I think brilliant or even innovative should not be the same thing as patentable. The (possible impossible) standard should be &quot;would someone else have come up with this.&quot; In both of those example, I think the answer is almost certainly yes.<p>Give 100 UI designers a touch screen and ask them to design a few unlock mechanisms each, I think you will get a slide to unlock pretty quickly. On click purchase (is this a troll) is basically saving billing and shipping details.