Blackberry Corporation

Gerard Rizkallah

Jason Tyler Griffin

Steven Henry Fyke

Ahmed Abdelsamie

Douglas James Arthur Burrell

John Ivan Scharkov

Marc Elis Meunier

Jeff Chi Shing Chan

Methods and devices for detecting a hand in proximity to an electronic device are described. The electronic device includes a near field communications (NFC) antenna. In one aspect, the method includes: monitoring an induced voltage at the NFC antenna; and determining whether a hand is in proximity to the electronic device based on the induced voltage.

Methods and devices for detecting a hand

A wireless device for providing notifications associated with a mobile electronic device is provided. The device comprises: an indicator; a body enabled to mate with a mobile electronic device, the body comprising the indicator such that when the body is mated to the mobile electronic device, the indicator is not obscured by the body; an induction device for wirelessly receiving signals from the mobile electronic device to control the indicator; and, a circuit connecting the induction device to the indicator, the circuit enabled to receive the signals and control the indicator in response thereto.

Wireless device for providing notifications associated with a mobile electronic device

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Chicago, IL, United States of America

Gerard Rizkallah