Research in Motion Corporation

Nextair Corporation

Steven Robert Grenier

Tim Neil

Paul Chalmers

Scott Neil

Jason Tyler Griffin

Todd Andrew Wood

Mihal Lazaridis

Joel Paul Steele

Yu Gao

Timothy Allen Neil

Shigeharu Furukawa

To determine the operational status of a wireless communication device capable of executing server-side applications, a message is sent to the device requesting operational status of the device. The message may be may be triggered by a system administrator at a middleware server. The wireless communication device may receive the message, compose a response message indicative of the operational status of the device, and send the response message back to the middleware server. The messages may be extensible markup language (XML) messages. Composition of the response message may entail verifying that a textual operational status description forming part of the response message omits illegal XML characters, e.g., by passing the description through an XML formatter for removal of any illegal XML characters.

Determining operational status of a mobile device capable of executing server-side applications

A method includes displaying one or more selection options on a touch-sensitive display and detecting a hovering touch associated with a first option of the one or more selection options. Information associated with the first option is previewed in a first format in an information field in response to detecting the hovering touch. A selection of one of the one or more selection options is detected, and a function associated with the selected option is performed.

Touch-sensitive display and method of control

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Mississauga, Canada

Steven Robert Grenier