Alert peripheral for notification of events occuring on a programmable user equipment with communication capabilities

A method for enabling user notification via a peripheral device of events occurring on a first user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

• configuring the peripheral device to exhibit a sensory response, via a response notification mechanism, on receipt of a notification of a detected event (NDE) signal from the first UE;
• establishing a communication link between the peripheral device and the first UE via a communication mechanism;
• and
• in response to detecting a receipt of the NDE signal, providing the sensory response via the response notification mechanism.

A user equipment comprising:

• a processor;
• a communication mechanism by which the user equipment can communicate with at least one peripheral device configured with a communication receiving mechanism and components that enable the peripheral device to respond to specific notifications received from the user equipment;
• one or more applications and firmware that execute on the processor and which enable the user equipment to operate and periodically generate events that are detectable and which are pre-identified as events of interest for signaling to the peripheral component;
• and
• a peripheral notification of event (PNE) module that executes on the processor and which configures the processor to:
• in response to detecting an occurrence of an event that is one or the pre-identified events of interest, generate a notification of detected event (NDE) signal, activate the communication mechanism to connect to the peripheral device, and transmit the generated notification to the peripheral device via the communication mechanism.