Blackberry Corporation

Research in Motion Corporation

Marc Elis Meunier

Ahmed Abdelsamie

Jason Tyler Griffin

Omar George Joseph Barake

Steven Anthony Lill

Antoine Boucher

Yoav Sachnovsky Yanai

Steven Henry Fyke

Timothy Herbert Kyowski

Felipe Oliveira Simoes

Kevin Howard Orr

Christopher Pattenden

Leonardo Aldana

Craig Eric Ranta

Douglas James Arthur Burrell

John Ivan Scharkov

Guowei Zhang

Jeff Chi Shing Chan

Allan Jeffrey Stirrett

Alan James Deciantis

Sushil K Verma

Gerard Rizkallah

Danqing Diane Jiang

Jeff Chi Chan

Douglas James Burrell

An authentication scheme in which an instance of a designated element is shifted to proximity with a designated target to gain access a device may be enhanced by creating conditions that allow for either the designated element or the designated target to be different for each instance of authentication. In one embodiment, a secondary display portion may be used to provide an indication of a dynamic designated element. In another embodiment, a secondary display portion, in combination with a tertiary display portion, may be used to provide an indication of a dynamic designated target.

Authentication for access to a device that has a primary display portion and a secondary display portion

A device for detecting a carrying case, and methods there for, are provided. The device includes: an orientation sensor; a near field communication (NFC) reader; and, a processor configured to place the device in a carrying case mode when an orientation of the device is within a given angular range as determined using the orientation sensor, and the NFC reader detects an NFC tag.

Device for detecting a carrying case

A device for providing notifications while mated with a carrying case is provided. The device comprises: an indicator; a first detector configured to detect when the device is mated with a carrying case, the carrying case having an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein the indicator is hidden in the closed configuration and at least partially exposed in the open configuration; a second detector configured to detect when the carrying case is in the open configuration; and, a processor configured to place the indicator in a given notification mode when the first detector detects that the device is mated with the carrying case and the second detector detects that the carrying case is in the open configuration.

Device for providing notifications while mated with a carrying case

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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Kitchener, Canada

Marc Elis Meunier