BlackBerry Issued Patents for Conference Calling, Wearables

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BlackBerry Ltd. won at least 27 new U.S. patents, shedding light on what sort of devices are in the works at the Canadian smartphone maker.

Among the patents are security features and a user interface for a conference-calling system, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Official Gazette. Chief Executive Officer John Chen said in September that BBM Meetings, a videoconferencing service, would debut by the end of the year.