Patents by Inventor Timothy Koo

Timothy Koo 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).

  • Publication number: 20220030953
    Abstract: A vaporization device could contain an amount of vaporization substance that is potentially harmful if ingested. Children may be particularly at risk. Child-resistant covers that releasably engage a chamber of a vaporization device and seal a vaporization substance in the chamber are disclosed. The vaporization device could also include a stem, an atomizer, a base, and a battery compartment. The child-resistant cover could require a user to perform multiple operations to disengage the child-resistant cover from the chamber. These operations could include, for example, one or more of: rotating the child-resistant cover relative to the chamber; pushing at least a portion of the child-resistant cover towards the chamber; compressing a portion of the child-resistant cover; and pulling at least a portion of the child-resistant cover away from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: PATRICK WOODS, TIMOTHY KOO, ADAM MIRON
  • Patent number: 8896470
    Abstract: An electronic device for disambiguation of stroke input, the device comprising: an input device coupled to the microprocessor for accepting a stroke input; and a stroke disambiguation module resident in the memory for execution by the microprocessor. The device is configured to: receive a signal representing a stroke input sequence at the stroke disambiguation module; apply one or more stroke disambiguation rules to the stroke input sequence to generate an updated input sequence; and transmit a signal representing the updated input sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Vadim Fux, Xiaoting Sun, Timothy Koo, Aleksej Trefilov
  • Publication number: 20140300553
    Abstract: A handheld device includes a plurality of input members, a first set of which each have a Roman character assigned thereto, a least some of which have a first non-Roman and a second non-Roman character assigned thereto. In response to an actuation of a first one of the input members, a first one of the non-Roman characters that is assigned to the first one of the input members is displayed. Based on one or more rules which govern permissible character sequences in the subject language, the display of a second one of the non-Roman characters in response to an actuation of a second one of the input members having the second one of the non-Roman characters assigned thereto immediately following the actuation of said first one of the input members is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Dan Rubanovich, Vadim Fux, Aleksej Trefilov, Parul Nanda Gilani, Timothy Koo
  • Patent number: 8786552
    Abstract: A handheld device includes a plurality of input members, a first set of which each have a Roman character assigned thereto, a least some of which have a first non-Roman and a second non-Roman character assigned thereto. In response to an actuation of a first one of the input members, a first one of the non-Roman characters that is assigned to the first one of the input members is displayed. Based on one or more rules which govern permissible character sequences in the subject language, the display of a second one of the non-Roman characters in response to an actuation of a second one of the input members having the second one of the non-Roman characters assigned thereto immediately following the actuation of said first one of the input members is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Dan Rubanovich, Vadim Fux, Aleksej Trefilov, Panul Nanda Gilani, Timothy Koo
  • Patent number: 8648796
    Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, preferably a trackball, an output apparatus, namely a display, and a processor apparatus. The processor apparatus is structured to execute a number of routines including a stroke-based input user interface routine. The stroke-based input user interface routine is structured to present a user interface on the display. The user interface includes an active portion, a filter portion and an output portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Timothy Koo
  • Patent number: 8400405
    Abstract: A handheld device includes a plurality of input members, a first set of which each have a Roman character assigned thereto, a least some of which have a first non-Roman and a second non-Roman character assigned thereto. In response to an actuation of a first one of the input members, a first one of the non-Roman characters that is assigned to the first one of the input members is displayed. Based on one or more rules which govern permissible character sequences in the subject language, the display of a second one of the non-Roman characters in response to an actuation of a second one of the input members having the second one of the non-Roman characters assigned thereto immediately following the actuation of said first one of the input members is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Dan Rubanovich, Vadim Fux, Aleksej Trefilov, Parul Nanda, Timothy Koo
  • Publication number: 20120290287
    Abstract: A method and mobile device are provided for inputting text. In one implementation, a method is provided for associating a first language with a first text input apparatus of the mobile device. The method further associates a second language, different from the first language, with a second text input apparatus of the mobile device. The method also enables text input from the first text input apparatus in the first language and from the second text input apparatus in the second language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Vadim Fux, Gabriel Lee Gilbert Shelley, Michael Elizaroc, Timothy Koo, Parui Nanoa Gilani
  • Publication number: 20110006929
    Abstract: An electronic device for disambiguation of stroke input, the device comprising: an input device coupled to the microprocessor for accepting a stroke input; and a stroke disambiguation module resident in the memory for execution by the microprocessor. The device is configured to: receive a signal representing a stroke input sequence at the stroke disambiguation module; apply one or more stroke disambiguation rules to the stroke input sequence to generate an updated input sequence; and transmit a signal representing the updated input sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Vadim FUX, Xiaoting SUN, Timothy KOO, Aleksej TREFILOV
  • Publication number: 20100141584
    Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, preferably a trackball, an output apparatus, namely a display, and a processor apparatus. The processor apparatus is structured to execute a number of routines including a stroke-based input user interface routine. The stroke-based input user interface routine is structured to present a user interface on the display. The user interface includes an active portion, a filter portion and an output portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Research in Motion
    Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Timothy Koo
  • Publication number: 20090278804
    Abstract: A handheld device includes a plurality of input members, a first set of which each have a Roman character assigned thereto, a least some of which have a first non-Roman and a second non-Roman character assigned thereto. In response to an actuation of a first one of the input members, a first one of the non-Roman characters that is assigned to the first one of the input members is displayed. Based on one or more rules which govern permissible character sequences in the subject language, the display of a second one of the non-Roman characters in response to an actuation of a second one of the input members having the second one of the non-Roman characters assigned thereto immediately following the actuation of said first one of the input members is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Dan Rubanovich, Vadim Fux, Aleksej Trefilov, Parul Nanda, Timothy Koo
  • Patent number: D605651
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Research In Motion
    Inventors: Parul Nanda, Timothy Koo
  • Patent number: D612372
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Timothy Koo, Carlos Roberto Perez-Puhiera
  • Patent number: D666624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Shannon Tyler Moore, Donald Somerset McKenzie, Kevin Roy Sugden, Vadim Fux, Timothy Koo
  • Patent number: D667014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Shannon Tyler Moore, Donald Somerset McKenzie, Kevin Roy Sugden, Vadim Fux, Timothy Koo