Patents by Inventor Tammy MacFarlane

Tammy MacFarlane 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).

  • Visual event notification on a handheld communications device
    Patent number: 9049255
    Abstract: A method of event notification on a handheld communications device involves first receiving an indication of an occurrence of an event at the handheld communications device. The communications device comprises a display device, and the event has an associated notification definition for providing a visual notification of the occurrence of the event. The notification definition comprises a content parameter that specifies a scope of the content of the visual notification, and an action parameter that specifies the action to be taken on the communications device after the visual notification is initiated. Then, a visual notification of the occurrence is provided on the display device in accordance with the associated notification definition. The visual notification provides particulars of the event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tammy MacFarlane, Alain Gagne, Chris Wormald, Herbert Little
  • VISUAL EVENT NOTIFICATION ON A HANDHELD COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090219166
    Abstract: A method of event notification on a handheld communications device involves first receiving an indication of an occurrence of an event at the handheld communications device. The communications device comprises a display device, and the event has an associated notification definition for providing a visual notification of the occurrence of the event. The notification definition comprises a content parameter that specifies a scope of the content of the visual notification, and an action parameter that specifies the action to be taken on the communications device after the visual notification is initiated. Then, a visual notification of the occurrence is provided on the display device in accordance with the associated notification definition. The visual notification provides particulars of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Tammy MacFarlane, Alain Gagne, Chris Wormald, Herbert Little