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by markkat 5347 days ago
But it wasn't introduced with the iPhone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=T... 4 minutes in.
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That's not quite the same thing. Apple's patent covers a basic UI to go with the left-to-right gesture. In that video I see no UI to assist the user in determining how to unlock the phone, it's only the gesture which is only a small part of the patent.