Patents by Inventor Scott Paul Wenger

Scott Paul Wenger 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 and method of controlling same for capturing digital images
    Patent number: 9894265
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes an input device, an input device housing, a display, and a display housing coupled to the input device housing. The display housing is moveable relative to the i housing by sliding between an extended position in which the input device is exposed and a contracted position in which the input device is covered by the display housing. The portable electronic device also includes a digital camera housed by the display housing. The input device housing includes an auxiliary camera lens fixed to a body such that the auxiliary camera lens is aligned with the digital camera for obtaining digital images utilizing the auxiliary camera lens when the display housing is in the contracted position, and the auxiliary camera lens is out of alignment with the digital camera for obtaining digital images without the auxiliary camera lens when the display housing is in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Emily Kuret, Younghwan Kim, Scott Paul Wenger, Aidan Doan
  • Systems involving portable electronic devices and related methods
    Patent number: 9124677
    Abstract: Systems involving portable electronic devices and related methods are provided. In this regard, a representative system includes: an accessory having an antenna and a device interface, the device interface electrically communicating with the antenna; the accessory being movable between an attached configuration, in which the accessory engages the portable electronic device such that the device interface communicates signals between the portable electronic device and the antenna, and a detached configuration, in which the accessory is disengaged from the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott Paul Wenger, Rodney Owen Williams
  • Systems Involving Portable Electronic Devices and Related Methods
    Publication number: 20140148223
    Abstract: Systems involving portable electronic devices and related methods are provided. In this regard, a representative system includes: an accessory having an antenna and a device interface, the device interface electrically communicating with the antenna; the accessory being movable between an attached configuration, in which the accessory engages the portable electronic device such that the device interface communicates signals between the portable electronic device and the antenna, and a detached configuration, in which the accessory is disengaged from the portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott Paul Wenger, Rodney Owen Williams
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D814459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Younghwan Kim, Charles Curtiss Hunt, Michael Joseph Defazio, Scott Paul Wenger, Alison Phillips, Di Tao
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D822018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Younghwan Kim, Charles Curtiss Hunt, Michael Joseph Defazio, Scott Paul Wenger, Di Tao, Alison Phillips