Patents Assigned to IN&MOTION
  • Dual receive filter
    Patent number: 7433666
    Abstract: A pre-processing stage is provided for a receiver of a wireless device. The pre-processing stage includes an amplifier that receives signals of interest and unwanted signals and produces amplified signals of interest and amplified unwanted signals, and a matching network that separates the amplified signals of interest from the amplified unwanted signals in conjunction with additional downstream filters. The preprocessing stage also includes a signal path that includes components for receiving and pre-processing the amplified signals of interest, and a shunt path that includes components for adjusting reflected energy sent back to the amplifier for limiting the output swing of the amplifier in a frequency band corresponding to the amplified unwanted signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Wen-Yen Chan, Nasserullah Khan
  • Keyboard for mobile devices
    Patent number: 7432911
    Abstract: A keyboard comprising a plurality of transparent keys. In use, the keyboard is attached to a device such as a mobile device, to overlie a display screen of the device. One or more images displayed on the display screen are made visible to a user through the keys, which may be pressed by a user. User input is determined by identifying a pressed key, and the image or part thereof visible through the key when pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Alexei Skarine
  • Power reception optimization method, and associated apparatus, for operating upon an encoded data block
    Patent number: 7434147
    Abstract: Apparatus, and an associated method, for recovering the informational content of an encoded data block. Data bursts are delivered to a receiver. A series of data bursts together include all of the informational content of the encoded data block. A detector detects delivery to the receiver of the data bursts. A determiner determines indicia associated with the communicated data. And, responsive thereto, the data is decoded, selectably utilizing fewer than all of the data bursts that form the encoded data block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Matthias Wandel
  • Handheld electronic device and keypad having tactile features
    Patent number: 7433719
    Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device and keypad include tactile features that help a user to identify certain keys of the keypad. In the present exemplary embodiment, the keypad includes keys in a predetermined region that can be employed during a telephone operation. The keypad additionally includes other keys outside the predetermined region. The keys in the predetermined region include tactile features that enable the user to identify and actuate the keys in the predetermined region during a telephone operation with the user directing minimal visual attention to the handheld electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Teodor Dabov
  • Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding pause information
    Patent number: 7433822
    Abstract: At an audio source, pause information is added to audio data, the combination of which is subsequently packetized. The resulting packets are transmitted to an audio destination via a network in which different packets may be subjected to varying levels of delay. At the audio destination, the pause information may be used to insert pauses at appropriate times to accommodate the occurrence of delays in packet delivery. In one embodiment, pauses are inserted based on a hierarchy of pause types. During pauses, audio filler information may be injected. In this manner, the effects of variable network delays upon reconstructed audio may be mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Dale R. Buchholz, Bashar Jano, Ira Gerson
  • AUTOMATED COMMUNICATION LINE SWITCHING FOR VOICEMAIL ACCESS
    Publication number: 20080242270
    Abstract: A telephone station apparatus that is arranged to operate on two, or more, communication lines, receives an instruction to access a voicemail server. The telephone station apparatus switches from a first communication line to a second communication line and initiates a call to the voicemail server. At the voicemail server, calling line identification allows the voicemail server to present an interface to the voicemail box associated with the second communication line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Keizo Marui, Lawrence Edward Kuhl, Ronald Scotte Zinn
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CALLING FEATURE ICONS IN A USER INTERFACE THAT FACILITATES USER SELECTION OF A COMMUNICATION LINE FOR AN OUTGOING CALL ON A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080242356
    Abstract: A system and method for providing calling feature icons in a user interface that allow users to determine with ease the status of different calling features, and in respect of at least one embodiment, to identify with ease the communication lines associated with calling features that have been enabled (and/or disabled) on the mobile device. In example embodiments, for each calling feature, at most one general calling feature icon associated with the respective calling feature is displayed in a general calling feature icon display field of a call screen if the respective calling feature applies to at least one of a plurality of communication lines accessible at the mobile device. In some embodiments, line-specific calling feature icons may also be displayed in an active line data display field and/or a line selection menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Keizo Marui, Lawrence Edward Kuhl
  • METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE DISPLAYING OF IMAGE MEDIA ON A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080244469
    Abstract: A method of displaying image media on a display of a wireless communications device entails displaying a hybrid view of the image media by presenting a list of folders containing image media and by concurrently presenting thumbnail images of the image media corresponding to at least one of the folders. The thumbnail images can be scaled-down images of digital pictures or scaled-down frames of digital video. Optionally, when the user selects one of the thumbnail images, the display presents the file name and file size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew James TURCOTTE, Samer FAHMY
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080243525
    Abstract: A system and method for management of a portable electronic device is provided. An embodiment includes a system that comprises a portable electronic device that is wirelessly connectable to a carrier administrative server and an enterprise administrative server. The portable electronic device maintains a policy that defines how upgrade requests are to be managed. The policy can define, for example, whether or not the carrier administrative server is permitted to instruct the portable electronic device to install upgrades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: David CLARK, Herbert Little
  • HEADSET WITH MULTI-BUTTON CONTROL FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080242378
    Abstract: The invention is directed at a headset for a mobile communication device having a multi-button control and is implemented with a standard headset jack. The multi-button control is decoded by a microprocessor after which an encoded signal is then transmitted from the processor to the handset. In this manner, by using the standard jack, no additional hardware is required on the handset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert J. LOWLES, Edward Hui, David Mak-Fan
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE THAT FACILITATES USER SELECTION OF A COMMUNICATION LINE FOR AN OUTGOING CALL ON A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080242289
