(19)
(11) EP 2 175 359 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A2)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
23.06.2010 Bulletin 2010/25

(43) Date of publication:
14.04.2010 Bulletin 2010/15

(21) Application number: 09171332.1

(22) Date of filing: 25.09.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06F 3/048(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 08.10.2008 US 103781 P

(71) Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3W8 (CA)

(72) Inventor:
  • Henhoeffer, Michael J
    Waterloo Ontario N2L 5Z5 (CA)

(74) Representative: Patel, Binesh 
Barker Brettell LLP 10-12 Priests Bridge
London SW15 5JE
London SW15 5JE (GB)

   


(54) An electronic device having a state aware touchscreen


(57) An electronic device having a touchscreen display. A graphical user interface (GUI) is displayed on the touchscreen display that includes a user interface element displayed in a default state at a location, the user interface element being associated with a function. The user interface element is changed from the default state to a first state upon detecting a first input event at the location. The user interface element is changed from the first state to a second state upon detecting a second input event at the location.