Device, System And Method For Processing Character Data

• US 20140325383A1
• Filed: 04/24/2013
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: BROWN, Michael Stephen, DENT, Terrill Mark, GRDENFORS, Dan Zacharias, GRIFFIN, Jason Tyler
• Granted Patent: US 9,736,218 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

A method is described. The method comprising the steps of receiving character data from the remote device following a selection of character data for application to a target; and determining, based on one or more characters in the character data, one or more components executable on the processor for supplying the character data thereto. A device is also described.

Claims

1. A method for a device in communication with a remote device, the method comprising:

receiving character data from the remote device following a selection of character data for application to a target; and

determining, based on one or more characters in the character data, one or more components executable on the processor for supplying the character data thereto.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising the step of outputting data pertaining to selectable information based on the one or more components.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising the step of receiving a user selection based on the selectable information and supplying the character data to one of the one or more components based on the selection.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising the step of generating a prompt to update the appearance of the target based on characters in the character data.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising the step of generating a prompt to update the appearance of the target based on the one or more components.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising the step of prioritising the selectable information based on one or more characters in the character data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining step is performed in advance of or at the same time as a user applies the character data to the target.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein character data is received in response to a user moving the selected character data toward the target.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein character data is received in response to a user moving selected character data to within a predetermined distance of the target.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the character data comprises one or more of a date, an address, an email address, a URL, a contact, contact details and plain text.

11. A method for a device in communication with a remote device, the method comprising:

generating data pertaining to a target for display;

receiving character data following a selection of character data for application to a target;

outputting the character data to the remote device.

12. The method of claim 11, comprising the step of receiving data, from the remote device, pertaining to selectable information based on one or more components executable on the remote device, and generating a selectable list, based on the selectable information, for display.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising the step of receiving a user selection based on the selectable information and outputting data based on the user selection to the remote device.

14. The method of claim 11, comprising the step of generating a display object based on received information on one or more components executable on the remote device for display adjacent to the target.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more components executable on the remote device are components configured to receive one or more characters from the character data.

16. The method of claim 11, comprising the step of updating the appearance of the target based on a prompt received from the remote device.

17. The method of claim 11, comprising the step of outputting the character data to the remote device in response to a user moving the selected character data toward the target.

18. The method of claim 11, comprising the step of outputting the character data to the remote device in response to a user moving selected character data to within a predetermined distance of the target.

19. A computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving character data from the remote device following a selection of character data for application to a target; and

determining, based on one or more characters in the character data, one or more components executable on the processor for supplying the character data thereto.

20. A device comprising a processing circuit configured to perform a method comprising:

generating data pertaining to a target for display;

receiving character data following a selection of character data for application to a target;

outputting the character data to the remote device.

21. A computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving character data from the remote device following a selection of character data for application to a target; and

determining, based on one or more characters in the character data, one or more components executable on the processor for supplying the character data thereto.

22. A computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to perform a method comprising:

generating data pertaining to a target for display;

receiving character data following a selection of character data for application to a target;

outputting the character data to the remote device.

22-1. A device comprising:

a processor configured to communicate with a remote device, the processor being further configured to;

receive character data from the remote device following a selection of character data for application to a target; and

determine, based on one or more characters in the character data, one or more components executable on the processor for supplying the character data thereto.

23. A device comprising:

a processor configured to communicate with a remote device, the processor being further configured to;

generate data pertaining to a target for display;

receive character data following a selection of character data for application to a target;

output the character data to the remote device.