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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2010
Applicants:
Marc a Steer, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth W Baar, Escondido, CA (US);
Sidney Sitachitt, San Diego, CA (US);
Karoly Becze, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marc A Steer, San Diego, CA (US);
Kenneth W Baar, Escondido, CA (US);
Sidney Sitachitt, San Diego, CA (US);
Karoly Becze, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mobile communication device includes an alerting mechanism comprising a light source, wherein the light source is configured to alert the user via a visual alert that an event has, or is, occurring. The event can be an incoming communication, a voice message, an alarm etc. The visual alert can be synchronized with an audible alert also included in the mobile communication device.