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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Janani Janakiraman, Austin, TX (US);
Su Liu, Austin, TX (US);
Fang Lu, Billerica, MA (US);
Nadiya Kochura, Bolton, MA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/0283 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); H04L 51/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Presenting a coloring pattern by a case of a mobile device according to received content includes receiving, by the mobile device, content; determining, based on the content, a coloring pattern; generating, based on the coloring pattern, a heat pattern in an inductive mesh of the mobile device; and presenting, by a thermally activated material included in the case of the mobile device and in thermal contact with the inductive mesh, the coloring pattern.