Patents by Inventor Patrick-Andre Savard

Patrick-Andre Savard 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).

  • Portable electronic device and method of controlling same
    Patent number: 9383918
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a touch at a plurality of touch locations on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, identifying when the touch is a first gesture type based on touch attributes including a first touch location of the plurality of touch locations, and at least one of speed of the touch, time between detecting the touch at consecutive ones of the touch locations, distance between the consecutive ones of the touch locations, and direction of the touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: BlackBerry Limited, 2236008 Ontario Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery John Paul Dippel, Benjamin Biron, Patrick-Andre Savard, Mihal Lazaridis, Donald James Lindsay, Danny Thomas Dodge
  • System and method for sample rate adaption
    Patent number: 9292123
    Abstract: A system and method for sample rate adaption. The system and method provide for information derived from sampling at a first rate to be applied or processed at a second rate where the first and second rates differ in frequency and phase. The information is adapted from the first rate to the second rate. Then phase differences including phase introduced as by-product of adapting the frequencies are reduced by phase adaption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: 2236008 Ontario, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick-Andre Savard
  • Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same
    Publication number: 20120098766
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a touch at a plurality of touch locations on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, identifying when the touch is a first gesture type based on touch attributes including a first touch location of the plurality of touch locations, and at least one of speed of the touch, time between detecting the touch at consecutive ones of the touch locations, distance between the consecutive ones of the touch locations, and direction of the touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: John Paul Dippel, Benjamin Biron, Patrick-Andre Savard, Mihal Lazaridis, Donald James Lindsay, Danny Thomas Dodge