Apple acquired patent unlocking method for smartphone, followed by multi touch

ByChrismeller

In June this yearApple acquired a wide range of patents on multi-touch, and concerns about competing platforms such as Android and Windows Phone are concernedBut this time I got a patent on how to unlock screen lock on smartphone.

United States Patent: 8046721


According to the official page of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a patent on the screen lock release method filed by Apple on October 25, 2011 on local time is approved.

The patent acquired by Apple this time is very simple, first tracing the pattern displayed on the screen with your finger ......


The screen lock is canceled and the menu screen is displayed.


Although it is a patent with too simple content, the problem is that it seems to affect all similar unlocking methods adopted by other platforms such as Android and Windows Phone because it is recognized as a patent.

There is already a trend to apply pressure to competing platforms using patents,Microsoft took advantage of its patents and requested that Samsung or HTC of major manufacturers pay a patent fee for each sale of one smartphone that adopted Android for OSdoing.

In other words, this patent acquisition by Apple can lead to further struggle over intellectual property rights to the smartphone industry, even lawsuits are successive.