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

An alert device for providing a sensory notification to a user of a mobile device, the alert device comprising:

• a communication interface configured to receive one or more notification signals from the mobile device;
• a housing configured to allow the alert device to physically contact a wearable user equipment and the user;
• an actuator embedded in the housing that is configured to generate one or more alert signals to the housing;
• a sensor configured to detect one or more touches to the wearable user equipment;
• and
• a controller communicatively coupled to each of the communication interface, the actuator, and the sensor, wherein the controller is configured to:
• establish a communication link between the communication interface and the mobile device;
• receive a notification signal from the mobile device through the communication link;
• in response to receiving the notification signal from the mobile device, cause the actuator to provide an alert signal to the housing of the alert device;
• and
• in response to the sensor detecting a touch to the wearable, cause the actuator to cease the alert signal from being provided to the housing of the alert device.