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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Htc Corporation, Taoyuan County, TW;
Tai-Ling Lu, Taoyuan County, TW;
HTC Corporation, Taoyuan District, Taoyuan, TW;
Abstract
A method for performing a predefined function on a touch-based mobile device includes displaying a lock-screen image on the touch screen of the mobile device during a locked-state, wherein the lock-screen image comprises a plurality of image pieces; detecting an object on or near the touch screen at a first predefined location corresponding to a predefined image piece of the plurality of image pieces; moving the predefined image piece on the touch screen according to movement of the object; and performing a predefined function on the mobile device when the predefined image piece moves from the first predefined location to a second predefined location on the touch screen.