Motorola Corporation

Google Technology Holdings LLC

Peter S Opela

Thomas J Rollins

Adam Mark Will

Yun Yee Wong

A portable electronic device () comprises an attached device (), a vibrator (), and a processor () coupled between the attached device () and the vibrator (). The processor () is adapted to detect the attached device (), determine an identification for the attached device (), associate a drive voltage with the identification, and drive the vibrator () using the drive voltage.

Portable electronic device and method of operation therefore

A wireless communication device () employs a method and apparatus for automatically initiating a communication with a target device. The communication device includes, inter alia, a user interface (), an acoustic transducer (), and an acoustic receptor (). The user interface receives an identification of the target device (e.g., a telephone number) from a user while the communication device is configured in a first physical or mechanical configuration of at least two user-selectable configurations. Responsive to detecting a reconfiguration of the communication device from the first configuration (e.g., closed) into a second configuration (e.g., open), the communication device automatically initiates the communication with the target device, thereby eliminating the need for manual call initiation after the communication device is properly positioned for in-call use.

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Lake Worth, FL, United States of America

Peter S Opela