Palm, Incorporated

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Steelcase Inc.

Handspring, Inc.

Dell USA L P

Qualcomm Incorporated

Dell Computer Corporation

Ideo Product Development Inc.

Other

Eastman-kodak Company

Health Hero Network, Inc.

Peter Nils Skillman

Jeffrey Charles Hawkins

Dennis Joseph Boyle

Cathal Loughnane

Michael Alexander Yurochko

Brian J Kane

Charles Anthony Seiber

Mark T Slager

Michael R Shields

Michael L Waalkes

Joseph Chang

Marcus K Pressnell

David Hoenig

Robert Yuji Haitani

Richard Scott Hand

Bryan Franklin Howell

Arthur H Zarnowitz

William B Rees

Martin Bone

John Raff

Charles Richard Lewis, Jr

Eric Hc Liu

Yoshimichi Matsuoka

Manjirnath A Chatterjee

Orin Michael Ozias

Otto Daniel DeRuntz

Karl Alun Townsend

Stephen J Brown

Richard R Dellinger

Richard Gioscia

Robert Gregory Twiss

Daniel Marc Gatan Shiplacoff

Matias Gonzalo Duarte

Srikiran Prasad

Jeremy Godfrey Lyon

Damon W Broder

Paul Mercer

Robin Christopher

Phillip Hobson

Edward Thomas Colligan

Daniel Sung-Hwe Kim

Douglas L Scheerhorn

Kevin J Longhurst

Theodore Q Chau

Bryan K Hunter

John L McCrackin

Rick W Wahl

Michael Wise

Paul J Granzotto

Traci Angela Neist

John W Lai

David G Champlin

Mark B Penniman

Grace Tseng

Kevin Michael O'Shaughnessy

Lang S Chen

Edward P Sheehan, Jr

Chun Wun Yeung

Gretchen Barnes

Joseph S Hei

Richard Gloscia

Douglas H Smith

William Patrick Fricke

Michael Much

Tony Joseph Lillios

Andrew Paul Switky

Tina L Tseng

Dianne Parry Dominguez

Jeff Brostrom

Peter Sobczak

Johnson Kwoksum Chow

Charles Lee

Sung-ho Park

Anthony L Creed

James E Stoneham

Michael A Yurochko

Melissa Trott

Anthony Del Balso

Siva Raja Sekhar Reddy Yeruva

Sagar Savant

A reconfigurable keypad for enhancing user experience of an electronic device. The keypad includes a keypad display implemented as any type of display devices that can display different configurations of characters, symbols or images. The keypad display is placed adjacent an application display module. Both the keypad display and the application display module are covered with a common protective film, giving an appearance of a continuous top surface. The keypad also has a mechanism for providing tactile feedback to the user indicating whether the keypad was properly pressed.

Electronic device with reconfigurable keypad

Techniques to generate context information are described. An apparatus may comprise a mobile computing device. The mobile computing device may include a radio sub-system, a processing sub-system to couple to the radio sub-system, and a context information management module for execution by the processing sub-system. The context information management module may search for context information associated with a contact identifier using a context information database.

Techniques to generate context information

A stack assembly for use with a mobile computing device. In one embodiment, the stack assembly includes an electrical contact layer, and actuation member layer, and an illumination layer. The electrical contact layer includes a plurality of contact elements. The actuation member layer includes a plurality of actuation members are, wherein each actuation member is aligned so that an axial movement of that member causes a corresponding one of the plurality of contact elements to actuate. The illumination layer is configured to emit light to the keypad.

Stack assembly for implementing keypads on mobile computing devices

A touch-sensitive input device provides improved visual feedback at (or near) the point and time of contact. As the user touches a touch-sensitive screen or pad, a portion of the screen or pad changes in visual appearance to indicate that the input has been received. In one embodiment, the change in visual appearance is localized to an area proximate to the point of contact. In one embodiment, the change in visual appearance is accomplished by illuminating an area proximate to and centered around the point of contact. In another embodiment, the change in visual appearance is accomplished by illuminating one or more illuminable elements, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the touch-sensitive pad.

