Patents by Inventor Michael James HENHOEFFER

Michael James HENHOEFFER 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).

  • Publication number: 20100088654
    Abstract: An electronic device having a touchscreen display. A graphical user interface (GUI) is displayed on the touchscreen display that includes a user interface element displayed in a default state at a location, the user interface element being associated with a function. The user interface element is changed from the default state to a first state upon detecting a first input event at the location. The user interface element is changed from the first state to a second state upon detecting a second input event at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventor: Michael James Henhoeffer
  • Publication number: 20100085303
    Abstract: A method of controlling a portable electronic device having a touch screen display moveable with respect to a base thereof. The method includes providing a graphical user interface having user-selectable features on the touch screen display, detecting a touch event at a first location on the touch screen display, rendering a navigation indicator at a first feature of the user-selectable features in the graphical user interface in response to detecting the touch event at the first location, determining if a confirmation of selection is received from release of a switch actuated as a result of movement of the touch screen display with respect to the base, and selecting the first feature in response to determination that the confirmation of selection is received with the touch event at the first location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Publication date: April 8, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jordanna KWOK, Michael James HENHOEFFER