The Slide-to-Unlock patent, also know as the patent for "unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image," is in essence a patent for the ability to unlock our cellphones and other "hand-held electronic" devices. The patent is held by Apple Inc and has 6 inventors. Without this patent, most devices would render our electronic devices defenseless from outside penetration, via our accidental brushing of skin on our phones or other external forces, like robbers.
Claim one of the patent describes the attributes that accompany the slide-to-unlock feature on such electronic devices. It claims that there's a predefined location for the unlock image to appear; that the user will interact with this unlock image, or "interactive user-interface object", to unlock said device; and that the unlock image is opened through a touch-sensitive display.
The sub-sections of the first claim are that it includes the following: claim one comprises movement along a desired path; this path is "predefined" to a particular unlock region; there may be visual cues as a part of the unlock image in order to "communicate a direction of movement" that is required to unlock the device; these visual cues may include text; and these visual cues also comprise an arrow to indicate a "general direction of movement."
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