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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Marcelo Varanda, Ottawa, CA;
Inventor:
Marcelo Varanda, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, ON, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2006.01); G09G 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A directional input device for use in a handheld device is disclosed herein. The directional input device provides input to an element of the user interface in response to the inclination of the handheld. The input device can be embedded into any handheld communicating or computing device to provide directional input to an element of the user interface of the handheld without consuming space on the face of the device that could otherwise be used for a larger screen.