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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Philip James Prociw, Waterloo, CA;
William Ryan David Parton, Kitchener, CA;
Bogdan James Tobola, Kitchener, CA;
David Gerard Rich, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Philip James Prociw, Waterloo, CA;
William Ryan David Parton, Kitchener, CA;
Bogdan James Tobola, Kitchener, CA;
David Gerard Rich, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/165 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); H04M 1/04 (2013.01); H04M 1/72527 (2013.01); G09G 5/003 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2370/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a docking station for docking one or multiple portable electronic devices, such as a tablet and a mobile telephone or smartphone. The present disclosure provides a method for changing device modes of an electronic device connected to a docking station, as well as an electronic device and a docking station configured for same.