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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2009
Applicant:

Karl-anders Johansson, Staffanstorp, SE;

Inventor:

Karl-Anders Johansson, Staffanstorp, SE;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract

The system comprises the ability to detect certain gestures made by sliding a finger or stylus on a touch sensitive screen on a handheld device, even when a so called 'screen lock' is active where the gesture is used to unlock the device and trigger the desired function associates with the gesture.


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