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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:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Deborah A. Matteo, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Prakairut Tarlton, Barrington, IL (US);
Inventors:
Deborah A. Matteo, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Prakairut Tarlton, Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/945 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus are for manipulating a keypad of an electronic device (). The electronic device has a plurality of tactile keys (). The method includes sensing a proximity of a object to one of the plurality of tactile keys and presenting, on an output () of the electronic device, a preview () of an action that will take place upon pressing the one of the plurality of tactile keys.