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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:
Feb. 11, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2008
Applicants:

Jason T. Griffin, Kitchener, CA;

Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Toronto, CA;

Timothy Koo, Cambridge, CA;

Inventors:

Jason T. Griffin, Kitchener, CA;

Sherryl Lee Lorraine Scott, Toronto, CA;

Timothy Koo, Cambridge, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An improved handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, preferably a trackball, an output apparatus, namely a display, and a processor apparatus. The processor apparatus is structured to execute a number of routines including a stroke-based input user interface routine. The stroke-based input user interface routine is structured to present a user interface on the display. The user interface includes an active portion, a filter portion and an output portion.


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