Apple granted important patent

e14news — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 04:37:49 GMT

Current Revision posted to Documents by e14news on 10/8/2021 4:37:49 AM
Technology giant Apple has been granted a patent on unlocking a smartphone or tablet simply by using a touchscreen gesture, wireless communications device users may wish to know.

First filed in June 2009, the patent relates to a number of regularly used techniques.

The systems are built into Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7, as well as the iPhone and iPad.

Apple's patent - US patent number 7657549 - reads: "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 predefined gesture for unlocking the device."

Earlier this month, Apple recently reported a net profit for the year to September 25th at $25.9 billion (£16.5 billion), up 85 per cent from the previous year.

Apple confirmed that it also sold 11.1 million iPads, a 166 per cent increase on last year.

Posted by Andre Dixon