US 11,751,053 B2
Method and mobile terminal for controlling screen lock
Ju-youn Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); and Sang-hyup Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/388,628.
Application 16/815,712 is a division of application No. 16/378,846, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, abandoned.
Application 17/388,628 is a continuation of application No. 16/815,712, filed on Mar. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,109,233.
Application 16/378,846 is a continuation of application No. 15/373,087, filed on Dec. 8, 2016, granted, now 10,278,075, issued on Apr. 30, 2019.
Application 15/373,087 is a continuation of application No. 14/078,170, filed on Nov. 12, 2013, granted, now 9,549,323, issued on Jan. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2012-0139249 (KR), filed on Dec. 3, 2012; and application No. 10-2013-0026826 (KR), filed on Mar. 13, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0360404 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04W 12/68 (2021.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06F 21/35 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/08 (2013.01) [G06F 21/35 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 12/30 (2021.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04W 12/68 (2021.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling screen lock of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
detecting a wireless device and identifier information of the wireless device;
determining that the detected identifier information corresponds to pre-stored identifier information;
acquiring sensing information of the mobile terminal;
determining that the acquired sensing information satisfies a predetermined sensing condition of the mobile terminal; and
based on determining that the detected identifier information corresponds to the stored identifier information and that the acquired sensing information satisfies the predetermined sensing condition, automatically unlocking the mobile terminal,
wherein if the wireless device is located outside a predetermined distance from the mobile terminal, displaying a screen unlock requesting screen instead of automatically unlocking the mobile terminal,
wherein the screen unlock requesting screen includes a guidance message to locate the wireless device within the predetermined distance from the mobile terminal, and
wherein the wireless device comprises a watch.