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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Raleigh J. Ledet, Lafayette, LA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device receives an indication of an input detected by a respective input device of the plurality of input devices; and, in response, provides information describing the input to an application running on the device that enables the application to react to the input. The device receives a reaction to the input from the application that indicates that a tactile output is to be generated in response to the input; and, in response, causes the generation of a respective tactile output. In accordance with a determination that the reaction was triggered by the first input device, the respective tactile output is generated at the first input device based on the reaction from the application. In accordance with a determination that the reaction was triggered by the second input device, the respective tactile output is generated at the second input device based on the reaction from the application.