Patents by Inventor Michael Ernest Jackson

Michael Ernest Jackson 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).

  • Disambiguated text message retype function
    Patent number: 8606562
    Abstract: A method of editing delimited ambiguous input on a handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device including an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having a plurality of objects stored therein, the plurality of objects including a plurality of language objects and a plurality of frequency objects having a frequency value, the input apparatus including a plurality of input members, at least one of the input members having a plurality of linguistic elements assigned thereto. The method comprises detecting a selection of a language object generated from a first delimited ambiguous input, outputting a plurality of language objects which are complete word solutions of said first delimited ambiguous input, as well as an edit option, and detecting a selection of the edit option.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventor: Michael Ernest Jackson
  • DISAMBIGUATED TEXT MESSAGE RETYPE FUNCTION
    Publication number: 20090112576
    Abstract: A method of editing delimited ambiguous input on a handheld electronic device, the handheld electronic device including an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a memory having a plurality of objects stored therein, the plurality of objects including a plurality of language objects and a plurality of frequency objects having a frequency value, the input apparatus including a plurality of input members, at least one of the input members having a plurality of linguistic elements assigned thereto. The method comprises detecting a selection of a language object generated from a first delimited ambiguous input, outputting a plurality of language objects which are complete word solutions of said first delimited ambiguous input, as well as an edit option, and detecting a selection of the edit option.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Michael Ernest Jackson