Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for responding to a notification via a capacitive physical keyboard
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Application No.: US13771187Application Date: 2013-02-20
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Publication No.: US10078437B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: Jerome Pasquero , Donald Somerset McCulloch McKenzie
- Applicant: BlackBerry Limited
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F3/02
- IPC: G06F3/02 ; G06F3/0487
Abstract:
Methods and apparatuses are provided for multitasking with an electronic device. After operating the device in a first operational context, information is received providing the user the option to switch to operation in a second context. Responsive to user input indicating a control switch to the second context, the device may be operated in the second context. Additionally, the device can be reverted back to the first operational context after operation in the second context.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140232656A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESPONDING TO A NOTIFICATION VIA A CAPACITIVE PHYSICAL KEYBOARD Public/Granted day:2014-08-21
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