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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2013
Research IN Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Andrew Douglas Bocking, Conestogo, CA;
Omar George Joseph Barake, Waterloo, CA;
David Schifman, Chiswick, GB;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
An improved handheld electronic device and an associated method provide a simplified mechanism for enabling and disabling a short-range wireless communications element used to create a connection to a short-range wireless network, such as a Bluetooth™ network. The method, implemented by the handheld electronic device, includes enabling the short-range wireless communications element, pairing the handheld electronic device with a second electronic device using the short-range wireless communications element, and providing a first icon on the handheld electronic device after pairing the handheld electronic device with the second electronic device. Thereafter, the method includes disabling the short-range wireless communications element and providing a second icon on the handheld electronic device whenever the first icon is activated, and enabling the short-range wireless communications element and providing the first icon on the handheld electronic device whenever the second icon is activated.