Patents by Inventor Scott Duncan Inglis

Scott Duncan Inglis 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).

  • Electronic device including touch-sensitive display and method of facilitating input at the electronic device
    Patent number: 8947380
    Abstract: A method includes displaying keys of a keyboard in a keyboard area on a touch-sensitive display, at least one of the keys being associated with multiple letter characters, the keyboard area located adjacent to a first side of the touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch in a keyboard area of the touch-sensitive display, the touch being associated with a character input, detecting a gesture in a gesture input area of a touch-sensitive display, the gesture area located adjacent to a second side of the touch-sensitive display, the second side opposite to the first side; wherein the gesture is associated with a keyboard-related function at the processor and the keyboard-related function is operable on the character input or a next character input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Jerome Pasquero, David Ryan Walker, Scott Duncan Inglis
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FACILITATING INPUT AT THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130194187
    Abstract: A method includes displaying keys of a keyboard in a keyboard area on a touch-sensitive display, at least one of the keys being associated with multiple letter characters, the keyboard area located adjacent to a first side of the touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch in a keyboard area of the touch-sensitive display, the touch being associated with a character input, detecting a gesture in a gesture input area of a touch-sensitive display, the gesture area located adjacent to a second side of the touch-sensitive display, the second side opposite to the first side; wherein the gesture is associated with a keyboard-related function at the processor and the keyboard-related function is operable on the character input or a next character input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jerome PASQUERO, David Ryan WALKER, Scott Duncan INGLIS
  • TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20130113719
    Abstract: An example method includes detecting a hold touch and a release touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, wherein the hold touch and the release touch overlap at least partially in time, detecting release of the release touch, and in response to detecting the release of the release touch, displaying an editing control while the hold touch is detected. The editing control may include a virtual trackpad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Jerome Pasquero, Andrew Mark Earnshaw, Jianfeng Weng, Scott Duncan Inglis