Patents by Inventor Daniel Thomas Dodge

Daniel Thomas Dodge 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).

  • Portable electronic device and method of controlling same
    Patent number: 9218125
    Abstract: A method includes displaying information associated with a first application on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display and determining touch attributes, determining when the touch is a first gesture type based on the touch attributes, and when the touch is determined to be the first gesture type, forwarding information related to the touch to a second application, otherwise forwarding the information related to the touch to the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, 2236008 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Mihal Lazaridis, Daniel Thomas Dodge, Donald James Lindsay
  • Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same
    Publication number: 20120127098
    Abstract: A method includes displaying information associated with a first application on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display and determining touch attributes, determining when the touch is a first gesture type based on the touch attributes, and when the touch is determined to be the first gesture type, forwarding information related to the touch to a second application, otherwise forwarding the information related to the touch to the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicants: QNX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS LIMITED, RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mihal Lazaridis, Daniel Thomas Dodge, Donald James Lindsay