Patents Assigned to IN&MOTION
  • Publication number: 20080046527
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a computer-accessible medium having instructions which, when executed on a computer, effectuate redirection of messages between a mail system and a mobile communications device. The computer-accessible medium comprises: program code for determining occurrence of a trigger event configured to control redirection of messages at the mail system with respect to a user; program code for automatically detecting arrival of a new message at the mail system, the new message being addressed to the user; and program code for causing to package an instance of the new message for transmission to the mobile communications device associated with the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mihal Lazaridis, Gary Mousseau
  • Publication number: 20080045216
    Abstract: A scheme for redirecting e-mail messages and message attachments from a mail system to a mobile data communication device. In one embodiment, a method comprises one or more of the following: automatically detecting a data item including an e-mail message and a message attachment by a redirector component associated with the mail system; processing the data item for sending a first portion of the data item to the mobile data communication device via a wireless network; receiving a command message from the mobile data communication device at the redirector component requesting more of the data item; and sending a second portion of the data item including the message attachment to the mobile data communication device via the wireless network in response to the command message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: GARY MOUSSEAU, MIHAL LAZARIDIS
  • Publication number: 20080046535
    Abstract: A scheme for redirecting messages from a messaging system to a mobile communication device associated with a user having a mail address at the messaging system. An embodiment comprises one or more of the following: maintaining a folder list at the messaging system for incoming messages addressed to the user's mail address; upon receiving an automatically generated notification indicative of arrival a new incoming message for the user, determining if the new message is in the folder list; and upon determining that the new message is in the folder list, processing at least a portion of an instance of the new message for transmission to the user's mobile communication device over a wireless network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Gary Mousseau, Tabitha Ferguson, Barry Linkert, Raymond Veen, David Castell, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20080046528
    Abstract: A message redirection scheme, comprising: receiving a notification that a message is available for redirection, the message comprising an e-mail originated from a user's mobile data communication device; obtaining a user ID related to the message and retrieving a user record based on the user ID; obtaining a site ID related to a messaging host system associated with the user and obtaining a site information record based on the site ID; if the site information record has a blank domain name, using an address found in the user record as an e-mail address; and if the site information record a populated domain name, then using a juxtaposition of a user name and a domain name as the e-mail address for transmitting the message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Barry Gilhuly, Anh Van, Steven Rahn, Gary Mousseau, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Publication number: 20080046886
    Abstract: A compiled application may be audited by analyzing the compiled application to identify methods that may be called during execution of the compiled application. The identified methods may be correlated with controllable activities, i.e., those activities facilitated by public APIs. An audit report may be used to report to a user or administrator indications that the compiled application may attempt certain activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael K. Brown, Michael G. Kirkup, Herbert A. Little
  • Patent number: 7333084
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device has a thumbwheel subassembly having measurable rotatable and depressible input movements, for example, rolling the thumbwheel up, rolling the thumbwheel down and pushing the thumbwheel inwards. Pushing the thumbwheel with a measurable component of downward force may result in inadvertent rolling of the thumbwheel down. Software or hardware may be used to cancel the inadvertent rolling of the thumbwheel down when the timing of the push and the roll are too close. The thumbwheel assembly may be oriented in the device so that the direction of depressible input movement of the thumbwheel is substantially aligned with the direction of the push by a user's thumb or finger that includes a measurable component of downward force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Jason T. Griffin
  • Patent number: 7333820
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system and method for providing real-time position information of one party to another party by utilizing a conventional telecommunication network system such as the convention telephone network, a mobile telecommunications network, a computer network, or the Internet. More specifically, the preferred embodiments of the present invention allow a caller and a receiver of a telephone call to provide to and receive from each other position information related to the caller and/or receiver's physical location, including address information, GPS coordinates, nearby fixed locations such as a parking structure, etc. Additionally, the preferred embodiments of the present invention allow a caller and receiver to retrieve routing instructions or maps for traveling to or from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Networks In Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Sheha, Stephen Petilli, Angie Sheha
  • Patent number: 7333821
    Abstract: In one illustrative example, a mobile communication device has a wireless transceiver; an antenna coupled to the wireless transceiver; one or more processors coupled to the wireless transceiver; and a power source interface which is adapted to connect with a power source for supplying electrical power to the mobile device. The one or more processors are operative to monitor a quick paging channel of a wireless communication network with use of the wireless transceiver; identify whether a predetermined power source is connected to the power source interface; cause an indication to terminate use of the quick paging channel to be transmitted with the wireless transceiver to the wireless network based on identifying that the predetermined power source is connected to the power source interface; and refrain from monitoring the quick paging channel with the wireless transceiver after sending the indication to the wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: William Daniel Willey
  • Patent number: 7333811
