Patents by Inventor Harry Richmond Major
Harry Richmond Major 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).
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Patent number: 8353050Abstract: A device management method, is disclosed in which available features on a slave mobile device are managed (monitored or controlled) by a slave manager module commanded by a master device through secure messages exchanged between the two devices using respective electronic messaging capabilities on the two devices. Selection of the features of the slave mobile device to be controlled or monitored is facilitated on the master device through a master manager module resident thereon. The features that are controlled or monitored may comprise any user-accessible feature incorporated or installed on the slave mobile device and user access to the feature may be prevented according to at least one criterion, such as: date of use, time of day of use, number of times of use, originator and recipient. User access to the feature may be prevented access to the user-accessible feature when usage limitations for the feature have been reached.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2009Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Gerhard Dietrich Klassen, Harry Richmond Major, Alain Rene Gagne, Karen Jean Creditor, Jesse J. Boudreau
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Patent number: 8315672Abstract: A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes providing a graphical user interface on a touch screen display, detecting a touch event at a first location on the touch screen display, providing a navigation indicator in the graphical user interface in response to detecting the touch event at the first location, and in response to detecting movement of the touch event from the first location to a second location while touch contact is maintained on the touch screen display, changing the position of the navigation indicator in the graphical user interface by a distance that is greater than a distance of movement of the touch event on the touch screen display, a direction of change of position of the navigation indicator is based on a direction of movement of the touch event on the touch screen display.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2008Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Todd Andrew Wood, Mihal Lazaridis, Harry Richmond Major, David Paul Yach
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Publication number: 20120086646Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with a disambiguation routine that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able to perform a spell check routine during input of a text entry, with the output from the spell check routine being visually integrated into the output from the disambiguation routine.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Vadim Fux, Harry Richmond Major
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Patent number: 8102368Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with a disambiguation routine that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able to perform a spell check routine during input of a text entry, with the output from the spell check routine being visually integrated into the output from the disambiguation routine.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2010Date of Patent: January 24, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Vadim Fux, Harry Richmond Major
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Publication number: 20110112828Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: May 12, 2011Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Harry Richmond Major, Jason T. Griffin
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Publication number: 20110055546Abstract: A device management method, is disclosed in which available features on a slave mobile device are managed (monitored or controlled) by a slave manager module commanded by a master device through secure messages exchanged between the two devices using respective electronic messaging capabilities on the two devices. Selection of the features of the slave mobile device to be controlled or monitored is facilitated on the master device through a master manager module resident thereon. The features that are controlled or monitored may comprise any user-accessible feature incorporated or installed on the slave mobile device and user access to the feature may be prevented according to at least one criterion, such as: date of use, time of day of use, number of times of use, originator and recipient. User access to the feature may be prevented access to the user-accessible feature when usage limitations for the feature have been reached.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2009Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Gerhard D. KLASSEN, Harry Richmond MAJOR, Alain R. GAGNE, Karen CREDITOR, Jesse J. BOUDREAU
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Patent number: 7893850Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2007Date of Patent: February 22, 2011Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Harry Richmond Major, Jason T. Griffin
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Publication number: 20100271311Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with a disambiguation routine that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able to perform a spell check routine during input of a text entry, with the output from the spell check routine being visually integrated into the output from the disambiguation routine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventors: Vadim Fux, Harry Richmond Major
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Patent number: 7777717Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with a disambiguation routine that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able to perform a spell check routine during input of a text entry, with the output from the spell check routine being visually integrated into the output from the disambiguation routine.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2006Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Research in Motion LimitedInventors: Vadim Fux, Harry Richmond Major
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Publication number: 20100137031Abstract: A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes providing a graphical user interface on a touch screen display, detecting a touch event at a first location on the touch screen display, providing a navigation indicator in the graphical user interface in response to detecting the touch event at the first location, and in response to detecting movement of the touch event from the first location to a second location while touch contact is maintained on the touch screen display, changing the position of the navigation indicator in the graphical user interface by a distance that is greater than a distance of movement of the touch event on the touch screen display, a direction of change of position of the navigation indicator is based on a direction of movement of the touch event on the touch screen display.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2008Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Todd Andrew WOOD, Mihal LAZARIDIS, Harry Richmond MAJOR, David Paul YACH
