Patents Assigned to BLACKBERRY LIMTED
  • Use of a suffix-changing spell check algorithm for a spell check function, and associated handheld electronic device
    Patent number: 9092418
    Abstract: An improved spell check function and handheld electronic device provide a spell checking feature that includes a spell check algorithm that changes a suffix of a text entry by replacing each of one or more terminal characters thereof with a wild card element which can be any character or an absence of a character. A memory on the handheld electronic device has a plurality of language objects which are searched to identify language objects which correspond with the modified text entry with the terminal wild card element(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limted
    Inventors: Vadim Fux, Shannon Ralph White
  • PERFORMANCE CONTROL OF AMBIENT LIGHT SENSORS
    Publication number: 20150002471
    Abstract: A device and method to control measurements of light intensity are described. The device includes two or more ambient light sensors arranged at respective surface locations of the device, each of the two or more ambient light sensors measuring the light intensity at the respective surface location. The device also includes a processor to control operation of the two or more ambient light sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMTED
    Inventors: Peter Mankowski, Jack Idzik