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Robert Simon Lessing
Researcher at BlackBerry Limited
Publications - 12
Citations - 616
Robert Simon Lessing is an academic researcher from BlackBerry Limited. The author has contributed to research in topics: Graphical user interface & User interface. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 12 publications receiving 616 citations.
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Electronic device and method of displaying information in response to a gesture
Mihal Lazaridis,Daniel Tobias Rydenhag,Donald James Lindsay,Alistair Hamilton,Robert Simon Lessing,Jason Tyler Griffin,Joseph Eytan Benedek,Todd Andrew Wood +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a gesture is detected on the touch-sensitive display, which gesture indicates a request to display information associated with a second application without opening the second application, and at least part of the information from the first application is displayed without opening it.
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Method and apparatus for providing a contextual user interface on a device
Simon Martin Thorsander,Per Åke Daniel Johansson,Nils Roger Andersson Reimer,Robert Simon Lessing,Jonas Ove Arbsjö,Charles Anton Nilsson Boman,Ahmed ElSaeed Mohamed Gad Eldessouki,Andreas Pal Drén +7 more
TL;DR: A computer-implemented method, at an electronic device having a display and means for receiving user input, comprises: displaying on the display a menu; and where a selected first item is associated with a second item, said menu is displayed with one of the first and the second items as a menu option and a number of menu functions associated with the other of first and second items as mentioned in this paper.
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Method and apparatus for providing a user interface on a device enabling selection of operations to be performed in relation to content
Simon Martin Thorsander,Per Åke Daniel Johansson,Nils Roger Andersson Reimer,Robert Simon Lessing,Jonas Ove Arbsjö,Charles Anton Nilsson Boman,Ahmed ElSaeed Mohamed Gad Eldessouki,Andreas Pal Drén +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a computer-implemented method, at an electronic device having a display and means for receiving user input, is described, in response to receipt of a user input performed in relation to one or more selectable items displayed in a graphical user interface on the display.
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Method and apparatus for adjusting a user interface to reduce obscuration
Simon Martin Thorsander,Per Åke Daniel Johansson,Nils Roger Andersson Reimer,Robert Simon Lessing,Jonas Ove Arbsjö,Charles Anton Nilsson Boman,Ahmed ElSaeed Mohamed Gad Eldessouki,Andreas Pal Drén +7 more
TL;DR: A computer-implemented method consisting of displaying on the display, while maintaining at least a portion of the graphical user interface on display, a menu containing one or more functions selectable by the user.
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Method and apparatus for providing an option to enable multiple selections
Simon Martin Thorsander,Per Åke Daniel Johansson,Nils Roger Andersson Reimer,Robert Simon Lessing,Jonas Ove Arbsjö,Charles Anton Nilsson Boman,Ahmed ElSaeed Mohamed Gad Eldessouki,Andreas Pal Drén +7 more
TL;DR: A computer-implemented method, at an electronic device having a display and a means for receiving user input, comprises: when the graphical user interface of the application displays a number of items and the device receives user input as discussed by the authors, displaying in relation to a selected first item, the graphical interface element being movable in response to user input to select one or more additional items adjacent the first item.