Patents by Inventor Eric Mah

Eric Mah 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).

  • Multi-directional navigation between focus points on a display
    Patent number: 8581843
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for navigating between different focus points displayed on an electronic device, comprising, for each of said different focus points, maintaining a list of any adjacent ones of said focus points to which focus can move in each direction responsive to a navigation event in said direction, for each said list having only one adjacent focus point moving focus to said one adjacent focus point responsive to said navigation event, and for each said list having more than one adjacent focus point accessing a memory setting and moving focus to a predetermined one of said adjacent focus points responsive to said navigation event in accordance with said memory setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Dale Billard, Eric Mah
  • MULTI-DIRECTIONAL NAVIGATION BETWEEN FOCUS POINTS ON A DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20120188165
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for navigating between different focus points displayed on an electronic device, comprising, for each of said different focus points, maintaining a list of any adjacent ones of said focus points to which focus can move in each direction responsive to a navigation event in said direction, for each said list having only one adjacent focus point moving focus to said one adjacent focus point responsive to said navigation event, and for each said list having more than one adjacent focus point accessing a memory setting and moving focus to a predetermined one of said adjacent focus points responsive to said navigation event in accordance with said memory setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Dale Billard, Eric Mah
  • Multi-directional navigation between focus points on a display
    Patent number: 8174498
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for navigating between different focus points displayed on an electronic device, comprising, for each of said different focus points, maintaining a list of any adjacent ones of said focus points to which focus can move in each direction responsive to a navigation event in said direction, for each said list having only one adjacent focus point moving focus to said one adjacent focus point responsive to said navigation event, and for each said list having more than one adjacent focus point accessing a memory setting and moving focus to a predetermined one of said adjacent focus points responsive to said navigation event in accordance with said memory setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Dale Billard, Eric Mah
  • MULTI-DIRECTIONAL NAVIGATION BETWEEN FOCUS POINTS ON A DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20100097319
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for navigating between different focus points displayed on an electronic device, comprising, for each of said different focus points, maintaining a list of any adjacent ones of said focus points to which focus can move in each direction responsive to a navigation event in said direction, for each said list having only one adjacent focus point moving focus to said one adjacent focus point responsive to said navigation event, and for each said list having more than one adjacent focus point accessing a memory setting and moving focus to a predetermined one of said adjacent focus points responsive to said navigation event in accordance with said memory setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Dale Billard, Eric Mah
  • Method and system for applying metadata to data sets of file objects
    Publication number: 20100083173
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the methods and systems for developing, specifying, and assigning descriptive information relating to the contents of a file (i.e., metadata). User interface controls on a computer screen implement a dynamically changing display which responds to user input by presenting new categories of choices. Additional controls allow optimization of the process of specifying and assigning descriptive metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen R. GERMANN, Ryan C. GERMANN, Steven COOPER, Eric MAH