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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:
Apr. 04, 2017

Filed:

Mar. 02, 2015
Applicant:

Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;

Inventors:

Robert George Oliver, Waterloo, CA;

Nazih Almalki, Waterloo, CA;

Andrew Martin Garber, Waterloo, CA;

Assignee:

BLACKBERRY LIMITED, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G09G 5/10 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); G06F 1/1694 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G09G 5/006 (2013.01); G09G 5/10 (2013.01); G09G 5/38 (2013.01); H04M 1/0216 (2013.01); H04M 1/0243 (2013.01); H04M 1/0245 (2013.01); H04M 1/72575 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2320/08 (2013.01); G09G 2340/0492 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method of rendering data based on an angle of a carrying case flap is provided. The system comprises: a mobile device comprising: a processor and a display device; a carrying case configured to mate with the mobile device, the carrying case comprising a flap having an open position and a closed position, the flap at least partially obscuring the display device in the closed position when the mobile device is mated with the carrying case; and, a sensor located at one or more of the mobile device and the carrying case, the sensor configured to measure an angle between the flap and the display device as the flap moves between the closed position and the open position, the processor of the mobile device configured to: render data at the display device based on the angle.


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