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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Research IN Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Jacek S. Idzik, Kenilworth, CA;
Rohan Michael Nandakumar, Kitchener, CA;
Cornel Mercea, Waterloo, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/046 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/046 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stylus includes a stylus housing that supports a control circuit. The control circuit is configured automatically compare data quality as corresponds to stylus location-determination information being provided by at least two different stylus-based candidate non-passive location modalities to thereby select a particular stylus-based non-passive location modality and to then use that particular stylus-based non-passive location modality when transmitting stylus location-determination information to a corresponding electronic device.