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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2008
Applicants:

Sandra Irene Vargas, Sammamish, WA (US);

Keith Rowe, Seattle, WA (US);

Peter Bernard, Bellevue, WA (US);

Peter Chin, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Sandra Irene Vargas, Sammamish, WA (US);

Keith Rowe, Seattle, WA (US);

Peter Bernard, Bellevue, WA (US);

Peter Chin, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A notification charm for a wireless communication device and a method of operating the wireless device to provide an alert on the charm are presented. The charm may be a bracelet, watch, keychain, ring, or other ornamental device which can generate event and preference based alerts about events occurring on a wireless device.


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