Patents by Inventor Steven Robert Grenier

Steven Robert Grenier 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).

  • Touch-sensitive display and method of control
    Patent number: 8347221
    Abstract: A method includes displaying one or more selection options on a touch-sensitive display and detecting a hovering touch associated with a first option of the one or more selection options. Information associated with the first option is previewed in a first format in an information field in response to detecting the hovering touch. A selection of one of the one or more selection options is detected, and a function associated with the selected option is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Todd Andrew Wood, Mihal Lazaridis, Shigeharu Furukawa, Yu Gao, Steven Robert Grenier, Joel Paul Steele
  • TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROL
    Publication number: 20110083110
    Abstract: A method includes displaying one or more selection options on a touch-sensitive display and detecting a hovering touch associated with a first option of the one or more selection options. Information associated with the first option is previewed in a first format in an information field in response to detecting the hovering touch. A selection of one of the one or more selection options is detected, and a function associated with the selected option is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Todd Andrew Wood, Mihal Lazaridis, Shigeharu Furukawa, Yu Gao, Steven Robert Grenier, Joel Paul Steele