Today, Apple was awarded with patents for the Slide to Unlock and the pop out keyboard character features of its iPhone, according to TUAW.
Three years ago, Apple filed for patents on two features that iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users see every day -- the Slide to Unlock feature of the Lock screen and the pop-up letters that appear when you're typing on the iPhone keyboard. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has today awarded Apple a series of two patents titled "Animated graphical user interface for a display screen or portion thereof " that provide Apple with patent protection for the animated unlock screen and keyboard.
The patents are numbered D621849 and D621848.
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Ray Adams - August 18, 2010 at 7:15am
Not again! Soon Apple will received patent on how you can hold your phone and will sue everyone who will do it in their way. Stop patent hell!
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Me - August 18, 2010 at 6:22am
It's not a patent, just a 'design patent', a registered design
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Steve Jobs - August 17, 2010 at 7:58pm
Looks lik we can now sue Google for their similar slide to unlock feature of Android OS as well as their virtual keyboard.
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