IP Library Granted Patent US 8,723,814
Granted Patent B2
US 8,723,814 · App. 12/776,868 · Granted May 13, 2014

Handheld electronic communication device

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Patent No.
US 8,723,814
App. No.
12/776,868
Granted
May 13, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A handheld electronic communication device including a body including an input device facing a first direction, and a display device coupled to the body. The display device has a first display screen and a second display screen. The second display screen faces an opposite direction as the first display screen. The display device is rotatable between a first position in which the first display screen faces the first direction, and a second position in which the second display screen faces the first direction.

Claims (28)

1. A handheld electronic communication device comprising:

a body including a pair of generally parallel arms extending at opposite sides of the body and an input device comprising a keyboard including a plurality of keys facing a first direction;

a display device coupled to the body and having a first display screen and a second display screen, the second display screen facing an opposite direction as the first display screen, wherein the display device is rotatably connected to the arms of the body such that the display device is rotatable between a first position in which the first display screen faces the first direction and each of the keys of the keyboard is exposed, and a second position in which the second display screen faces the first direction and each of the keys of the keyboard is exposed;

wherein the input device, including the keys of the keyboard, covers a first portion of the display device when the display device is in the first position.

2. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the second display screen comprises a touch screen.

3. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 1 , comprising a sensor cooperating with the display device to detect when the display device is in the first position and to detect when the display device is in the second position.

4. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the first and second display screens comprises a touch-sensitive display and touch-sensitive display is operable to detect a touch thereon when the display device is in the second position.

5. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 4 , wherein the touch-sensitive display is inoperable to detect a touch thereon when the display device is in the first position.

6. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the second display screen is at least 25% larger in area than the first display screen.

7. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is rotatably connected to the body by a hinge.

8. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 7 , wherein the hinge is offset from a center of the body and the hinge is offset from a center of the display device.

9. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 1 , wherein information that is rendered on the display device is rendered on first display screen when the display device is in the first position and is rendered on the second display screen when the display device is in the second position.

10. A method of controlling a handheld electronic communication device, the handheld electronic communication device comprising a body including a pair of generally parallel arms extending at opposite sides of the body and an input device comprising a keyboard including a plurality of keys facing a first direction, and a display device coupled to the body and having a first display screen, a second display screen and a touch-sensitive overlay on the second display screen, the second display screen facing an opposite direction as the first display screen, wherein the display device is rotatably connected to the arms of the body such that the display device is rotatable between a first position in which the first display screen faces the first direction and each of the keys of the keyboard is exposed, and a second position in which the second display screen faces the first direction and each of the keys of the keyboard are exposed, wherein the input device, including the keys of the keyboard, covers a first portion of the display device when the display device is in the first position, the method comprising:

activating touch-sensing utilizing the touch-sensitive overlay to detect a touch thereon when the display device is moved from the first position to the second position; and

deactivating the touch-sensing when the display device is moved from the second position to the first position.

11. The method according to claim 10 , comprising:

rendering information on the first display screen when the display device is in the first position; and

rendering information on the second display screen when the display device is in the second position.

12. A handheld electronic communication device comprising:

a body including a pair of generally parallel arms extending at opposite sides of the body and an input device facing a first direction;

a display device coupled to the body and having a first display screen and a second display screen, the second display screen facing an opposite direction as the first display screen, wherein the display device is rotatably connected to the arms of the body such that the display device is rotatable between a first position in which the first display screen faces the first direction and the entire input device is exposed, and a second position in which the second display screen faces the first direction and the entire input device is exposed;

wherein the input device covers a first portion of the display device when the display device is in the first position.

13. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 12 , comprising a sensor cooperating with the display device to detect when the display device is in the first position and to detect when the display device is in the second position.

14. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 13 , wherein the second display screen comprises a touch-sensitive display that is operable to detect a touch thereon when the display device is in the second position.

15. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 14 , wherein the touch-sensitive display is inoperable to detect a touch thereon when the display device is in the first position.

16. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 12 , wherein the second display screen is at least 25% larger in area than the first display screen.

17. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 12 , wherein the display device is rotatably connected to the body by a hinge offset from a center of the display device.

18. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 12 , wherein information that is rendered on the display device is rendered on first display screen when the display device is in the first position and is rendered on the second display screen when the display device is in the second position.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jun 19, 2023
From: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064270/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
To: MALIKIE INNOVATIONS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064104/0103 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 22, 2014
From: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
To: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 032113/0594 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2010
From: GRIFFIN, JASON TYLER; WOOD, TODD ANDREW; PEGG, ALBERT
To: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 024510/0661 →