Patents by Inventor Jason T. Griffin

Jason T. Griffin 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 FOLDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100232102
    Abstract: A portable folding electronic device has a base with a longer length dimension and a shorter width dimension and a user interface on one surface. The user interface may be oriented for use when the base has a portrait orientation. The device also has a screen unit with a longer length dimension and a shorter width dimension and a screen on one surface. A linkage connects the base to the screen unit. The linkage provides at least two degrees of freedom between the base and the screen unit such that the screen unit may be moved to a first position folded onto the base, with the length dimension of said screen unit aligned with the length dimension of the base, and to a second position tilted with respect to the base, with the length dimension of the screen unit aligned with the width dimension of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: David Ryan Walker, Norman Ladouceur, Jason T. Griffin
  • ADAPTIVE PEDESTRIAN BILLBOARD SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20100219973
    Abstract: An adaptive pedestrian billboard system may include a display for passing pedestrian traffic, and a memory for storing a plurality of notifications having different visual feature detail levels. The system may further include a controller configured to cooperate with the display and the memory for determining a density of the passing pedestrian traffic, select notifications from the memory based upon the density of the passing pedestrian traffic so that notifications for higher density passing pedestrian traffic have lower visual feature detail levels and so that notifications for lower density passing pedestrian traffic have higher visual feature detail levels, and display the selected notifications on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott
  • HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HINGE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20100220442
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for a handheld electronic device is provided. The hinge assembly includes a housing having a first portion and a second portion. The hinge assembly comprises a primary member structured to hingedly couple the first portion to the second portion and a secondary member coupled to, and generally pivotable about, the primary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventor: Jason T. Griffin
  • COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE ADVERTISEMENTS BASED UPON ACTIVITY HISTORY AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20100223135
    Abstract: A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device and an advertising server cooperating with the at least one mobile wireless communications device via a wireless communications network. The advertising server may be for generating an activity history for the at least one wireless communications device including geographical positions at corresponding times of day, and selectively sending advertisements to the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the activity history and a given time of day.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Gerhard Dietrich Klassen, Scott Reeve, Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott
  • COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING NOTIFICATION EFFECTIVENESS RANKING FOR A NOTIFICATION DISPLAY AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20100222032
    Abstract: A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device including an input device and a processor cooperating therewith and configured to receive input data corresponding to a notification display. The system may further include a notification server configured to determine when the at least one mobile wireless communications device enters within a threshold exposure distance of the notification display, and increase a notification effectiveness ranking for the notification display based upon a determination that the mobile wireless communications device entered within the threshold exposure distance, and based upon the processor receiving the input data corresponding to the notification display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Scott Reeve
  • ADAPTIVE ROADSIDE BILLBOARD SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20100223112
    Abstract: An adaptive roadside billboard system which may include a roadside display for passing vehicle traffic, and a memory for storing a plurality of notifications having different visual feature detail levels. Furthermore, a controller may be configured to cooperate with the roadside display and the memory to determine a rate of the passing vehicle traffic, select notifications from the memory based upon the rate of passing vehicle traffic so that notifications for faster passing vehicle traffic have lower visual feature detail levels and so that notifications for slower passing vehicle traffic have higher visual feature detail levels, and display the selected notifications on the roadside display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott
  • COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE NOTIFICATION BASED UPON PERSONAL INTEREST INFORMATION AND CALENDAR EVENTS
    Publication number: 20100222033
    Abstract: A communications system may include at least one mobile wireless communications device for storing personal interest information for respective contacts and for storing calendar event data. The system may further include a notification server communicating with the at least one mobile wireless communications device via a wireless communications network and configured to access the personal interest information and calendar event data from the at least one mobile wireless communications device, and send notifications to the at least one mobile wireless communications device based upon the personal interest information and the calendar event data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Jason T. Griffin, Mark Church, Scott Reeve, Michael K. Brown
  • COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE PREDICTED SEARCH QUERY TERMS BASED UPON GROUPS OF RELATED ADVERTISING TERMS
    Publication number: 20100223133
    Abstract: A communications system may include an advertising server for providing at least one group of related advertising terms, and a mobile wireless communications device comprising a display, a user input device, and a processor coupled to the display and the user input device. The processor may be configured to display a user search interface on the display, receive entry of search query characters, and match the entered search query characters to identify at least one predicted search query term. Moreover, if the at least one predicted search query term is among the at least one group of related advertising terms, then the processor may cause the display to display at least one other of the group that would otherwise not match the entered search query character data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Jason T. Griffin, Scott Reeve, Gerhard Dietrich Klassen
  • SYSTEM FOR OPENING AND CLOSING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100210326
