Google Patents Different Patterns to Unlock Different Apps

[JMcEntegart]

How many patterns can you remember?

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[Craig Herberg]

For those of us who are security conscious, I can see a real utility for having multiple levels of authorization.

 

[Krisk7]

Wait ... so they got a patent to be able to assign different passwords to different access profiles (defined as sets of applications and or functions)? It's said such obvious functions get patents and obstruct progress.

 

[blackmancer]

The Patent system is the most corrupt system after the banks. Patenting a pattern, really. What are they gonna patent next, colours?

 

[w8gaming]

Well with some tech companies (you know who) starts off by abusing "non-essential patents" and use it as leverage to force competitors to exit the market or to pay a hefty fee as a "tax" while essentially doing nothing, all other tech companies have no choice but to start protecting themselves by pre-emptively getting their own "non-essential patents". Current USA decision to treat "non-essential patents" as more valuable than "essential patents", is unfair, especially when it creates a situation that a patent on a shape is more valuable than an algorithm to accurately convert wireless signal to data. I wouldn't even want to mention "non-essential patents" should be eliminated as this is going to be adversely affect such you-know-who company and USA government will never allow it. So at the very least, "non-essential patents" should have been subjected to the same treatment as "essential patents". So say, if a company A want to trade an "essential patent" with company B for a "non-essential patent", company B cannot say no to it because "non-essential patent" must also be licensed for always equal and reasonable fee, instead of the special treatment it has now that it is completely up to company B to demand any fee they want.

 

[scottsiefker]

How can they patent this? I've been using mouse gestures on my PC for years.

 

[becherovka]

Googles patents are free to open source software and companies using android. They are more defensive than attacking patents. Protecting itself against lawsuits ie bounce back.