Patents by Inventor Joshua Roland Lessard

Joshua Roland Lessard 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 generating action item from email
    Patent number: 9300615
    Abstract: Methods and devices for generating an action item based on an email message are described. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented method is described. The method includes: receiving an email message via a communication subsystem; determining that the received email message includes a follow up flag that indicates that an action is required regarding the email message; and in response to determining that the received email message includes a follow up flag that indicates that an action is required regarding the email message, creating an action item based on the received email message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Joshua Roland Lessard, Peter Henry Mage, Stephen Kwok Sun Wong, Adrian Michael Logan
  • Methods and devices for applying constraints to data object
    Patent number: 9223825
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a processor-implemented method is described. The processor implemented method includes: associating a first notebook with one or more predetermined constraints; receiving input associating a data object with a notebook; and when the notebook associated with the data object is the first notebook, applying the one or more predetermined constraints associated with the first notebook to the data object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Adrian Michael Logan, Stephen Kwok Sun Wong, Joshua Roland Lessard
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR APPLYING CONSTRAINTS TO DATA OBJECT
    Publication number: 20140052723
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a processor-implemented method is described. The processor implemented method includes: associating a first notebook with one or more predetermined constraints; receiving input associating a data object with a notebook; and when the notebook associated with the data object is the first notebook, applying the one or more predetermined constraints associated with the first notebook to the data object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Adrian Michael LOGAN, Stephen Kwok Sun WONG, Joshua Roland LESSARD
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING ACTION ITEM FROM EMAIL
    Publication number: 20140052797
    Abstract: Methods and devices for generating an action item based on an email message are described. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented method is described. The method includes: receiving an email message via a communication subsystem; determining that the received email message includes a follow up flag that indicates that an action is required regarding the email message; and in response to determining that the received email message includes a follow up flag that indicates that an action is required regarding the email message, creating an action item based on the received email message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Joshua Roland LESSARD, Peter Henry MAGE, Stephen Kwok Sun WONG, Adrian Michael LOGAN
  • Communication device
    Patent number: 8633896
    Abstract: According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and apparatus for controlling the display of a mobile electronic device are provided. The mobile electronic device comprises a display; a memory for storing a first application, a first identifier identifying the first application and a second identifier for identifying a second application; and, a processor interconnected with the display and the memory, the processor configured to control the display to generate a launch interface comprising a representation of the second identifier for launching the first application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Eric Chan, Orlin Vesselinov Stoev, Joshua Roland Lessard
  • COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120154341
    Abstract: According to embodiments described in the specification, a method and apparatus for controlling the display of a mobile electronic device are provided. The mobile electronic device comprises a display; a memory for storing a first application, a first identifier identifying the first application and a second identifier for identifying a second application; and, a processor interconnected with the display and the memory, the processor configured to control the display to generate a launch interface comprising a representation of the second identifier for launching the first application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Eric Chan, Orlin Vesselinov Stoev, Joshua Roland Lessard