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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Research IN Motion Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Ahmed Abdelsamie, Nepean, CA;
Alan James Deciantis, Kitchener, CA;
Omar George Joseph Barake, Waterloo, CA;
Steven Anthony Lill, Waterloo, CA;
Marc Elis Meunier, Kitchener, CA;
Kevin Howard Orr, Elmira, CA;
Craig Eric Ranta, Kitchener, CA;
BLACKBERRY LIMITED, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A device for providing notifications while mated with a carrying case is provided. The device comprises: an indicator; a first detector configured to detect when the device is mated with a carrying case, the carrying case having an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein the indicator is hidden in the closed configuration and at least partially exposed in the open configuration; a second detector configured to detect when the carrying case is in the open configuration; and, a processor configured to place the indicator in a given notification mode when the first detector detects that the device is mated with the carrying case and the second detector detects that the carrying case is in the open configuration.