Wearable accessory for monitoring whether user is looking at portable electronic device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsJerome Pasquero, Steven Henry Fyke
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AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsJerome Pasquero, Steven Henry Fyke
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An accessory that includes a light transmitter may be worn by a user of an electronic device that includes a light receiver and a display screen. When the accessory is paired to the electronic device, the device may be configured to perform one or more behaviors in response to a change intensity of light incident on the light receiver, the light having been transmitted from the accessory. Example behaviors include activating and deactivating the display screen, altering what is displayed on a display screen, and turning the electronic device on or off. The device may also be configured to determine one or more properties of the light incident on the light receiver and to perform the behaviors only if the one or more properties correspond to one or more prerequisite light properties stored in the device.
An electronic device comprising:
A method in an electronic device having a display, the method comprising:
An accessory comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.