Method of using tactile feedback to deliver silent status information to a user of an electronic device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7567232
APP PUB NO 20030076298A1
SERIAL NO

10279302

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Embodiments of the present invention use haptic feedback to deliver status information to users in environments and situations where sight and/or sound is too overt from a privacy perspective. In one embodiment, localized haptic sensations can be delivered to a user through a tactile element that is positioned on a region of a housing of the electronic device that is engaged by a user.

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  • IMMERSION CORPORATION

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Rosenberg, Louis B San Jose, US 348 43158

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