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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2009
Applicants:

Marc Edward Holbein, Waterloo, CA;

Kevin Howard Orr, Waterloo, CA;

Aleksandar Sasha Papo, Waterloo, CA;

Adam Louis Parco, Waterloo, CA;

Christopher James Grant, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Marc Edward Holbein, Waterloo, CA;

Kevin Howard Orr, Waterloo, CA;

Aleksandar Sasha Papo, Waterloo, CA;

Adam Louis Parco, Waterloo, CA;

Christopher James Grant, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods of waking a portable electronic device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: causing the portable electronic device to enter a sleep mode in which a touch-sensitive display is deactivated a force sensing transducer measures forces applied to the touch-sensitive display at a reduced rate relative to a rate of a full power mode when in the sleep mode; causing a force sensing transducer to measure forces applied to the touch-sensitive display at the rate of the full power mode in response to detection of an inertial event; causing the touch-sensitive display to be reactivated in response to detection of a force which is greater than a predetermined wake force threshold; and causing the portable electronic device to wake in response to detection of a touch event within a first predetermined duration of the detection of the force which is greater than a predetermined wake force threshold.

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