Patents Examined by Alexander Beck
  • Portable electronic device including touch-sensitive display and method of determining when to turn off the touch sensitive dispay
    Patent number: 9075475
    Abstract: A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display, adjusting a first threshold based on detected conditions during the touch, comparing a value related to the touch on the touch-sensitive display to the first threshold, and when the value related to touch meets the first threshold, turning off the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: David James Mak-Fan, Lawrence Edward Kuhl, Alon Shenfield, Thomas James Crugnale, Darcy Phipps