Enhanced visual feedback for touch-sensitive input device

Embodiments of the invention provide an effective keypad assembly and keypad layout for mobile computing devices. In particular, embodiments of the invention provide keyboard layouts and designs. Additionally, embodiments described herein provide for stack components to make keyboards operable on small-form factor devices.

Device and technique for assigning different inputs to keys on a keypad

Illustrated is a system and method to activate an alarm where a mobile computing device is no longer proximate to a docking station that provides inductive charging and data transfer capabilities for the mobile computing device. The computer system includes at least one coil to provide inductive charging for a mobile computing device. Further, the computer system includes a processor to control the inductive charging of the mobile computing device. Additionally, the computer system includes a proximity sensor operatively connected to the processor, the proximity sensor to determine that the mobile computing device is proximate to the computer system. Moreover, the computer system includes an alarm logic module to activate an alarm when the mobile computing device is no longer proximate to the computer system.

Proximity detection alarm for an inductively charged mobile computing device

A mobile computing device formed from at least two housing segments that can be moved between positions, including an open position that fully exposes a display surface or fa&#xe7;ade of each of the housing segments, and a closed position in which at least one of the facades or display surfaces is occluded or overlaid by the other housing segment, according to at least some embodiments.

Fully extendable dual-segmented housing assembly for mobile computing device

Small form-factor keypad for mobile computing devices

A computing device that includes a housing, an accessory interface, and a self-closing enclosure mechanism for the accessory interface. The self-closing enclosure mechanism is positioned over the accessory interface and is pivotable to move between a closed and open position.

Enclosure mechanism for a computing device

A hand-held device that provides communication services and symbol processing is described. The device includes a case having a front side comprising a display and a lid having a transparent portion through which the display can be seen in a lid-closed state. In one version, the hand-held device comprises a QWERTY keyboard including an arrangement of digits as in a touch-tone area telephone keypad arrangement. In another version, the display includes a handwriting area for data entry using a stylus or other screen data entry device. In a closed position, the lid extends over the display and the keyboard, leaving another user input device physically accessible to touch for receiving input wherein the device performs processing responsive to receiving input from the physically accessible user input device in the lid closed state.

Hand-held device

A hand-held device that provides communication services and symbol processing is described. The device includes a case having a front side comprising a display and a lid having a transparent portion through which the display can be seen in a lid-closed state. In one version, the hand-held device comprises a QWERTY keyboard including an arrangement of digits as in a touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement. In another version, the display includes a handwriting area for data entry using a stylus or other screen data entry device. In a closed position, the lid extends over the display and the keyboard, leaving another user input device physically accessible to touch for receiving input wherein the device performs processing responsive to receiving input from the physically accessible user input device in the lid closed state.

A computing device is configured to make a determination as to whether a device is being held in a hand. In response to determining that the device is being held, the device transitions itself, or one or more of its hardware or software component, into a particular state of operation.

Computing device that detects hand presence in order to automate the transition of states

A cable spool that has a body including a perimeter fa&#xe7;ade. An opening extends a thickness of the body. A track structure is formed with the perimeter fa&#xe7;ade to retain a cable. The opening is dimensioned to retain a terminal that connects to one end of the cable.

Cable spool for carrying connectivity cable for mobile computing devices

A computing device includes a communication port, memory resources, and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to combine with the memory resources to operate one or more of the plurality of modules. The plurality of modules are operative in order to handle exchange of communications with a primary computer over the communication port. The one or more modules include a first module that is operative in a first communication mode in enabling exchange of communications with the primary computer over the communication port. The exchange of communications causes the primary computer to access and execute one or more autorun files from the computing device. The one or more modules may also include a second module that is operative in a second communication mode to be operative in enabling an alternative function to be performed with or for the primary computer over the communication port.

System and method for implementing a shared platform or software resource for coupled computing devices

A power adapter for extending power from an electrical power source to a electrical device. The power adapter includes an adapter body, including an exchange surface, having one or more sets of interior electrical contacts. The power adapter further includes an end section that is attachable and detachable from the body. The end section includes (i) a set of end section interior electrical contact elements that make contact with the at least one set of interior electrical contacts, and (ii) a plug connector, electrically connected to the set of end section interior electrical contacts, and adapted to mate with a corresponding electrical receptacle.

Compact power adapter with interchangeable heads

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Peter Nils Skillman