Patents by Inventor Andrew Bocking

Andrew Bocking 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).

  • Patent number: 7812852
    Abstract: A method for viewing a full image of a server stored original attachment on a portable electronic device including: building a graph structure within the server representing a map of the original image, downloading and displaying a re-sized image from the server to the portable electronic device, the original image exceeding an image size limit of the portable electronic device indicative of screen size of the portable electronic device, dividing the original image into four individual quadrants and calculating width and height parameters of the four individual quadrants, sending a request from the portable electronic device to the server to enlarge the image displayed on the device based on the width and height parameters, the request including the image size limit, retrieving and traversing the graph structure within the server to locate a separate image component constructed for the image size limit, collecting image binary data from the separate image component and modifying the image binary data based on
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Olav A. Sylthe, Andrew Bocking, Dan Dumitru
  • Publication number: 20100241970
    Abstract: A method of composing an email message at an electronic device and an electronic device operable to carry out the method are provided. The method includes receiving an email command from a user input of the electronic device through a calendar user interface, the email command relating to at least one of a plurality of intended attendees of a calendared meeting, and providing an email composition interface in response to receiving the email command. The email composition interface includes a user-editable portion of an address field. The user-editable portion of the address field is automatically populated with email address information for the at least one of the plurality of intended attendees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Darrell R. MAY, Atif KHAN, Andrew BOCKING
  • Publication number: 20100235753
    Abstract: A method for viewing a full image of a server stored original attachment on a portable electronic device including: building a graph structure within the server representing a map of the original image, downloading and displaying a re-sized image from the server to the portable electronic device, the original image exceeding an image size limit of the portable electronic device indicative of screen size of the portable electronic device, calculating width and height parameters of the full image, sending a request from the portable electronic device to the server to enlarge the image displayed on the device based on the width and height parameters, the request including the image size limit, retrieving and traversing the graph structure within the server to locate a separate image component constructed for the image size limit, collecting image binary data from the separate image component and modifying the image binary data based on the width and height parameters to create the full image of the original imag
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Olav A. Sylthe, Dan Dumitru, Andrew Bocking
  • Patent number: 7770118
    Abstract: System and method that provides audible feedback through a speaker of a handheld electronic device having a full alphabetic keyboard upon actuation of a navigation tool. The audible feedback produced by the speaker is capable of being modified based upon the location, speed, and other characteristics of the movement of a cursor on the display of a handheld electronic device. The sound produced by the speaker can originate from an audio file stored or otherwise available on the handheld electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Lee, Andrew Bocking, David Mak-Fan, Steven Fyke, Matthew Bells
  • Publication number: 20100156865
    Abstract: A method is set forth for automatically adjusting screen and keypad brightness on a mobile electronic device having a light sensor, display screen and keypad, for optimum legibility under varying lighting conditions, with minimal eye strain and distraction. The method includes obtaining light level samples from the light sensor, and independently adjusting backlight intensity of the display screen and keypad responsive to the light level samples. Preferably, correct screen and keypad adjustments are made responsive to pulling the handheld device out of its holster notwithstanding non-optimal ambient light detection while the device is being removed from the holster. According to another aspect, the described method allows for ambient light detection in a handheld device where the light sensor and a message notification indicator share a common light pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Conrad Aleksander KREEK, Jerry Mailloux, Ahmed Hashi, James Robinson, Ken Wu, Robert J. Lowles, Andrew Bocking, Dale Brubacher-Cressman, Bruce Winter
  • Patent number: 7733356
    Abstract: A method for viewing a full image of a server stored original attachment on a portable electronic device including: building a graph structure within the server representing a map of the original image, downloading and displaying a re-sized image from the server to the portable electronic device, the original image exceeding an image size limit of the portable electronic device indicative of screen size of the portable electronic device, calculating width and height parameters of the full image, sending a request from the portable electronic device to the server to enlarge the image displayed on the device based on the width and height parameters, the request including the image size limit, retrieving and traversing the graph structure within the server to locate a separate image component constructed for the image size limit, collecting image binary data from the separate image component and modifying the image binary data based on the width and height parameters to create the full image of the original imag
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Olav A. Sylthe, Dan Dumitru, Andrew Bocking
  • Patent number: 7730404
