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| 20100232102 | PORTABLE FOLDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable folding electronic device has a base with a longer length dimension and a shorter width dimension and a user interface on one surface. The user interface may be oriented for use when the base has a portrait orientation. The device also has a screen unit with a longer length dimension and a shorter width dimension and a screen on one surface. A linkage connects the base to the screen unit. The linkage provides at least two degrees of freedom between the base and the screen unit such that the screen unit may be moved to a first position folded onto the base, with the length dimension of said screen unit aligned with the length dimension of the base, and to a second position tilted with respect to the base, with the length dimension of the screen unit aligned with the width dimension of the base. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110070829 | ACCELEROMETER TAP DETECTION TO INITIATE NFC COMMUNICATION - A communications device, method and system include a processor and a Near Field Communications (NFC) circuit connected to the processor and configured to communicate using an NFC communications protocol. An accelerometer is connected to the processor and configured to generate a signal to the processor upon a tapping engagement with an NFC enabled device. In response, the processor activates the NFC circuit to transmit or receive data with the NFC enabled device using the NFC communications protocol. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110153668 | ACCESSING A DATA ITEM STORED IN AN UNAVAILABLE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method of retrieving a data item from a database synchronized with the contents of an unavailable mobile communication device. The owner of the unavailable mobile communication device uses a telephone such as a landline telephone, a cell phone or a VoIP telephone to call the number of the unavailable communication device. That is the owner calls his own telephone number. A server with access to the database provides the caller with options to retrieve the data item, which can be a contact name, a telephone number, an address, an email message, etc. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110169632 | METHODS, DEVICE AND SYSTEMS FOR DELIVERY OF NAVIGATIONAL NOTIFICATIONS - The disclosure is directed to a method, computer program product, mobile device for delivering a navigational notification generated for a mobile device. The delivering of the navigational notification comprises obtaining one or more notification parameters and one or more audio parameters; and controlling the delivery of the navigational notification at least partly based on the notification parameters and the audio parameters. The notification parameters are indicative of one or more aspects of the navigational notification such as time-sensitivity, priority or the like. Various configurations of computer program products, mobile devices and systems for controlling the delivery of the navigational notification are also described. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110210834 | METHOD OF PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK AND APPARATUS - A method includes detecting when a portable electronic device having a touch-sensitive display is disposed in a holster and monitoring an area of the touch-sensitive display for a query gesture. When the query gesture is detected in association with the area, a function associated with the query gesture is performed. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210923 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FACILITATING INPUT AT THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of controlling an electronic device that has a touch-sensitive display includes detecting a touch at an area associated with a character displayed on the touch-sensitive display, adding the character to a character string, identifying, from stored data, objects that at least partially match the character string, determining a next character of ones of the objects identified to yield a set of next characters, increasing a size of an area associated with each character of the set of next characters, and reducing the size of the area associated with each character of the set of next characters with time absent detection of a further touch. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210926 | METHOD OF PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK AND APPARATUS - A method includes detecting a query gesture and actuating, in response to the query gesture, an actuator to provide tactile feedback including information associated with the query gesture. The query gesture may be detected on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110212688 | NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) SYSTEM PROVIDING MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE OPERATIONS BASED UPON TIMING AND SEQUENCE OF NFC SENSOR COMMUNICATION AND RELATED METHODS - A near-field communication (NFC) system may include a plurality of spaced-apart NFC sensors and at least one mobile wireless communications device. The at least one mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, an NFC circuit carried by the portable housing and configured to establish NFC communications with the NFC sensors when moved in close proximity therewith, and a controller carried by the portable housing and coupled to the NFC circuit. The controller may be configured to perform different mobile device operations based upon a timing and sequence in which the NFC sensors are communicated with. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110214158 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PROVIDING MOBILE DEVICE AUTHENTICATION BYPASS BASED UPON USER-WEARABLE SECURITY DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS - A wireless communications system may include a user-wearable device including a clasp having open and closed positions, a first wireless security circuit (WSC), and a first controller coupled to the clasp and the first WSC. The system may further include a mobile wireless communications device including a portable housing, an input device(s), a second WSC carried by the portable housing and configured to communicate with the first WSC when in close proximity therewith, and a second controller carried by the portable housing and coupled to the second WSC and the input device(s). The second controller may be configured to enable mobile wireless communications device(s) function based upon a manual entry of an authentication code via the input device(s), and bypass the manual entry and enable the mobile wireless communications device function(s) based upon a communication from the user-wearable device and a position of the clasp. | 09-01-2011 |
