Patents by Inventor Suwinto Gunawan

Suwinto Gunawan 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).

  • Method and apparatus for replicating physical key function with soft keys in an electronic device
    Patent number: 8665227
    Abstract: An electronic device (100) is provided with a touch-sensitive display (109). The electronic device (100) includes one or more physical keys (105,106,107,108), each of which has a corresponding function. When a user (110) touches the touch-sensitive display (109) for a predetermined amount of time, one or more processors (203) present one or more soft keys as user actuation targets (101,102,103,104) on the touch-sensitive display (109). The user actuation targets (101,102,103,104) can replicate the functions of the physical keys (105,106,107,108), thereby affording the user (110) the ability to execute those functions with soft keys, rather than by having to access the physical keys (105,106,107,108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventor: Suwinto Gunawan
  • Method and Apparatus for Replicating Physical Key Function with Soft Keys in an Electronic Device
    Publication number: 20110115711
    Abstract: An electronic device (100) is provided with a touch-sensitive display (109). The electronic device (100) includes one or more physical keys (105,106,107,108), each of which has a corresponding function. When a user (110) touches the touch-sensitive display (109) for a predetermined amount of time, one or more processors (203) present one or more soft keys as user actuation targets (101,102,103,104) on the touch-sensitive display (109). The user actuation targets (101,102,103,104) can replicate the functions of the physical keys (105,106,107,108), thereby affording the user (110) the ability to execute those functions with soft keys, rather than by having to access the physical keys (105,106,107,108).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Suwinto Gunawan