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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
Rohit Krishna Koppal, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Aaron Robert Allen, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Weston, FL (US);
Laura Ann Mahan, Kanata, CA;
Michael George Langlois, Almonte, CA;
Donald James Lindsay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sean David Drew Wilson, Waterloo, CA;
Tomas Manuel Trujillo, Miami, FL (US);
Rohit Krishna Koppal, Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Aaron Robert Allen, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Weston, FL (US);
Laura Ann Mahan, Kanata, CA;
Michael George Langlois, Almonte, CA;
Donald James Lindsay, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sean David Drew Wilson, Waterloo, CA;
Tomas Manuel Trujillo, Miami, FL (US);
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A portable electronic device (), including a first housing (), a second housing () slidably coupled to the first housing, the first housing and the second housing movable between a closed position, an open position and a transition position between the open position and the closed position, at least one input device (), and at least one position sensor () operable to detect whether the portable electronic device is in the open position, the closed position or the transition position. When the at least one position sensor detects the transition position, the at least one input device is disabled.