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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Richard Gerard Hofmann, Cary, NC (US);
Gerald Paul Michalak, Cary, NC (US);
Barry Joe Wolford, Cary, NC (US);
Richard Gerard Hofmann, Cary, NC (US);
Gerald Paul Michalak, Cary, NC (US);
Barry Joe Wolford, Cary, NC (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
In a meeting or group event, people having a portable device, such as a cell phone or pager, may wish to be discretely notified when an important message is received, an urgent call comes in from a selected person or a selected group of people, or to be alerted to an upcoming important event without any audible alert to disturb the meeting or group event. To convey such a notification, a tactile alert is provided by vibrating the portable device according to a unique vibration pattern associated with the received communication. When a communication is received, a group identification (ID) is assigned based on the communication being a member of a classified group of source addresses. The portable device associates the group ID with a unique vibration pattern. To provide the alert, the portable device is vibrated according to the unique vibration pattern.
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