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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2019
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Steven Henry Fyke, Waterloo, CA;

Alexander Kornilovsky, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G09G 5/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G09G 5/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method is disclosed that provides for character or text selection and editing. The text and character selection is made by user contact with a touch sensitive screen. In order to allow for refinement of the selection, a second expanded view is implemented as compared to the original display configuration of the screen. Furthermore, the selection is described in relation to two endpoints of the block of text. Additionally, a point is specified as the point desired for insertion of the selected text. The expanded view is implemented along with the original view as required when making character selection.


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