    Abstract: A method of composing an email message at an electronic device and an electronic device operable to carry out the method are provided. The method includes receiving an email command from a user input of the electronic device through a calendar user interface, the email command relating to at least one of a plurality of intended attendees of a calendared meeting, and providing an email composition interface in response to receiving the email command. The email composition interface includes a user-editable portion of an address field. The user-editable portion of the address field is automatically populated with email address information for the at least one of the plurality of intended attendees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Darrell R. May, Atif Khan, Andrew Bocking
  • Publication number: 20100100754
    Abstract: A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes receiving a power-down command, determining an automatic power-up date and time based on an earliest one of a next preset power-up and a next time-dependent event reminder, entering a power-down state, monitoring a date and time, and automatically powering up at the automatic power-up date and time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Darrell R. MAY, Tony BURNS, Andrew BOCKING
  • Patent number: 7701434
    Abstract: A method is set forth for automatically adjusting screen and keypad brightness on a mobile electronic device having a light sensor, display screen and keypad, for optimum legibility under varying lighting conditions, with minimal eye strain and distraction to the user. The method includes obtaining light level samples from the light sensor, and independently adjusting backlight intensity of the display screen and keypad responsive to the light level samples. Preferably, correct screen and keypad adjustments are made responsive to the user pulling his or her handheld device out of its holster notwithstanding non-optimal ambient light detection while the device is being removed from the holster. According to another aspect, the described method allows for ambient light detection in a handheld device where the light sensor and a message notification indicator share a common light pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Conrad Aleksander Kreek, Jerry Mailloux, Ahmed Hashi, James Robinson, Ken Wu, Robert J. Lowles, Andrew Bocking, Dale Brubacher-Cressman, Bruce Winter
  • Publication number: 20100064019
    Abstract: A method for viewing an attachment of an email message on a portable electronic device in which the attachment has a renderable format is provided. The method includes: requesting to view the attachment in an attachment viewer of the portable electronic device, building a graph structure within an attachment server representing a map of the attachment, the graph structure including at least one renderable identifier corresponding to a page of the attachment, requesting rendering of the attachment, the rendering request being send from the attachment viewer to the attachment server and including the at least one renderable identifier, initializing a rendering library and storing rendering commands -corresponding to command types of the graph structure in the rendering library, drawing the rendering commands in an off-screen bitmap, saving the off-screen bitmap as a JPEG file, sending the JPEG file to the portable electronic device and displaying the JPEG file in the attachment viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Olav A. Sylthe, Dan Dumitru, Andrew Bocking, Eshwar Stalin
  • Patent number: 7661004
    Abstract: A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes receiving a power-down command, determining an automatic power-up date and time based on an earliest one of a next preset power-up and a next time-dependent event reminder, entering a power-down state, monitoring a date and time, and automatically powering up at the automatic power-up date and time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Darrell R. May, Tony Burns, Andrew Bocking
  • Patent number: 7649477
    Abstract: A handheld electronic device useful for wireless communication has a keyboard including a plurality of externally accessible keys, of which at least a portion have multiple letters associated therewith. The keys can be disabled (i.e. the keyboard can be locked) to prevent accidental actuation thereof by using the navigation tool which has a depressible rolling member. Thus, for example, depression of the rolling member twice in succession or pressing and holding the rolling member down temporarily enables the keyboard lock. The lock can be disabled simply by depressing the rolling member and at least one other key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Lee, Andrew Bocking, Jason T. Griffin, Steven Fyke
  • Patent number: 7640311
    Abstract: A method for viewing an attachment of an email message on a portable electronic device in which the attachment has a renderable format is provided. The method includes: requesting to view the attachment in an attachment viewer of the portable electronic device, building a graph structure within an attachment server representing a map of the attachment, the graph structure including at least one renderable identifier corresponding to a page of the attachment, requesting rendering of the attachment, the rendering request being send from the attachment viewer to the attachment server and including the at least one renderable identifier, initializing a rendering library and storing rendering commands corresponding to command types of the graph structure in the rendering library, drawing the rendering commands in an off-screen bitmap, saving the off-screen bitmap as a JPEG file, sending the JPEG file to the portable electronic device and displaying the JPEG file in the attachment viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Olav A. Sylthe, Dan Dumitru, Eshwar Stalin, Andrew Bocking
  • Publication number: 20090319711
