Patents by Inventor Jerome Pasquero

Jerome Pasquero 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).

  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR STORING CONTENT BASED ON CLASSIFICATION OPTIONS
    Publication number: 20140046943
    Abstract: Methods and devices for storing content are described. In one example embodiment, a method includes: displaying, on a display of an electronic device, a plurality of selectable content classification options for classifying a content item, the selectable content classification options including a selectable option to classify the content item as an action item and a selectable option to classify the content item as an archive; receiving, via an input interface associated with the electronic device, a selection of one of the content classification options; and storing the content item in accordance with the selected content classification option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Sherryl Lee Lorraine SCOTT, Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Jerome PASQUERO, Steven Henry FYKE, David Ryan WALKER
  • Pressure sensitive multi-layer passwords
    Patent number: 8650635
    Abstract: A method of authenticating a user of a computing device is proposed, together with a computer readable medium and a computing device on which the method is implemented. In the method a modified base image is overlaid with a modified overlay image on a display and either the modified base image or modified overlay image is moved by the user. Positive authentication is indicated in response to alignment of a base image reference point and an overlay image reference point and an indication of a correct level of pressure applied to a pressure sensitive input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Steven Henry Fyke, Jerome Pasquero, Neil Patrick Adams, Michael Kenneth Brown
  • Visual or touchscreen password entry
    Patent number: 8635676
    Abstract: A method of authenticating a user of a computing device is proposed, together with computing device on which the method is implemented. In the method a modified base image is overlaid with a modified overlay image on a display and movement of either the modified base image or modified overlay image is permitted if a criterion for movement is met. Positive authentication is indicated in response to the base image reference point on the modified base image being aligned with the overlay image reference point on the modified overlay image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Steven Henry Fyke, Jerome Pasquero, Neil Patrick Adams, Martin Philip Riddiford, Guy James Fullalove
  • LOGIN METHOD BASED ON DIRECTION OF GAZE
    Publication number: 20140020091
    Abstract: A method of authenticating a user of a computing device is proposed, together with computing device on which the method is implemented. A plurality of objects is displayed on a display screen. The plurality of objects includes at least objects that make up a plurality of objects of the user's passcode. In response to a trigger signal an image of the user's face is captured while looking at one of the objects on the display screen. A determination of which object is in the direction of the user's gaze is made from the image and whether or not the gaze is on an object which is part of the passcode. A plurality of trigger signals may be generated to capture a plurality of images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Jerome PASQUERO
  • Simple algebraic and multi-layer passwords
    Patent number: 8631487
    Abstract: A method of authenticating a user of a computing device is proposed, together with computing device on which the method is implemented. In the method a modified base image is overlaid with a modified overlay image on a display. The modified overlay image comprises a plurality of numbers. At least one of the modified base image and modified overlay image is moved by the user. Positive authentication is indicated in response to the base image reference point on the modified base image being aligned, in sequence, with two or more numbers from the overlay image that equal a pre-selected algebraic result when one or more algebraic operator is apply to the numbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Steven Henry Fyke, Jerome Pasquero, Neil Patrick Adams, Michael Kenneth Brown
  • Apparatus and method for invoking a function based on a gesture input
    Patent number: 8627220
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided including an input assembly. The input assembly includes a graphic display layer, a masking layer, and an input device. The graphic display layer includes a plurality of function icons. The masking layer includes a plurality of function icon windows for displaying functions icons associated with a particular application. Each of the displayed function icons corresponds to a function of the particular application. The input device includes a plurality of input device sections for receiving a gesture input. The graphic display layer is moveable relative to the masking layer such that, based on the relative positioning between the graphic display layer and the masking layer, function icons associated with a particular application are displayed through the function icon windows and the other function icons are at least obscured by the masking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Steven Henry Fyke, Jerome Pasquero, Michael Joseph Defazio
  • Login method based on direction of gaze
    Patent number: 8625847
    Abstract: A method of authenticating a user of a computing device is proposed, together with computing device on which the method is implemented. A plurality of objects is displayed on a display screen. The plurality of objects includes at least objects that make up a sequence of objects pre-selected as the user's passcode. In response to a trigger signal an image of the user's face is captured while looking at one of the objects on the display screen. A determination of which object is in the direction of the user's gaze is made from the photograph and whether or not the gaze is on the correct object in the sequence of the passcode. This is repeated for each object in the sequence of the passcode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Jerome Pasquero
  • TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PROVIDING SELECTION OF WORD PREDICTIONS IN PARTITIONS OF THE TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD
    Publication number: 20140002363
    Abstract: A method, including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard displayed on a display; generating at least two sets of predicted input characters based on the input character; displaying at least two of the generated sets of predicted input characters at an input field, wherein each displayed set is displayed at a position in a defined arrangement; and selecting one of the displayed sets of predicted input characters in accordance with a gesture received at a partition of the virtual keyboard is disclosed. An electronic device and a non-transitory computer-readable medium to perform the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Jerome Pasquero, Donald Somerset Mckenzie
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A POSITION INDICATOR
    Publication number: 20130342452
    Abstract: A method includes displaying information including a plurality of characters on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting an indicator control mode input, in response to detecting the indicator control mode input, displaying an indicator controller associated with a position indicator, the indicator controller having a first area associated with a first direction and a second area associated with a second direction, when a tap is detected at a location associated with the first area, moving the position indicator, by a single character of the plurality of characters, in the first direction, and when a tap is detected at a location associated with the second area, moving the position indicator, by a single character of the plurality of characters, in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Margaret Elizabeth KUO, Simon Martin Thorsander, Jerome PASQUERO
  • Communications system including personal information token to store a personalized list and associated methods
    Patent number: 8611861
    Abstract: A communications system includes an electronic device a first wireless personal area network (WPAN) device, and a first processor coupled to the first WPAN device. The communications system also includes a personal information token with a second processor and a second WPAN device coupled thereto. The second processor is configured to store at least one subscription key, and wirelessly transmit the at least one subscription key to the electronic device based upon proximity therewith, via the second WPAN device. The first processor, via the cellular device, then subscribes the electronic device to the cellular network based upon the subscription key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Steven Henry Fyke, David Ryan Walker, Jerome Pasquero
  • Touchscreen Keyboard with Corrective Word Prediction
    Publication number: 20130325438
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touchscreen keyboard with corrective word prediction. 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; generating one or more predicted sets of characters in accordance with the received input; and displaying a predicted set of characters at a designated location when the received input does not match one of the predicted sets of characters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Alistair Robert HAMILTON, Donald Somerset McCulloch MCKENZIE, Jerome PASQUERO
  • Method and System for Rendering Diacritic Characters
    Publication number: 20130321280
    Abstract: A method and system for enabling input of diacritic characters on a handheld electronic device. The method includes detecting an input associated with a selected key and determining likelihood that the input reflects selection of a diacritic character. The time after which the set of possible diacritic characters that are utilized is rendered in response to a selected key being engaged in a press-and-hold operation is based on the determined likelihood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jerome PASQUERO, Donald Somerset MCKENZIE
  • Multi-layer orientation-changing password
    Patent number: 8601570
    Abstract: A method of authenticating a user of a computing device is proposed, together with computing device on which the method is implemented. In the method a modified base image is overlaid with a modified overlay image on a display and at least one of the modified base image and modified overlay image is moved by the user. In addition to the moving, a change in orientation of at least one of the modified base image and the modified overlay image is required. Positive authentication is indicated in response to the base image reference point on the modified base image being aligned with the overlay image reference point on the modified overlay image and the change in orientation matching a pre-selected orientation criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Steven Henry Fyke, Jerome Pasquero, Neil Patrick Adams, Michael Kenneth Brown
  • PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME
    Publication number: 20130300665
    Abstract: A method of character entry includes detecting a spacebar adjacent input from a keyboard, the spacebar adjacent input corresponding to a key adjacent to a spacebar; and determining whether to accept the spacebar adjacent input based on whether a preceding inputted string, the preceding inputted string comprising a string of inputted characters preceding the spacebar adjacent input, corresponds to a first stored object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerome PASQUERO, David Ryan WALKER, Steven Henry FYKE
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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