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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2012
Justin V. Lee, Berkeley, CA (US);
Justin V. Lee, Berkeley, CA (US);
Voxer IP LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A Tap-to-End feature for unlocking a virtual Slide-to-Lock lock feature on a display screen of the communication device running a PTT application. In one embodiment, the Tap-to-End is implemented by simply tapping the display screen. In a second embodiment, the Tap-to-End feature is implemented by contacting the display screen on the communication device running the PTT application for a predetermined period of time. When the threshold is exceeded, the Slide-to-lock feature is unlocked. In various embodiments, the threshold is 3 seconds or less. In yet other embodiments, the Tap-to-End feature may be implemented anywhere on the display screen of the communication device running the PTT application including, but not limited to, in the vicinity of where the virtual Slide-to-lock feature is implemented.