Patents by Inventor David Schifman

David Schifman 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).

  • Handheld electronic device including simplified enabling and disabling of short-range wireless communications element, and associated method
    Patent number: 8660493
    Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide a simplified mechanism for enabling and disabling a short-range wireless communications element used to create a connection to a short-range wireless network, such as a Bluetooth™ network. The method, implemented by the handheld electronic device, includes enabling the short-range wireless communications element, pairing the handheld electronic device with a second electronic device using the short-range wireless communications element, and providing a first icon on the handheld electronic device after pairing the handheld electronic device with the second electronic device. Thereafter, the method includes disabling the short-range wireless communications element and providing a second icon on the handheld electronic device whenever the first icon is activated, and enabling the short-range wireless communications element and providing the first icon on the handheld electronic device whenever the second icon is activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Douglas Bocking, Omar George Joseph Barake, David Schifman
  • Handheld electronic device including simplified enabling and disabling of short-range wireless communications element, and associated method
    Publication number: 20060058013
    Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide a simplified mechanism for enabling and disabling a short-range wireless communications element used to create a connection to a short-range wireless network, such as a Bluetooth™ network. The method, implemented by the handheld electronic device, includes enabling the short-range wireless communications element, pairing the handheld electronic device with a second electronic device using the short-range wireless communications element, and providing a first icon on the handheld electronic device after pairing the handheld electronic device with the second electronic device. Thereafter, the method includes disabling the short-range wireless communications element and providing a second icon on the handheld electronic device whenever the first icon is activated, and enabling the short-range wireless communications element and providing the first icon on the handheld electronic device whenever the second icon is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Andrew Bocking, Omar Barake, David Schifman