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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2018
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Dapeng Gao, Burnaby, CA;
Brian Alexander Oliver, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); H04M 1/673 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/83 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); H04M 1/673 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of interacting with an electronic device while the display screen is deactivated and the electronic device is possibly locked is described. In one embodiment, the electronic devices generate a notification regarding a new event and/or device state using a notification element in response to receiving a predetermined key input from the hardware keyboard while the electronic device is in the locked state and while the display screen is deactivated, wherein the notification is generated while the display screen remains deactivated.