The smartphone brand also wants to get a patent for the technology that enables the use the home button as a trackpad (like in a BlackBerry Curve phone). The home button can be also used as a fingerprint scanner. This technology will enable users to go to menus and apps just by using the home button. Using the home button tracks which can be sued as finger print sensor it looks like Apple is planning to offer finger print sensing to applications that needs more security such as banking, email etc.
