Patents by Inventor Di Tao

Di Tao 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).

  • Packaging Container
    Publication number: 20120091030
    Abstract: A packaging container for a device comprising an enclosure assembled from separable front and back transparent shells the assembled shells defining a cavity for housing the device. A transparent insert configured with outer edges for abutting at least three inner walls of the enclosure and having an aperture conformed to a silhouette of the device for engaging and retaining the device around its periphery and in a generally central position in the cavity so that at least a back, front, top and sides of the device may be directly viewed within the cavity without visual obstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Brian Dennis Paschke, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Kevin Roy Sugden, Di Tao
  • DESKTOP CHARGER FOR HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110279084
    Abstract: A charger device for use with a handheld communication device, the charger device comprises a cable, a connector element and a support element affixed to the connector element. The connector element includes a connector for engagement with a port of the handheld communication device. The support element is configured to support the handheld communication device in either one of a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation, when the connector is engaged with the port of the handheld communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Di Tao, Todd Andrew Wood
  • Touch display PDA phone with slide keypad
    Patent number: 7388578
    Abstract: A user interface for an electronic device is constructed having a touch sensitive screen which may be operated in multiple configurations. A shuttle keypad is slidably mounted on the device with general function keys and buttons for providing such operations as entering and cursor movements and soft keys programmed to a selected application. The configuration of the touch sensitive screen is changed in response to the position of the shuttle keypad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Di Tao
  • Touch display PDA phone with slide keypad
    Publication number: 20060005131
    Abstract: A user interface for an electronic device is constructed having a touch sensitive screen which may be operated in multiple configurations. A shuttle keypad is slidably mounted on the device with general function keys and buttons for providing such operations as entering and cursor movements and soft keys programmed to a selected application. The configuration of the touch sensitive screen is changed in response to the position of the shuttle keypad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventor: Di Tao
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D641356
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Marco Sixtus Ferrari, Todd Andrew Wood, Min Zhu, Di Tao
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D647899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Marco Sixtus Ferrari, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Di Tao, Min Zhu
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D647900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Marco Sixtus Ferrari, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Di Tao, Min Zhu
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D648704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Hofer, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Di Tao, Brian Dennis Paschke, Alina Claudia Oprea
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D648705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Hofer, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Di Tao, Brian Dennis Paschke, Alina Claudia Oprea
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D649969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Marco Sixtus Ferrari, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Di Tao, Min Zhu
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D652034
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Marco Sixtus Ferrari, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Di Tao, Min Zhu, Anders Fahrendorff
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D652035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Marco Sixtus Ferrari, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Di Tao, Min Zhu, Anders Fahrendorff
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D653233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Hofer, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Di Tao, Brian Dennis Paschke, Alina Claudia Oprea
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D653252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Marco Sixtus Ferrari, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Di Tao, Min Zhu, Anders Fahrendorff
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D657358
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Marco Sixtus Ferrari, Todd Andrew Wood, Ingve Holmung, Di Tao, Min Zhu, Anders Fahrendorff