SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAVING DATA IN RESPONSE TO OPEN AND CLOSE EVENTS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20100151846A1
• Filed: 12/11/2008
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: VUONG, THANH VINH
• Granted Patent: US 8,787,993 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

A method for automatically saving data in a wireless device is provided. The wireless device has a sensor connected to a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The sensor provides an open signal to the processor indicating an open event when the wireless device is opened and providing a close signal to the processor indicating a close event when the wireless device is closed. The method includes detecting occurrence of the close event while data is being entered in an application; saving the data in the memory; creating and saving a notification in the memory that the data is saved; linking the notification to the saved data; and displaying the saved notification on a primary display screen of the wireless device.

Claims

1. A method for automatically saving data in a wireless device, the wireless device having a sensor connected to a processor and a memory connected to the processor, the sensor providing an open signal to the processor indicating an open event when the wireless device is opened and providing a close signal to the processor indicating a close event when the wireless device is closed, the method comprising:

detecting occurrence of the close event while data is being entered in an application;

saving the data in the memory;

creating and saving a notification in the memory that the data is saved; and

linking the notification to the saved data.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the saved notification on a primary display screen of the wireless device.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the saved notification on a secondary display screen of the wireless device while the wireless device is in a closed state.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting occurrence of the open event while the wireless device is in a closed state;

detecting the presence of the saved data or the notification in the memory; and

displaying the notification on a display of the wireless device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the notification presents options including at least one of:

continuing to enter the data linked to the notification in the application, acknowledging the notification and taking no further action, acknowledging the notification with a reminder to follow at a later time; and

loading an auto-save manager that manages the method for automatically saving the data.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the wireless device is a flip-style wireless device selected from the group consisting of a wireless device having a lower casing with a moveable lid, a wireless device having a lower casing and a lid where the lid slides over the lower casing from a first position to a second position, a wireless device having a lower casing and a lid where the lid is attached to the lower casing with a hinge mechanism, a wireless device having a lower casing and a lid where the lid is rotatably connected to the lower casing, and a wireless device having a lower casing and a lid, where the lid slides off of the lower casing from a first position to a second position with the lid being configured to rotate in the second position.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data being entered in the application includes at least one of an email being entered in an email application, an instant message being entered in an instant message application, an interactive web site being viewed in a browser application, and a document being edited in a document editor application.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein an auto-save manager module resident in the memory of the wireless device executes the method when data is being entered in an application for which configuration settings in the auto-save manager module indicate that the method should be active.

9. A wireless device having an opened state and a closed state, the wireless device comprising:

a processor for controlling operation of the wireless device;

a sensor providing an open signal to the processor indicating an open event when the wireless device is opened and placed into the opened state and providing a close signal to the processor indicating a close event when the wireless device is closed and placed into the closed state;

a first input device coupled to the processor for accepting an input;

a primary display device coupled to the processor for communicating an output to the user;

a communications subsystem coupled to the processor for communicating with a communications network;

a memory coupled to the processor; and

a storage device coupled to the processor;

the wireless device including an auto-save manager module and at least one application resident in the memory for execution by the processor, the auto-save manager module being configured to;

detect occurrence of the close event while data is being entered in one of the at least one applications;

save the data in the memory;

create and save a notification in the memory that the data is saved; and

link the notification to the saved data.

10. The wireless device according to claim 9, wherein the auto-save manager module is further configured to display the saved notification on the primary display device of the wireless device.

11. The wireless device according to claim 9, wherein the auto-save manager module is further configured to display the saved notification on a secondary display screen of the wireless device while the wireless device is in a closed state.

12. The wireless device according to claim 9, wherein the auto-save manager module is further configured to

detect occurrence of the open event while the wireless device is in the closed state;

detect the presence of the saved data or the notification in the memory; and

display the notification on the primary display of the wireless device.

13. The wireless device according to claim 9, wherein the notification presents options including at least one of:

continuing to enter the data linked to the notification in the application, acknowledging the notification and taking no further action, acknowledging the notification with a reminder to follow at a later time; and

loading the auto-save manager module.

14. The wireless device according to claim 9, wherein the wireless device is a flip-style wireless device selected from the group consisting of a wireless device having a lower casing with a moveable lid, a wireless device having a lower casing and a lid where the lid slides over the lower casing from a first position to a second position, a wireless device having a lower casing and a lid where the lid is attached to the lower casing with a hinge mechanism, a wireless device having a lower casing and a lid where the lid is rotatably connected to the lower casing, and a wireless device having a lower casing and a lid, where the lid slides off of the lower casing from a first position to a second position with the lid being configured to rotate in the second position.

15. The wireless device according to claim 9, wherein the data being entered in the application includes at least one of an email being entered in an email application, an instant message being entered in an instant message application, an interactive web site being viewed in a browser application, and a document being edited in a document editor application.

16. The wireless device according to claim 9, wherein the auto-save manager module is active when data is being entered in one of the at least one applications for which configuration settings in the auto-save manager module indicate that the auto-save manager module should be active.