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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 09, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Faraz Ahmad, Uttar Pradesh, IN;

Adekunle Bello, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, MI (US);

Anto A. R. John, Tamil Nadu, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 21/577 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system or computer usable program product for managing access to an electronic system through a touchscreen device including presenting a display of a first and a second scrolling stream of icons; responsive to user input, detecting contemporaneous selection of a first icon from the first scrolling stream and a second icon from the second scrolling stream; and responsive to the selection of the first and second icon matching an established unlock pattern, unlocking the electronic system.


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