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AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsWilliam Donald Santo, Jong-Suk Lee, Sherman Wang, Gregory Jason Fields
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A method is provided which comprises, upon detecting a particular event, determining that a notification is to be provided for the particular event; and activating a light source acting as a camera flash to provide the notification. The method may further comprise determining if an image capture application is currently active and only having the light source emit the camera flash as the notification if the image capture application is not currently active. The method may also comprise determining an orientation of the mobile device, determining if the image capture application is active, and only having the light source emit the camera flash as the notification if the orientation is indicative of visibility of the light source and if the image capture application is not currently active. The method may also comprise determining that the camera flash is to be modulated; and having the light source modulated.
A method of providing event notifications on a mobile device having a camera flash associated with a camera application for capturing images, comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions for providing event notifications on a mobile device having a camera flash associated with a camera application for capturing images, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:
A mobile device comprising a processor, memory, and a camera flash associated with a camera application on the mobile device for capturing images, the memory comprising computer executable instructions for causing the processor to provide event notifications on the mobile device, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.