    Abstract: A wireless handheld device comprises a lower casing having a bottom end and a top end and a lid having a bottom end and a top end. The top end of the lid is rotatably coupled to the top end of the lower casing with at least one hinge component such that the handheld device is rotatable from a closed position to an open position and from an open position to a closed position. The lid and the lower casing have adjacent facing surfaces when in the closed position. When the wireless handheld device is in the closed position, at least the bottom end of the lid is displaceable relative to the lower casing generally in an axial direction of the hinge component such that the facing surfaces become misaligned for easy grasping of the lower casing and the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2009
    Publication date: August 19, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Norman M. LADOUCEUR, Jason T. GRIFFIN
  • METHOD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING AND SELECTING DIACRITICS
    Publication number: 20100180235
    Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a keypad having a plurality of keys and a selection member; a display component; and a processor cooperating with the keypad and the display component to provide a display at the display component. The display includes a first representation of a plurality of the keys, and at least one of: (a) a second representation of an activated one of the input members, (b) a third representation including a plurality of diacritics disposed about an activated one of the input members, and (c) a fourth representation including a plurality of diacritics disposed about an activated one of the input members, and a direction of selection between the activated one of the input members and one of the diacritics. The processor cooperates with the selection member to adjust the direction of selection, and select one of the diacritics for display by the display component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Michael Langlois, John Jong-Suk Lee, Alen Mujkic, Andrew D. Bocking, Parul Nanda
  • DUAL-MODE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100164872
    Abstract: A dual-mode mobile communication device is provided including a device housing having a front surface, a rear surface and a plurality of side surfaces coupling the front surface to the rear surface. The dual-mode device includes a transceiver for sending and receiving voice and data communications is integrated into the device housing, a display, mounted within the front surface of the device housing, for displaying information to a user of the device regarding voice and data communications, a QWERTY keyboard mounted below the display and within the front surface of the device housing, for generating data communications, and a microphone and a speaker for generating voice communications, wherein the microphone is mounted below the display within the front surface of the device housing and the speaker is mounted above the display within the front surface of the device housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: JASON T. GRIFFIN, MIHAL LAZARIDIS
  • HANDHELD MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH MOVEABLE DISPLAY/COVER MEMBER
    Publication number: 20100160010
    Abstract: Handheld mobile communication devices according to the disclosure have a closed position, in which the display member of the device covers at least a portion of the keys of on the keypad member of the device, and an open position, in which the keys are accessible and the device is operated. When the display member is in the open position, it forms an ergonomically desirable angle (e.g., on the order of about 155°) relative to the keypad member. However, unlike clamshell-type cellular phones, the display member does not simply flip open about a conventional pivot joint. Rather, it moves from the closed position, where it is parallel and adjacent to the keypad member, to the open, angled position through a sliding/sweeping motion; through an eccentric, “up-and-over” rotational motion; or through a combination sliding/“up-and-over” motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Norman M. Ladouceur, Jason T. Griffin
  • Systems and Methods of Building and Using Custom Word Lists
    Publication number: 20100161318
    Abstract: Standard word lists that are often used for such operations as predictive text, spell checking, and word completion are based on general linguistic data that might not accurately reflect actual text usage patterns of particular users. Systems and methods of building and using a custom word list for use in text operations on an electronic device are provided. A collection of text items associated with a user of the electronic device is scanned to identify words in the text items. A weighting is then assigned to each identified word, and the words and corresponding weightings are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert J. Lowles, Jason T. Griffin, Michael S. Brown
  • STROKE BASED INPUT SYSTEM FOR CHARACTER INPUT
    Publication number: 20100141584
    Abstract: An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, preferably a trackball, an output apparatus, namely a display, and a processor apparatus. The processor apparatus is structured to execute a number of routines including a stroke-based input user interface routine. The stroke-based input user interface routine is structured to present a user interface on the display. The user interface includes an active portion, a filter portion and an output portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Research in Motion
    Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Timothy Koo
  • OPTIMIZED KEYBOARD FOR HANDHELD THUMB-TYPING AND TOUCH-TYPING
    Publication number: 20100141484
    Abstract: A keyboard optimized for handheld thumb-typing and conventional desktop touch-typing includes a reduced key keyboard having a plurality of keys each having at least an alphabetic character, a numeral, or a command indicia. The keyboard has a width greater than about 100 millimeters and less than about 160 millimeters, and each key has a width that is approximately 10 millimeters to 16 millimeters. The alphabetic keys are arranged such that when a user cradles the device in his/her hands he/she can actuate a first subset of the keys on the left of a vertical center line with his/her left thumb and can actuate a second subset of the keys on the right side of the vertical centerline with his/her right thumb. The keys are also positioned such that when the user places the device on a desktop surface, the user can type on the keyboard by conventional finger touch-typing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Norman M. Ladouceur, Roman P. Rak, Steven Fyke
  • Mobile device keyboard having three-direction keys
    Patent number: 7733330
    Abstract: A keyboard for a mobile device is provided that includes a plurality of three-direction keys. The three-direction keys may include three protruding portions that each correspond to at least one character of the keyboard. At least one of the three-direction keys may be inverted with respect to other ones of the three-direction keys. The three-direction keys may be positioned on the mobile device to provide characters in at least three rows the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Roman Peter Rak, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D617794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Roman P. Rak, Jason T. Griffin, Kwok Ching Leung
  • Hand-held electronic device
    Patent number: D618235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Roman Rak, Todd Wood, Kwok Ching Leung, Jason T. Griffin
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D620005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Roman P. Rak, Jason T. Griffin, Kwok Chris Leung
  • Hand-held electronic device
    Patent number: D622727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Roman Rak, Todd Wood, Kwok Ching Leung, Jason T. Griffin