Patents by Inventor Jason Tyler Griffin

Jason Tyler 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 electronic device and method of controlling same
    Patent number: 8599130
    Abstract: A method includes rendering selectable features on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a touch on the touch-sensitive display, identifying a first feature of the selectable features based on the touch, wherein the first feature is located in a first area of the touch-sensitive display, and expanding a target area of at least one of the selectable features in the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Jason Tyler Griffin
  • LOCATION OF A TOUCH-SENSITIVE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130318474
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display at a location not associated with a control, displaying, in association with the location, a displayed control, and activating the displayed control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Todd Andrew WOOD
  • NON-VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF A CURRENT GAUGE VALUE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON A CONTINUUM
    Publication number: 20130303191
    Abstract: A quantity that falls within a defined continuum defined by first and second end points of a gauge is communicated. Non-visual notifications indicate where on the continuum a current gauge value associated with a function of an electronic device resides relative to at least one end point of the first and second end points of the continuum. The non-visual notifications include a non-visual notification of the at least one end point of the continuum and a non-visual notification of the current gauge value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerome Pasquero, Norman Miner Ladouceur, Steven Henry Fyke, Jason Tyler Griffin
  • TOUCH SCREEN PALM INPUT REJECTION
    Publication number: 20130300672
    Abstract: Palm input rejection on a touch screen of an electronic device is provided by selecting a rejection region of the touch screen dependent upon the orientation of a pointing device. A predicted palm position relative to the touch screen is predicted and touch-input functionality of a rejection region of the touch screen is disabled, with the rejection region selected dependent upon the predicted palm position and the predicted palm position based on an orientation of a pointing device. The orientation of the pointing device may be determined, for example, from the handedness of a user or from an orientation detector of a stylus pointing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventor: Jason Tyler Griffin
  • DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INFORMING USERS OF FUNCTIONS AND CHARACTERS ASSOCIATED WITH TELEPHONE KEYS
    Publication number: 20130305179
    Abstract: System and method for informing a user of functions or characters associated with keys on a mobile communications device includes a keyboard operable to input dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) codes and a display screen operable to display information. The display screen is also operable to display a virtual representation of at least a portion of the keyboard. The virtual representation includes help information on one or more virtually represented keys of the keyboard. This help information informs a user of an associated telephone function or character of one or more keys that are virtually represented on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Jason Tyler GRIFFIN
  • MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE PROVIDED ENHANCED SWITCHING BETWEEN ACTIVE AND POWER SAVING NEARFIELD COMMUNICATIONS (NFC) MODES AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20130295842
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing and a near-field communication (NFC) circuit carried by the portable housing and being switchable between first NFC mode and a second NFC mode. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a processor carried by the portable housing and coupled to the NFC circuit and configured to switch the NFC circuit between the first NFC mode and the second NFC mode at a first frequency based upon a first triggering event, and switch the NFC circuit between the first NFC mode and the second NFC mode at a second frequency lower than the first frequency based upon a second triggering event different than the first triggering event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: JASON TYLER GRIFFIN, DAVID RYAN WALKER, VAHID MOOSAVI
  • MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SELECTING ELEMENTS FROM A LIST
    Publication number: 20130298080
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device for selecting elements from a list is provided. The mobile electronic device comprises a communication interface enabled to communicate with an output device, the output device enabled to provide feedback for selecting elements from a list; a first input element which, when actuated, causes the communication interface to transmit a coarse selection of the elements of the list, the coarse selection provided at the output device; and a second input element which, when actuated, causes the communication interface to transmit a fine selection of the elements of the list, the fine selection provided at the output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Norman Miner LADOUCEUR, Steven Henry FYKE, Daniel James LEGG
  • HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A SLIDABLE KEYBOARD
    Publication number: 20130293474
    Abstract: A handheld electronic device may include a housing and a display supported by the housing. The handheld electronic device may further include a slider element slidably mounted to housing. The slider element may be configured to move relative to the housing between a closed position and an open position. A keyboard may be coupled to slider element, and may move between a stowed position behind the display and a fully deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Jason Tyler Griffin, Timothy Herbert Kyowski
  • Shape-adaptable surface for an audio port
    Patent number: 8577071
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a shape-adaptable surface for an audio port of a device includes an audio port, a shape-adaptable surface having a plurality of portions, a plurality of sensors coupled to the shape-adaptable surface, wherein the plurality of sensors are operative to sense a plurality of distances between the object and the shape-adaptable surface, and a processor operatively coupled to the shape-adaptable surface and the plurality of sensors, said processor configured to control some of the plurality of portions of the shape-adaptable surface to adjust the plurality of distances and to provide a channel between a sound receiver of the object and the audio port. An improved audio coupling is formed by adjusting the distances between the shape-adaptable surface and the object, thereby transmitting sounds directly from the audio port of the device to a sound receiver of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Steven Henry Fyke, Norman Miner Ladouceur, Jason Tyler Griffin
  • TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD WITH CORRECTION OF PREVIOUSLY INPUT TEXT
    Publication number: 20130285927
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touchscreen keyboard with correction of previously input text. A method for correcting text input on an electronic device is described. The method comprises: displaying a virtual keyboard on a touchscreen, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of keys; receiving input from the virtual keyboard; displaying received input in an input field displayed on the touchscreen; and deleting a previous set of characters in the input field when a delete touch gesture is detected in association with a designated key in the virtual keyboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerome Pasquero, Donald Somerset McCulloch Mckenzie, Jason Tyler Griffin
  • TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PROVIDING WORD PREDICTIONS AT LOCATIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH CANDIDATE LETTERS
    Publication number: 20130285913
    Abstract: A method for providing a virtual keyboard displayed on a display with visual cues is provided. The method includes: receiving an input of a character from the virtual keyboard; displaying one or more sets of predicted input characters in a prediction bar displayed on the display, wherein each set of predicted input characters is located within the prediction bar at a position corresponding to a key of subsequent candidate input character in the set of predicted input characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Jerome PASQUERO, Donald Somerset MCKENZIE
  • Method and Apparatus Pertaining to the Interpretation of Touch-Based Actions
    Publication number: 20130285924
    Abstract: A control circuit can be configured to, in a shared mode of operation, interpret a first touch-based action as a cursor-control instruction while also interpreting a second touch-based action as a multi-touch gesture. Such a device can supplement a native cursor-free user-interface approach with a cursor-based selection-and-movement capability that is also responsive to touch-based interactions. That first touch-based action can comprise simultaneously touching the touch-screen display with two fingers that are spaced only within a predetermined range of each other. In such a case a cursor can be displayed between those two fingers. The user can then move that cursor by moving at least one of those fingers. By another approach the device can effect a cursor-based selection action upon detecting a momentary touch on the touch-screen display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Laura Ann MAHAN
  • TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD WITH CORRECTION OF PREVIOUSLY INPUT TEXT
    Publication number: 20130285914
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touchscreen keyboard with correction of previously input text. A method for correcting text input on an electronic device is described. The method comprises: displaying a virtual keyboard on a touchscreen, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of keys; receiving input from the virtual keyboard; displaying received input in an input field displayed on the touchscreen; and deleting a previous set of characters in the input field when a delete touch gesture is detected in association with a designated key in the virtual keyboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerome Pasquero, Donald Somerset McCulloch McKenzie, Jason Tyler Griffin
  • TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PROVIDING WORD PREDICTIONS AT LOCATIONS IN ASSOCIATION WITH CANDIDATE LETTERS
    Publication number: 20130285916
    Abstract: A method for providing a virtual keyboard displayed on a display with visual cues is provided. The method includes: receiving an input of a character from the virtual keyboard; displaying one or more sets of predicted input characters in a prediction bar displayed on the display, wherein each set of predicted input characters is located within the prediction bar at a position corresponding to a key of subsequent candidate input character in the set of predicted input characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Jerome Pasquero, Donald Somerset Mckenzie
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A BIDIRECTIONAL CONTEXT-BASED TEXT DISAMBIGUATION
    Publication number: 20130289975
    Abstract: A system and method for a bidirectional context-based text disambiguation is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jerome Pasquero, Noel John Orland Stonehouse, Daniel James Legg, Jason Tyler Griffin
  • Configurable Touchscreen Keyboard
    Publication number: 20130285926
    Abstract: A method for configuring a virtual keyboard on a display, comprising: detecting a touch input associated with a location in the virtual keyboard on the display; adjusting, when the touch input is a designated touch gesture, a position of the virtual keyboard within a user interface screen in which the virtual keyboard is located in accordance with a direction of the touch input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Jerome PASQUERO, Donald Somerset MCKENZIE, Alistair Robert HAMILTON
  • INFORMATION SYSTEM WITH DETACHABLE INFORMATION MODULE
    Publication number: 20130281153
    Abstract: A unitary handheld portable module includes a keypad for entering data and a display for displaying data. A base module is configured to be coupled with and communicate through a telephone line and includes a keypad for dialing a telephone number and a display for displaying information. The portable and base modules are configured to have a mounted configuration in which the portable module is removably mounted on the base module and covers the base module's display, and the modules communicate with each other for the portable module's display to display information relating to operation of the base module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Jessica L. Postma, Jason Tyler Griffin, James Carl Infanti, Mihal Lazaridis
  • Multi-plane activation side key for a mobile electronic device
    Patent number: 8564937
    Abstract: An input mechanism for a mobile electronic device is disclosed. A cap shaped to wrap around an edge of the mobile electronic device is moveable in a first direction and a second direction. A first switch for activating a first function is covered by the cap and actuatable upon movement of the cap in the first direction toward the first switch. A second switch for activating a second function is covered by the cap and actuatable upon movement of the cap in the second direction toward the second switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Norman Miner Ladouceur, Jason Tyler Griffin
  • TWO-PART JACK SOCKET FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130273785
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a two-part jack socket for a portable electronic device and a portable electronic device having the same. In accordance with one example embodiment, the jack socket includes a first part having a contact surface; a second part having a contact surface and being moveable with respect to the first part between a first position and a second position, the contact surfaces of the first part and second part defining a cavity, the cavity having a retracted state when the second part is in the first position and an expanded state for receiving a jack plug when the second part is in the second position; and one or more contacts located in the contact surface of the first part or second part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Norman Miner Ladouceur, Jason Tyler Griffin
  • Method of Changing Input States
    Publication number: 20130271385
    Abstract: A method of changing input states on an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes displaying a virtual keyboard on a touch-sensitive display, wherein the virtual keyboard includes a first input character set when the device is in a first input state; and transitioning the device to a second input state when touch input corresponding to a predefined gesture is detected when the device is in the first input state, wherein in the second input state, the virtual keyboard includes a second input character set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Jerome PASQUERO, Donald Somerset MCKENZIE, Alistair Robert HAMILTON