Patents by Inventor Craig James Tucker

Craig James Tucker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Graphical context short menu
    Patent number: 8631350
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying a graphical context menu on a display screen of a mobile communication device. The method includes receiving a menu request, determining the number of menu items based on the context of the menu request, generating a graphical context menu based on the determined number of the determined number of menu items, inserting the menu items into the generated graphical context menu, and displaying the generated graphical context menu on the display screen with the inserted menu items. The graphical context menu can include menu items displayed in a 3×3 grid, a 2×3 grid or a 1×3 grid. The graphical context menu can include a default menu item in the center of the grid and a full menu option in the bottom most right slot of the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Marc Anthony Lepage, Adam Cooper, Craig James Tucker, Yoojin Hong
  • GRAPHICAL CONTEXT MENU
    Publication number: 20110265035
    Abstract: A system and method for displaying a graphical context menu on a display screen of a mobile communication device. The method includes receiving a menu request, determining the number of menu items based on the context of the menu request, generating a graphical context menu based on the determined number of the determined number of menu items, inserting the menu items into the generated graphical context menu, and displaying the generated graphical context menu on the display screen with the inserted menu items. The graphical context menu can include menu items displayed in a 3×3 grid, a 2×3 grid or a 1×3 grid. The graphical context menu can include a default menu item in the center of the grid and a full menu option in the bottom most right slot of the grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Marc Anthony Lepage, Adam Cooper, Craig James Tucker, Yoojin Hong