Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Handheld electronic device with reconfigurable keypad
- Patent Title (中): 具有可重构键盘的手持式电子设备
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Application No.: US12049670Application Date: 2008-03-17
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Publication No.: US08031182B2Publication Date: 2011-10-04
- Inventor: Norman M. Ladouceur , Jason T. Griffin
- Applicant: Norman M. Ladouceur , Jason T. Griffin
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
- Current Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Agency: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
- Agent Mukundan Chakrapani
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; H05K7/00 ; H04M1/00

Abstract:
An improved handheld electronic device has a display and a keypad, with the keypad being movable among a number of configurations that enable the “real estate” occupied by the keypad to be increased or decreased, and to correspondingly enable the viewable area of the display to be relatively decreased and increased, respectively.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080158163A1 Handheld Electronic Device With Reconfigurable Keypad Public/Granted day:2008-07-03
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