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a system and method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device. The method comprises: after a triggering event, receiving from a network a data transmission at the device, the data transmission containing access information relating to a resource in a library that is in a remote server from the device, the resource relating to an application operating on the device; extracting the access information from the data transmission at the device; presenting the access information for the resource in a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of the device; and after a selection event is initiated on the device for the resource, initiating a second data transmission containing a copy of the resource to the device and integrating the resource into the application as an output generated by the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Michael KNOWLES, Robert EDWARDS, Andrew Bocking, Tatiana Kalougina
  • Patent number: 7633412
    Abstract: A handheld electronic device useful for wireless communication has a keyboard including a plurality of externally accessible keys and each key has at most, one letter associated therewith. The keys can be disabled (i.e. the keyboard can be locked) to prevent accidental actuation thereof by using the navigation tool which has a depressible rolling member. Thus, for example, depression of the rolling member twice in succession or pressing and holding the rolling member down temporarily enables the keyboard lock. The lock can be disabled simply by depressing the rolling member and at least one other key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Lee, Andrew Bocking, Jason T. Griffin, Steven Fyke
  • Patent number: 7600064
    Abstract: The invention provides a system and method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device. The method comprises the steps of: (a) maintaining a library of resources at a remote server from the device; (b) after a triggering event, providing a data transmission to the device, the data transmission containing access information for the library that can be extracted by the device and used to access the library; and (c) after a selection event initiated on the device for a specific resource from the library, providing a second data transmission to the device, the second data transmission containing a copy of the specific resource. The system provides a server, a resource, a device and a communication link incorporating the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Michael Knowles, Robert Edwards, Andrew Bocking, Tatiana Kalougina
  • Publication number: 20090217201
    Abstract: A computer implemented method of presenting booked time slots and free time slots in a calendar application user interface is provided. The method comprises the steps of presenting a compact view showing only booked time slots; and expanding a time block selected from the compact view in response to input to present a detailed view of the time block in the context of the compact view. The detailed view is defined to show booked time slots and free time slots of the time block. The method may also comprise collapsing the time block to remove the detailed view from the compact view. A handheld device and a computer program product are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventors: Andrew BOCKING, Mihal Lazaridis, Michael Patrick McAndrews
  • Publication number: 20090207190
    Abstract: A method for viewing a full image of a server stored original attachment on a portable electronic device including: building a graph structure within the server representing a map of the original image, downloading and displaying a re-sized image from the server to the portable electronic device, the original image exceeding an image size limit of the portable electronic device indicative of screen size of the portable electronic device, calculating width and height parameters of the full image, sending a request from the portable electronic device to the server to enlarge the image displayed on the device based on the width and height parameters, the request including the image size limit, retrieving and traversing the graph structure within the server to locate a separate image component constructed for the image size limit, collecting image binary data from the separate image component and modifying the image binary data based on the width and height parameters to create the full image of the original imag
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Olav A. Sylthe, Dan Dumitru, Andrew Bocking
  • Patent number: 7552142
    Abstract: Method an arrangement for affecting diagonal movement of a cursor 171 on the display screen 322 of a handheld communication device 300 having a reduced alphabetic keyboard. The method includes sensing movement at an auxiliary user input 328 of the handheld communication device 300 indicative of the user's desire to affect diagonal movement of the cursor 171 on the display screen 322 of the handheld communication device 300. X-direction signals and Y-direction signals are produced based on the sensed movement at the auxiliary user input 328. During that time while the necessary signals are being collected and processed, the cursor 171 is held steady on the display screen 322 until a predetermined criterion is met for discriminating whether the user has indicated x-direction cursor movement, y-direction cursor movement or diagonal cursor movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Matthew Lee, Andrew Bocking, David Mak-Fan, Steven Fyke, Matthew Bells
  • Patent number: 7511723
    Abstract: A method for viewing a full image of a server stored original attachment on a portable electronic device including: building a graph structure within the server representing a map of the original image, downloading and displaying a re-sized image from the server to the portable electronic device, the original image exceeding an image size limit of the portable electronic device indicative of screen size of the portable electronic device, calculating width and height parameters of the full image, sending a request from the portable electronic device to the server to enlarge the image displayed on the device based on the width and height parameters, the request including the image size limit, retrieving and traversing the graph structure within the server to locate a separate image component constructed for the image size limit, collecting image binary data from the separate image component and modifying the image binary data based on the width and height parameters to create the full image of the original imag
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignees: Research In Motion Limited, Arizan Corporation
    Inventors: Olav A. Sylthe, Dan Dumitru, Andrew Bocking