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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:
Sep. 11, 2012

Filed:

May. 02, 2011
Applicants:

Michael Knowles, Waterloo, CA;

Liam Quinn, Kitchener, CA;

Andrew Bocking, Waterloo, CA;

Karen Moser, Waterloo, CA;

Mark Tiegs, Waterloo, CA;

Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Toronto, CA;

Inventors:

Michael Knowles, Waterloo, CA;

Liam Quinn, Kitchener, CA;

Andrew Bocking, Waterloo, CA;

Karen Moser, Waterloo, CA;

Mark Tiegs, Waterloo, CA;

Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Toronto, CA;

Assignee:

Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The disclosure recites a system and method for updating a resource to an electronic device. The system comprises: a resource providing information for the device; a server to maintain the resource; a communication link providing the device with access to the resource; a data transmission module for extracting and transmitting access information about the resource to the device; and a data processing module for processing the received information at the device. In the device, a GUI provides information on a topic retrieved from local storage on the device and additional information about the resource is incorporated into the GUI for that topic.


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