North Corporation

Blackberry Corporation

Ryan Alexander West

Rachel Kreutzkamp

Steven M Eggert

Brent Bisaillion

Kevin Roy Sugden

Michael Erik Winberg

Systems, devices, and methods that display visual symbols are described. A visual symbol has a color and a linewidth. Multiple instances of the symbol are concurrently and progressively drawn, one on top of the other, in the display area of a display device. Each respective instance has a respective intermediate color. The respective intermediate colors combine to produce the color of the symbol where the respective instances overlap in the display area. Each respective instance also has a respective linewidth and the respective linewidths converge to the linewidth of the symbol as each instance is progressively drawn. A backwards progression through the same sequence is employed to regressively undraw a symbol from the display area of the display device. Computer program products comprising processor-executable instructions for performing the methods are also described.

Systems, devices, and methods for displaying visual symbols

Disclosed is a method of indicating the progress of a boot sequence on a communication device, the method comprising initiating the boot sequence; receiving input at the communication device during the boot sequence; and, in response to receiving input, outputting a progress indicator indicating the progress of the boot sequence.

Indicating the progress of a boot sequence on a communication device

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Kitchener, Canada

Ryan Alexander West