BlackBerry Keyboard Patent Expires

Keyboard for mobile devices Abstract A keyboard comprising a plurality of transparent keys. In use, the keyboard is attached to a device such as a mobile device, to overlay a display screen of the device. One or more images displayed on the display screen are made visible to a user through the keys, which may be pressed by a user input is determined by identifying a pressed key, and the image or part thereof visible through the key when pressed. Classifications G06F3/04886 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI] using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. touchscreens, controllable by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus View 1 more classifications Landscapes Engineering & Computer Science General Engineering & Computer Science CA2497122A1 Canada Download PDF Find Prior Art Similar Other languages: French Inventor: Alexei Skarnine Current Assignee: BlackBerry Ltd Worldwide applications 2004 EP 2005 CA Application CA 2497122 events 2005-02-15 Application filed by Research In Motion Ltd 2005-08-26 Publication of CA2497122A1 2010-04-13 Application granted 2010-04-13 Publication of CA2497122C 2025-02-15 Anticipated expiration Status Active EN: The image shows a patent database screenshot for a mobile-device keyboard using transparent keys over a display. The anticipated expiration date, “2025-02-15,” is circled in red, making the joke about the BlackBerry keyboard patent expiring today. It is used as a dry, nerdy reaction to the provided news about BlackBerry’s keyboard patent. Русский: На изображении показан скриншот патентной базы данных о клавиатуре для мобильных устройств с прозрачными клавишами поверх дисплея. Предполагаемая дата окончания патента — «2025-02-15» — обведена красным, что создаёт шутку о сегодняшнем истечении патента на клавиатуру BlackBerry. Мем используют как сухую, nerdy-реакцию на новость о патенте BlackBerry.

The image shows a patent database screenshot for a mobile-device keyboard using transparent keys over a display. The anticipated expiration date, “2025-02-15,” is circled in red, making the joke about the BlackBerry keyboard patent expiring today. It is used as a dry, nerdy reaction to the provided news about BlackBerry’s keyboard patent. EN: The image shows a patent database screenshot for a mobile-device keyboard using transparent keys over a display. The anticipated expiration date, “2025-02-15,” is circled in red, making the joke about the BlackBerry keyboard patent expiring today. It is used as a dry, nerdy reaction to the provided news about BlackBerry’s keyboard patent.

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