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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2010
Applicants:
Robert James Lowles, Waterloo, CA;
Colin Shiva Ramrattan, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Robert James Lowles, Waterloo, CA;
Colin Shiva Ramrattan, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G09G 5/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01);
Abstract
A navigation module for a handheld communication device having a navigation pad, a chrome-like ring surrounding the navigation pad, an illumination ring surrounding the navigation pad, and at least one light source is optically coupled to at least the illumination ring. The illumination ring can be interposed between the chrome-like ring and the navigation pad. The chrome-like ring can be interposed between the illumination ring and the navigation pad. The light source can be a light emitting diode.