

2000s
1
2010s
3

Patents

4

US 7657849·2010·Apple Inc

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.

US 7479949·2009·Apple Inc

How Touchscreens Tell the Difference Between Your Finger Gestures

Apple's 2009 patent describes how a touchscreen device uses clever rules, called heuristics, to figure out whether your finger movement means you want to scroll, pan, or switch items, often by looking at the very start of your touch.

US 8046721·2011·Apple Inc

Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image

US 8587547·2013·Apple Inc

Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating soft keyboards