HANDHELD ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20110275414A1
• Filed: 05/19/2010
• Published: 11/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: PEGG, Albert
• Granted Patent: US 8,457,696 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0216 Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector

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, and releasably lockable in a third position, intermediate the first position and the second position.

Claims

1. A handheld electronic communication device comprising:

a body including 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, the display device rotatable relative to the body 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, and releasably lockable in a third position, intermediate the first position and the second 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 third position.

4. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 3, comprising a processor connected to the sensor and to the display device to render a feature on the display in response to detecting that the display device is in the third position.

5. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 4, wherein the feature comprises a clock.

6. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 4, wherein the feature comprises a digital photo album.

7. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 1, wherein, when the display device is in the third position, the body and the display device are at an angle with respect to each other to facilitate standing of the handheld electronic communication device.

8. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 1, wherein the display device is releasably lockable in the third position utilizing detents and complementary notches in the display device and the body.

9. The handheld electronic communication device according to claim 1, wherein the display device is releasably lockable in the third position by frictional engagement of the display device with the body.