US Patent 7593000 Touch-based authentication of a mobile device through user generated pattern creation

A method, system, and apparatus of a touch-based authentication of a mobile device through user generated pattern creation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a mobile device includes recognizing a tactile pattern on a touch screen without a visual aid as an unlocking gesture, storing the unlocking gesture to a memory of the mobile device, associating another tactile pattern on the touch screen with the unlocking gesture, and transforming the mobile device from an initial state to an unlocked state based on the association between the another tactile pattern and the unlocking gesture. The method may include transforming the mobile device to operate as a telephonic communication device in the unlocked state.