    Abstract: A method and apparatus utilizing historical network information for mitigating excessive network updates when performing channel selection between a serving base transceiver station and an adjacent base transceiver station when determined channel selection would result in either a Location Area Update (LAU) or a Routing Area Update (RAU) is presented. If a network update, either LAU or RAU, is the first occurrence, network identification information for the LA or RA is stored and an incremental value indicating occurrence is set; else in the case occurrence is not the first, the incremental value is incremented. A first margin value is then selected if the incremented value does not meet or exceed a predetermined value, or a second margin value is selected if the incremented value does meet or exceed a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Xin Liu
  • Patent number: 7334085
    Abstract: A method for memory management in an electronic device includes receiving partial content data records at the electronic device, storing the partial content data records in a memory of the electronic device, receiving a full content data record corresponding to one of the partial content data records, determining whether or not sufficient memory is available in the memory of the electronic device to store the full content data record and, if so, writing the full content data record over the corresponding partial content data record stored in the memory; and repeating the receiving and determining until either: full content data records corresponding to each of the partial content data records are received; or a low memory condition is determined in the memory. The partial content data records include key fields of data sufficient for uniquely identifying corresponding full content data records at a second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Piotr K. Tysowski, Michael T. Hardy
  • Patent number: 7333085
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Vadim Fux, Michael G. Elizarov, Sergey V. Kolomiets
  • Publication number: 20080037722
    Abstract: To reduce the communications in an IM conversation between two devices, two or more IM events of the conversation at the first device are confirmed by sending to the second device a single IM communication that confirms the most recent of the events. In order that the user of the second device not experience undue delay in receiving the confirmation, the method may be applied where the time interval between any two consecutive ones of the events is less than a predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventor: Gerhard Dietrich Klassen
  • Publication number: 20080040486
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for use in provisioning mobile communication devices in wireless local area networks (WLANs) are described. In one illustrative example, a mobile communication device associates with a wireless access point of a provisioning virtual local area network (VLAN) of the network with use of a provisioning network identifier (“provisioning ESSID”). After associating with the wireless access point of the provisioning VLAN, a primary network identifier (“primary ESSID”) associated with a primary VLAN of the network is received from the WLAN in a provisioning procedure and stored in memory of the mobile device after authentication. For subsequent communications with the WLAN, the mobile device associates with a wireless access point of the primary VLAN of the network with use of the primary network identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Vytautas Robertas Kezys, Thomas Charles Nagy
  • Publication number: 20080036778
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for sending and retrieving location relevant information to a user by selecting and designating a point of interest that is displayed on a graphical user interface and sending the location information associated with that point of interest to a receiver that is also selected using the graphical user interface. The location relevant information may also include mapped routes, waypoints, geo-fenced areas, moving vehicles etc. Updated location relevant information may also be continuously sent to the user while generating updated mapping information on the graphical user interface. The present invention may be practiced by using communication devices such as a personal computer, a personal digital assistance, in-vehicle navigation systems, or a mobile telephone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Applicant: NETWORKS IN MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Sheha, Angie Sheha, Stephen Petilli
  • Publication number: 20080032735
    Abstract: Cell selection apparatus, and an associated methodology, for a radio communication system. Cell selection is made in a manner to distribute loading amongst cells of a radio communication system. Determinations are made of available cells, that is, cells whose base transceiver stations broadcast signals of characteristics at least as good as a selected threshold. Selection of a cell is made from amongst the available cells. The selection is made in a random manner to facilitate thereby distribution of communication loading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventor: Mark Pecen
  • Publication number: 20080030479
    Abstract: A touchscreen liquid crystal display, method for using a liquid crystal display as a user input, and a mobile electronic device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Lowles, James Robinson, Ken Wu
  • Publication number: 20080034063
    Abstract: Embodiments are described herein relating to various components and methods that can be used to retrieve linked attachment documents that are indicated in a message received on a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2006
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventor: Robert Yee
  • Publication number: 20080030411
    Abstract: A multiple-band antenna having first and second operating frequency bands is provided. The antenna includes a first patch structure associated primarily with the first operating frequency band, a second patch structure electrically coupled to the first patch structure and associated primarily with the second operating frequency band, a first slot structure disposed between a first portion of the first patch structure and the second patch structure and associated primarily with the first operating frequency band, and a second slot structure disposed between a second portion of the first patch structure and the second patch structure and associated primarily with the second operating frequency band. A mounting structure for the multiple-band antenna is also provided. The mounting structure includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to and overlapping the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Geyi Wen, Perry Jarmuszewski, Adam Stevenson
  • Patent number: D561764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason T Griffin, Norman Ladouceur, Joseph Hofer
  • Patent number: D562332
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Roman P. Rak, Jason T. Griffin