A patent for the “slide to unlock” of the iPhone

If he is indeed a
iPhone constant since 2007, amanipulation
carried out dozens of times a day by the owners of the mobile
d’Apple, it is the unlocking movement made on the screen
When the phone does not have a locking code.

Apple has just been granted the patent on this famous "slide to
unlock" :

The patent application dated from 2009 and it is now done, the office
American patents has granted Apple the authorship of this method of
unlocking that prevents the phone from lighting up on its own in the
few.

In the meantime Android has proposed another unlocking method based on
a point matrix, while it is unlikely that this patent succeeds in
brake the manufacturers of Asian clones. But on paper, it is
Apple property now!

Source

founder of the site. IT engineer and specialist in the Internet where he has held various positions of responsibility, Laurent has been passionate about mobility since the arrival of "PDAs" in the 90s. Journalist for 4 years for Team Palmtops magazine (Posse Presse) and author of several works on the iPad at PEARSON.