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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2006
Matthew Lee, Belleville, CA;
Andrew Bocking, Waterloo, CA;
David Mak-fan, Waterloo, CA;
Steven Fyke, Waterloo, CA;
Matthew Bells, Waterloo, CA;
Matthew Lee, Belleville, CA;
Andrew Bocking, Waterloo, CA;
David Mak-Fan, Waterloo, CA;
Steven Fyke, Waterloo, CA;
Matthew Bells, Waterloo, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Method and arrangement for affecting diagonal movement of a cursoron a display screenof a handheld communication device. The method includes sensing movement at an auxiliary user inputof the handheld communication deviceindicative of a user's desire to affect diagonal movement of the cursoron the display screenof the handheld communication device. X-direction signals and Y-direction signals are produced based on the sensed movement at the auxiliary user input. During that time while necessary signals are being collected and processed, the cursoris held steady on the display screenuntil a predetermined criterion is met for discriminating whether the user has indicated x-direction cursor movement, y-direction cursor movement or diagonal cursor movement.