US 11,698,712 B2
Quick launcher user interface
Suzana Arellano, San Diego, CA (US); and Livingstone Song, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,148.
Application 17/804,148 is a continuation of application No. 16/937,631, filed on Jul. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,381,676.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/046,581, filed on Jun. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286551 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/04817 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04M 1/724631 (2022.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of launching a selected application on a computing device, comprising:
recognizing a user authorized to use the computing device based on a fingerprint of a finger detected on a fingerprint sensor portion of a touchscreen display matching a fingerprint of an authorized user of the computing device; and
unlocking an application installed on the computing device in response to detecting that a direction of a continuous swipe movement by the finger on the touchscreen display from the fingerprint sensor portion is aligned with a displayed secure application launch icon, wherein the continuous swipe movement concludes with disengagement of the finger from the touchscreen display at an end of the swipe movement before any portion of the finger reaches a position over the displayed secure application launch icon aligned with the direction of the continuous swipe movement.