Apple isn't the only company that has received a slide-to-unlock patent anymore. Nokia has just joined that exclusive club, and Google has filed for a similar patent as well. So it looks like the patent wars can only get more interesting from this point on – at least on the software side. The patent that Nokia has been granted recently covers an unlocking procedure that is a bit different from what Apple has already patented.
In Nokia's view, you slide an icon across the screen to reveal at least one app icon, while the icon which you have slid across the screen expands and is eventually overlaid onto the app icon.
Unwired View, Nokia gets its own “Slide to unlock†patent
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