Samsung is apparently interested in further improving the security of mobile devices that come with stylus support, such as the future Galaxy Note 4 smartphone, as well as the speed of launching certain applications, a new patent application discovered by Phone Arena reveals. Entitled “Mobile Device, and method for releasing lock of the mobile device via handwriting recognition,” the patent describes methods of unlocking the screen of a mobile device by using a handwritten signature instead of a lock pattern or a PIN code. Furthermore, by writing one of the supported commands on the screen, the user could launch certain apps directly from the lock screen, without having to unlock the display and then move through multiple screens to find
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