US 12,302,101 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 Aug. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/364,171.
Application 16/815,712 is a division of application No. 16/378,846, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, abandoned.
Application 18/364,171 is a continuation of application No. 17/388,628, filed on Jul. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,751,053.
Application 17/388,628 is a continuation of application No. 16/815,712, filed on Mar. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,109,233, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
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 2023/0379713 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 12/08 (2021.01); G06F 21/35 (2013.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 12/30 (2021.01); H04W 12/63 (2021.01); H04W 12/68 (2021.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); 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)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of setting a screen unlock mode of a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
providing, by the mobile terminal, a user interface (UI) for setting the screen unlock mode of the mobile terminal; and
storing, by the mobile terminal, settings for the screen unlock mode based on user inputs received via the UI,
wherein, in response to the screen unlock mode using a wireless device being selected for activation, the UI allows a user to designate at least one of the wireless device corresponding to the screen unlock mode, a predetermined distance between the mobile terminal and the wireless device for unlocking, and a sensing condition of the mobile terminal or the wireless device for unlocking,
wherein predetermined conditions for unlocking includes the sensing condition,
wherein the storing the settings for the screen unlock mode comprises:
receiving, via the UI, a user input for designating the sensing condition; and
storing the sensing condition as one of the predetermined conditions for unlocking, and
wherein the sensing condition includes that a shape of a grip for holding the mobile terminal corresponds to a predetermined grip.