• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • Archives

RIMarkable

The Unofficial BlackBerry Weblog

  • Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Rumor Mill
You are here: Home / BlackBerry / New Camera Patent Appears

New Camera Patent Appears

March 11, 2008 by Robb Dunewood 2 Comments

rim-locking-camera-patent It appears that an interesting new patent by Research In Motion is circulating the internet this morning – oddly enough it’s to do with locking down device cameras. It was big milestone when RIM first released the BlackBerry Pearl, and in doing so broke the traditional corporate mould of “cameras are not secure in certain work environments”. We all slept easy however when the IT policies on our BlackBerry Servers allowed us to lock out the ability to use to device cameras and memory cards.

Because we have the ability to action these security enhancements remotely from the BES, there’s been some confusion as to what this new patent represents. Let’s look at the patent more closely – this proposes that you have a removable key that physically locks in to the side of a BlackBerry, and when inserted the camera is prevented from working. This seems simple enough, but when we can achieve the same result remotely using the BES server IT policies, why would we want something physical that is bound to get lost or break in the process? It could be aimed at businesses that have BIS users, but generally camera paranoia only comes with huge corporate entities, so it’s unlikely RIM would physically build something to service such a small niche. Time will tell, and we’ll keep you posted.

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Related

Filed Under: BlackBerry Tagged With: BlackBerry Patent, Cameraphone

Reader Interactions

Trackbacks

  1. UpComingCamera.Info » Blog Archive » New Camera Patent Appears says:
    March 11, 2008 at 11:07 am

    […] inserted the camera is prevented from working. This seems simple enough, but when we can … MORE >>Creadit By weight […]

    Reply
  2. 9000 pictures and video - Page 2 - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community says:
    March 30, 2008 at 9:30 pm

    […] expensive compared with some comparable Nokia models. Maybe this patent will take care of that. New Camera Patent Appears | RIMarkable –>BB7130e–>Palm 700P–>BB […]

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Like What you See?

If you're serious about your business, the Aspire theme is the way to go.

Recent Posts

  • The Priv…..You Better Market It!!
  • BB10… A Slow Death?
  • The Day BlackBerry Forced Me To Leave BlackBerry
  • BlackBerry Hank Says Goodbye
  • Get A 10% Discount Code On A New BlackBerry Silver Passport

Copyright © 2021 · News Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in