Portable electronic device including touch-sensitive display and method of providing access to an application

• US 10,101,877 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2015
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: DeFazio, Michael Joseph, Debicki, Tomasz, Moore, Shannon Tyler
• Primary Examiner(s): Higgs, Stella
• Application Number:
  US14/688,913
• Publication Number:
  US 20160306507A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,279 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1662 Details related to the integrated keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0227 Cooperation and interconnection of the input arrangement with other functional units of a computer G06F3/023 - G06F3/037 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3827 Portable transceivers

Abstract

A method of providing access to an application from a portable electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting an event to provide a selectable option, identifying a selectable option associated with the event and providing the selectable options on a touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device, and in response to detecting a touch associated with the selectable option on the touch-sensitive display and movement of a keyboard portion of the portable electronic device relative to the touch-sensitive display, performing a function associated with the selectable option.

Claims

1. A method of providing access to an application from a portable electronic device, while the portable electronic device is in a locked state, the method comprising:

detecting receipt of a message or receipt of an incoming phone call;

in response to receipt of the message or receipt of the incoming phone call while the portable electronic device is in the locked state, identifying a selectable option for responding to receipt of the message or receipt of the phone call and providing the selectable option on a touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device;

detecting a touch associated with the selectable option on the touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device;

detecting movement of a keyboard portion of the portable electronic device relative to the touch-sensitive display;

in response to detecting movement of the keyboard portion of the portable electronic device relative to the touch-sensitive display while the touch is maintained on the selectable option on the touch-sensitive display;

launching an application associated with the selectable option for responding to receipt of the message or receipt of the phone call while the portable electronic device remains in the locked state,

automatically composing a response to the receipt of the message or incoming phone call based on the selectable option and providing the response for editing prior to sending; and

in response to receipt of a selection of a send command, sending the response;

in response to detecting movement of the keyboard portion of the portable electronic device absent the touch, awaiting receipt of a further message or receipt of a further incoming phone call without launching the application associated the selectable option and without automatically composing the response, such that no function is performed in association with the movement of the keyboard and no function is performed in association with the touch;

wherein fewer functions for the application are available in response to launching the application when the portable electronic device is in the locked state compared to the functions available in response to launching the application when the portable electronic device is in an unlocked state.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in response to receipt of an input to return to providing the selectable option after launching the application, again providing the selectable option on the touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of selectable options are provided, including the selectable option, by displaying the plurality of selectable options on the touch-sensitive display.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable code stored thereon, the computer-readable code executable by at least one processor of a portable electronic device to perform the method according to claim 1.

5. A portable electronic device comprising:

a first housing;

a touch-sensitive display supported by the first housing;

a second housing coupled to the first housing and moveable relative thereto to between a first position in which the first housing is stacked with the second housing and a second, extended position;

a keyboard disposed in the second housing and hidden by the first housing when the second housing is in the first position and exposed for use when the second housing is in the second, extended position;

a processor operably coupled to the touch-sensitive display and to the keyboard and configured to control the touch-sensitive display to;

enter a locked state;

while in the locked state, detect receipt of a message or receipt of an incoming phone call when the second housing is in the first position;

in response to receipt of the message or receipt of the incoming phone call while the portable electronic device is in the locked state, identify a selectable option for responding to receipt of the message or receipt of the phone call and provide the selectable option on the touch-sensitive display;

detect a touch associated with the selectable option on the touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device;

detect movement of a keyboard portion of the portable electronic device relative to the touch-sensitive display;

in response to detecting movement of the second housing relative to the first housing while the touch is maintained on the selectable option on the touch-sensitive display;

launch an application associated with the selectable option for responding to receipt of the message or receipt of the phone call while the portable electronic device remains in the locked state,

automatically compose a response to the receipt of the message or incoming phone call based on the selectable option and provide the response for editing prior to sending; and

in response to receipt of a selection of a send command, send the response;

in response to detecting movement of the keyboard portion of the portable electronic device absent the touch, await receipt of a further message or receipt of a further incoming phone call without launching the application associated the selectable option and without automatically composing the response, such that no function is performed in association with the movement of the keyboard and no function is performed in association with the touch;

wherein fewer functions for the application are available in response to launching the application when the portable electronic device is in the locked state compared to the functions available in response to launching the application when the portable electronic device is in an unlocked state.

6. The portable electronic device to claim 5, wherein a plurality of selectable options are provided, including the selectable option, by displaying the plurality of selectable options on the touch-sensitive display.

7. The portable electronic device according to claim 5, wherein, in response to receipt of an input to return to providing the selectable option after launching the application associated with the selectable option, the selectable option is provided again on the touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device.