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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2015
Wisewear Corporation, San Antonio, TX (US);
Ronald A. Barnes, San Antonio, TX (US);
David P. Elam, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Bennett L. Ibey, San Antonio, TX (US);
Gerald J. Wilmink, San Antonio, TX (US);
Jason B. Wilson, Fair Oaks Ranch, TX (US);
WISEWEAR CORPORATION, San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
In a particular embodiment, methods, apparatuses, computer program products, and devices for tactile messaging include receiving motion data from an accelerometer within a wearable device and determining that the received motion data matches a particular defined motion pattern of a plurality of defined motion patterns. In the particular embodiment, tactile messaging includes in response to determining that the received motion data matches the particular defined motion pattern, identifying one or more recipients and a message content that correspond to the particular defined motion pattern. Tactile messaging, according to the particular embodiment, also includes in response to identifying the one or more recipients and the message content that correspond to the particular defined motion pattern, initiating transmission, to the identified one or more recipients, a text message that includes the message content.