Monday, March 9, 2015

SLIDE TO UNLOCK PATENT | WEEK #4


Hey guys!

 After meticulously perusing through the "Slide to Unlock" patent (US 8046721), I can say that I now have a much deeper understanding for just how complicated and detailed patents really are. It is no wonder that it usually takes several attempts to get a patent approved, as we learned in class. I took some time to really try to understand all the details of the patent, including the diagrams, claims, and elements. This blog post will be an analysis of the Claim #1.
Analysis of Claim #1 | "Slide to Unlock"
Overview of Patent:
  • Title: "Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image"
  • Priority Date: December 23rd, 2005
  • Filer: Apple, Inc.
  • Inventors: Imran Chaudhri, Bas Ording, Freddy Allen Anzures, Marcel van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Scott Forstall, Greg Christie
Key Terminology:
  • Touch-sensitive display: used in many electronic devices to display graphics and text, and to provide a user interface through which a user may interact with the devices; may display one or more soft keys, menus, and other user-interface objects on the touch screen; a user may interact with the device by contacting the touch screen at locations corresponding to the user-interface objects with which he or she wishes to interact
  • Method of unlocking: the patent (Claim #1) is meant to protect infringement of a "method", meaning the process by which the user is able to unlock the device
Analysis of Claim #1:
  • First, it is important to note that Claim #1 is describing a METHOD, meaning a user-initiated action, that can unlock a...
    • HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE, meaning that the size of the device is up to the discretion of whoever is reviewing the patent; however all electronic devices should have the basic components, including RAM, some sort of processor, a display, etc.
  • The method must unlock the device using a TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY which was defined above in the previous section; the "touch" aspect of the claim means that the user must make contact with...
    • An UNLOCK IMAGE, or some sort of icon that depicts a symbol that is representative of unlocking something, at...
      • A PREDEFINED START LOCATION on the screen, meaning that the location where the user makes contact with the screen must be apparent on the display itself, across...
        • The display while maintaining contact with the display until the the icon reaches...

          • A PREDEFINED END LOCATION on the screen
  • If a competing idea or invention fails to mimi every single criteria of Claim #1, then it is not an infringement of the claim
  • In order to infringe on a patent, you only need to infringe on one of its claims
https://www.google.com/patents/US8046721?dq=Slide+to+unlock+patent+US+8046721&hl=en&sa=X&ei=T_L9VOfdEYHUoAS8gIHYBw&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA

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4 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 10, 2015 at 8:09 PM

    Hey Mo,

    I LOVED your formatting. You are doing a fantastic job.

    Sasha

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  2. Rahul NayakMarch 12, 2015 at 5:56 PM

    Great presentation of the blog post. Good flow and very logical.

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  3. UnknownMarch 13, 2015 at 1:47 PM

    Hi Rahul,

    Good job on your comment. I like how you included the pro's of Mo's post. It is also good to point out what we are doing well on our blogs. Something to add next time when you comment, is a way for Mo to improve on his post. Additionally, I think elaborating on the certain points he did well would also be helpful!

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  4. UnknownApril 2, 2015 at 1:17 AM

    Hi Mo, great blog post. I love the way you set up the posts via bullet formatting. It makes things very easy to read and understand structurally.

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