Patents by Inventor Lars Oskar ALEXANDERSSON

Lars Oskar ALEXANDERSSON 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 simultaneous multi-touch input
    Patent number: 9535503
    Abstract: Methods and device for simultaneous multi-touch input on a touchscreen display are described. In one aspect, the present application describes a method implemented by a processor of an electronic device. The electronic device has a touchscreen display. The method includes detecting a first touch gesture on a first portion of the touchscreen display associated with a first control element and, during the first touch gesture, detecting a second touch gesture on a second portion of the touchscreen display associated with a second control element different from the first control element; and while detecting the first touch gesture and detecting the second touch gesture, simultaneously, causing a first event in the first portion of the touchscreen display in response to the first touch gesture, and causing a second event in the second portion of the touchscreen display in response to the second touch gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Dan Zacharias Gärdenfors, Lars Oskar Alexandersson
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-TOUCH INPUT
    Publication number: 20140215336
    Abstract: Methods and device for simultaneous multi-touch input on a touchscreen display are described. In one aspect, the present application describes a method implemented by a processor of an electronic device. The electronic device has a touchscreen display. The method includes detecting a first touch gesture on a first portion of the touchscreen display associated with a first control element and, during the first touch gesture, detecting a second touch gesture on a second portion of the touchscreen display associated with a second control element different from the first control element; and while detecting the first touch gesture and detecting the second touch gesture, simultaneously, causing a first event in the first portion of the touchscreen display in response to the first touch gesture, and causing a second event in the second portion of the touchscreen display in response to the second touch gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Dan Zacharias GÄRDENFORS, Lars Oskar ALEXANDERSSON