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a user interface that allows users to change the active line on which an outgoing call may be placed. In example embodiments, a direction to display a line selection menu on the call screen is received from the user, where the line selection menu is comprised of data identifying one or more of the multiple communication lines accessible at the mobile device. In response to the direction received from the user, the line selection menu is displayed on the call screen, and an input identifying a user-selected communication line is received. A display field in which data identifying the active line is displayed is updated accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Keizo Marui, Lawrence Edward Kuhl, Raymond Paul Vander Veen, Scotte Zinn
  • METHOD, SYSTEM AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR PRIORITIZING A DISCOVERED DEVICE LIST
    Publication number: 20080242220
    Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to methods, systems and computing devices, including at least a mobile device, for ordering a discovered device list according to a Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) of each device in the discovered device list. Thus, the discovered device list has at the top of the list the device that has the highest RSSI, with the remaining devices in the discovered device list presented in descending order of RSSI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Sean Elliott Wilson, Christopher Pattenden
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE FOR MANAGING CALLS RECEIVED AT A MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080242282
    Abstract: Embodiments of a system and method for providing a user interface for managing calls received at a mobile device is described. The user interface provides an incoming call screen to the user, where the incoming call screen comprises a caller identification data field for displaying data associated with incoming calls and at least one key label field in which labels for mobile device keys (e.g. send and end keys) are displayed. The area of the caller identification data field is substantially greater than the area of the at least one key label field, enabling more information pertaining to incoming calls to be displayed to the user. In at least one embodiment, this is facilitated by providing user-selectable options for responding to incoming calls in an options menu, which can be accessed by a user but is not initially displayed to the user when an incoming call is first received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Lawrence Edward Kuhl, Raymond Paul Vander Veen, Anton Epp, Keizo Marui, Leonid Leon Vymenets
  • System and method for enabling bulk retrieval of certificates
    Patent number: 7430663
    Abstract: A system and method for searching and retrieving certificates, which may be used in the processing of encoded messages. In one embodiment, a certificate synchronization application is programmed to perform certificate searches by querying one or more certificate servers for all of the certificates on those certificate servers. If all of the certificates on a certificate server cannot be successfully retrieved using a single search query, due to a search quota on the certificate server being exceeded for example, the search is re-performed through multiple queries, each corresponding to a narrower subsearch. The invention enables large amounts of certificates to be automatically searched for and retrieved from certificate servers, thereby minimizing the need for users to manually search for individual certificates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Michael S. Brown, Neil P. Adams, David F. Tapuska, Herbert A. Little
  • System and method for wirelessly provisioning a mobile communication device
    Patent number: 7430581
    Abstract: Systems and methods for wirelessly provisioning a mobile communication device are provided. To provision the mobile communication device to operate with an electronic messaging system, a provisioning request message may be generated at the mobile communication device. The provisioning request message may include a wireless identification for identifying the mobile communication device in a wireless network. The provisioning request message may be transmitted from the mobile communication device to the electronic messaging system using a pre-established communication link. In response to detecting the provisioning request message, the electronic messaging system may be provisioned by storing the wireless identification for use in communicating with the mobile communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: David P. Yach, Herbert A. Little
  • User hand detection for wireless devices
    Patent number: 7430439
    Abstract: A method for determining whether a wireless device is being held comprising: activating a vibration motor in the wireless device to vibrate the wireless device for a predetermined period; receiving at least one acceleration measurement from an accelerometer in the wireless device during the predetermined period; and, comparing the at least one acceleration measurement to at least one stored acceleration measurement, the at least one stored acceleration measurement corresponding to a held wireless device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason Griffin, Steven Fyke
  • Method and apparatus for dynamic session placeholder for message collection user interface
    Patent number: 7430409
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for representing a conversation of related messages is provided. In a message collection user interface for displaying messages sent and received by a communications device, a dynamic session placeholder is used for a respective conversation of related messages. The message collection user interface is displayed including any dynamic session placeholders in the list of messages. As messages from the conversation are occasioned, the dynamic session placeholder is updated. When the message collection is displayed, it is displayed in accordance with the updated session placeholder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Gerhard D. Klassen, Shaul Wisebourt
  • ANTENNA APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY, FOR A MULTI-BAND RADIO DEVICE
    Publication number: 20080231531
    Abstract: Antenna apparatus, and an associated methodology, for a multi-frequency-band-capable radio device, such as a quad-band mobile station. The antenna apparatus forms a hybrid strip antenna having a pair of resonant elements. A first resonant element forms a peripheral loop extending about the periphery of a substrate. A meander line extends along a portion of the peripheral loop. And, second resonant element is formed of an L-shaped strip. The peripheral loop is resonant at a set of frequencies, and the L-shaped strip is resonant at a single frequency. Through appropriate selection of the lengths of the resonant elements, the frequencies at which the elements are resonant are controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Dong Wang, Geyi Wen, Qinjiang Rao, Mark Pecen
  • SMART CARD SESSION OPTIMIZATION
    Publication number: 20080230609
    Abstract: A method is provided for facilitating communications between a computer device and a smart card reader having an associated smart card. The computer device includes a smart card resource manager and a smart card reader service, the smart card reader service acting as a relay for commands between the smart card resource manager and the smart card reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: RAVI SINGH, DINAH DAVIS, NEIL ADAMS
  • APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR PAGING AN ACCESS TERMINAL IN A RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING SEQUENTIALLY ASSIGNED QUICK PAGE IDENTIFIERS
    Publication number: 20080232289
    Abstract: An apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating paging of an access terminal. A hash function is performed at a network entity to form a hash value. The hash value is utilized to identify a paging packet that is to be populated with paging information. Once formed, the paging packet is sent as part of a superframe of packets. The access terminal also performs the hash function to determine to where to hash to search for the paging information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventor: WILLIAM DANIEL WILLEY