So after seeing all the leaks about mobile devices and OS’ we shall turn our attention back to the Patent-wars. Well no this time we are not reporting about one company suing another, but instead in an interesting development Google has filed for a patent with the USPTO for Slide-to-unlock.
From the diagram we can see the type of unlock system that Google has made. Here you can drag icons and jump straight to the chosen application, or even executing shortcuts like directly calling a specific contact or sending them an SMS. Perhaps this vertical unlocking mechanism, which is coupled with the function unlocking mechanism, will be recognized as totally different and save an attack from Apple.
Also with news popping in the Google is already working on the next Android, Jelly Bean, we could see this unlocking system in the next upgrade.