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Publication number: 20100088596Abstract: A method and method for displaying an image via a graphical user interface on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device includes detecting a predetermined relation between a selection tool and the image. The image is panned in response to movement of the selection tool along the touch-sensitive display. The image is zoomed on in response to depression of the touch-sensitive display. An optional cursor may be activated upon detection of a first tap of the selection tool on the touch-sensitive display.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2009Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Mihal Lazeridis, Todd Wood, Harry Richmond Major, David Paul Yach
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Publication number: 20100087228Abstract: A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes providing a graphical user interface including an area defined by a boundary, detecting a touch event at a touch location within the area defined by the boundary on the touch screen display, determining if the touch location has moved to a new location outside of the area defined by the boundary; and performing an action in response to detecting the touch event at the touch location within the area defined by the boundary and determining that the touch location has moved from the area defined by the boundary to the new location outside of the area defined by the boundary.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Jason T. GRIFFIN, Todd WOOD, Mihal LAZARIDIS, Harry Richmond MAJOR, David Paul YACH
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Publication number: 20100088653Abstract: A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes rendering a graphical user interface including a plurality of selectable features, detecting a first touch event at a first location on the touch screen display, detecting a second touch event at a second location on the touch screen display during the first touch event, and selecting ones of the plurality of selectable features located in an area having boundaries defined by the first location and the second location to define a group of selected features.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Applicant: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: David Paul YACH, Michael LANGLOIS, David BUKURAK, Alen MUJKIC, Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Todd Andrew WOOD, Mihal LAZARIDIS, Harry Richmond MAJOR
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Patent number: 7548757Abstract: Methods and apparatus for facilitating the delivery of e-mail messages from a mobile communication device are disclosed. In one disclosed example, an end user of the mobile device enters e-mail message information corresponding to a new e-mail message through a user interface. Preferably, the user interface is an e-mail graphical user interface (GUI) provided by the mobile device. The mobile device identifies whether a packet data service (e.g. GPRS) for communicating e-mail messages is available to it. If the packet data service is available, the mobile device causes the e-mail message information to be sent via the packet data service. If the packet data service is unavailable, however, the mobile device causes the e-mail message information to be sent in a short message service (SMS) message via an SMS-to-Email service.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2006Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventor: Harry Richmond Major
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Patent number: 7289044Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: October 30, 2007Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Vadim Fux, Harry Richmond Major, Jason T. Griffin
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Patent number: 7283065Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The disambiguation function can be selectively disabled and an alternate keystroke interpretation system provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2004Date of Patent: October 16, 2007Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Harry Richmond Major, Jason T. Griffin
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Publication number: 20070240044Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with a disambiguation routine that is operable to disambiguate text input. In addition to identifying and outputting representations of language objects that are stored in the memory and that correspond with a text input, the device is able to perform a spell check routine during input of a text entry, with the output from the spell check routine being visually integrated into the output from the disambiguation routine.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2006Publication date: October 11, 2007Inventors: Vadim Fux, Harry Richmond Major
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Publication number: 20070229538Abstract: Methods and apparatus for dynamically labeling map objects for different views of a visually displayed map are disclosed. For each view of a plurality of different views of a map, a view of the map is rendered “on-the-fly” in a display. The technique is performed by retrieving map data which includes map object graphics data and map object label data; causing one or more portions of a map object (e.g. a road) to be rendered in the view of the display in accordance with the map object graphics data; and also causing a map object label (e.g. a name of the road) to be rendered in the view of the display, in accordance with the map object label data, on or along a portion of the map object between its vertice coordinates, such that a linear position of the map object label on or along the portion of the map object is different from its linear position in each of the other views of the map so that the map object label fits within the view in a continuous moving fashion from view to view.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2006Publication date: October 4, 2007Inventors: Gerhard Dietrich Klassen, Eric Johnson, Harry Richmond Major, Jesse Joseph Boudreau, Peter John Devenyi
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Patent number: 7151932Abstract: Methods and apparatus for facilitating the delivery of e-mail messages from a mobile communication device are disclosed. In one disclosed example, an end user of the mobile device enters e-mail message information corresponding to a new e-mail message through a user interface. Preferably, the user interface is an e-mail graphical user interface (GUI) provided by the mobile device. The mobile device identifies whether a packet data service (e.g. GPRS) for communicating e-mail messages is available to it. If the packet data service is available, the mobile device causes the e-mail message information to be sent via the packet data service. If the packet data service is unavailable, however, the mobile device causes the e-mail message information to be sent in a short message service (SMS) message via an SMS-to-Email service.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: December 19, 2006Assignee: Research in Motion LimitedInventor: Harry Richmond Major