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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2011
Applicants:

Alen Mujkic, Mississauga, CA;

Scott Arnold, Etobicoke, CA;

John Paul Hayman, Toronto, CA;

Inventors:

Alen Mujkic, Mississauga, CA;

Scott Arnold, Etobicoke, CA;

John Paul Hayman, Toronto, CA;

Assignee:

BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0407 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0442 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0464 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0492 (2013.01); G09G 2340/12 (2013.01); G09G 2340/14 (2013.01); G06F 9/4443 (2013.01); G09G 2340/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device and a method of operation thereof for facilitating the provision of an image as a background wallpaper of a user interface for display on a display of an electronic device, the device being configured to display the user interface and wallpaper in first and second different orientations during use, comprising: generating, based on the image, a first thumbnail representation of the appearance of the display having the image as the background wallpaper in a first orientation; generating, based on the image, a second thumbnail representation of the appearance of the display having the image as the background wallpaper in a second orientation; and simultaneously displaying on the display the first and second thumbnails.


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