Authenticating user and launching an application on a single intentional user gesture
US9547762B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V2201/02
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for combining authentication and application shortcut. An example method includes detecting, by a device having a touchscreen, a gesture by a user on the touchscreen while the device is in a sleep mode; classifying the gesture, by the device, as an intentional gesture or an accidental gesture; maintaining the device in the sleep mode if the gesture is classified as an accidental gesture; responsive to determining, by the device, that the gesture matches one or more confirmed gestures stored on the device based at least in part on a set of predefined criteria, if the gesture is classified as an intentional gesture: recognizing the user as authenticated; and without requiring additional user input, selecting an application, from a plurality of different applications, according to the gesture and launching the application on the device.
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