Communication device including one or more electrical control buttons in an upper housing part
CA 2570509 C · Owner: Oldham, Katherine A. · Inventors: Oldham, Katherine A.
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Folding wireless communication devices (100 700) comprise first parts (102, 1002) that are rotatably coupled to second parts (104 1104). The first parts , (102, 1002) can be moved from first positions in which the first parts (102 1002) overlie the second parts (104, 1104) to second positions in which the first parts (102, 1002) extend upward away from the second parts (104 1104). , The first parts (102, 1002) comprise one or more buttons (302 304, 306, 308, 1010, 1012), e.g. a pair of directional buttons such as "UP" and "DOWN" , control buttons (302 304, 1010, 1012). Hardware and/or software is used to change the function of the buttons (302 304, 306, 308, 1010, 1012) depending , on the …
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- Filed May 26, 2005 and granted May 20, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 26, 2025.
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