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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Michael Joseph Pertuit, Richardson, TX (US);
Jace William Files, Garland, TX (US);
Marc Edward Holbein, Kitchener, CA;
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/02 (2006.01); G01R 33/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G01B 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/02 (2013.01); G01B 3/16 (2013.01); G01R 33/0023 (2013.01); G06F 1/1613 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); G06F 1/3206 (2013.01); G06F 1/3287 (2013.01); H04M 1/72569 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1633 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1282 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one aspect, a portable electronic device sized and shaped to be received within a holster having a magnetic element. The portable electronic device includes an electronic compass adapted to measure a magnetic field of the magnetic element in at least two axes. When the measured pattern corresponds to a first pattern, the portable electronic device is adapted to determine that the portable electronic device is in the holster.