US 9,521,269 B2 · Method of giving the user information and portable device

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of giving the user information on the operation of a portable device, and a portable device. In the method, an event that concerns the operation of the device and interests the user is detected (302) by the control means of the device. If at least one silent alarm pattern producing a tactile sensation in the user is attached to the event, the user is given (312) abstract information on the operation of the device by using at least one silent alarm pattern implemented with the alarm device and sensed by the user. Various alarm patterns differ from one another such that at least one alarm pattern characteristic sensed by the user varies. The characteristic can be the alarm pattern frequency, amplitude, changing rate of the amplitude, changing rate of the frequency or duration of the alarm pattern. One way to perform a silent alarm is vibration. The user interface is particularly intended for users with impaired hearing and/or vision.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A mobile station comprising:

a user interface configured to enable a user to control operation of the mobile station by manual input and to obtain information on the operation of the mobile station,
a tactile alert device configured to generate a tactile vibration, and
a control circuit configured to control the tactile alert device to generate a first tactile vibration with a first pattern in response to a first event and a second tactile vibration with a second pattern that is distinctly humanly perceptibly different from the first pattern in response to a second event different from the first event,
wherein the first event is correct user manual input.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/495,375Filed 24 Sep 2014 · continuation

Priority

21 Nov 2000

Published

US 2015/0011255 A18 Jan 2015

Granted

13 Dec 2016

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04M 19/047
The ringing-current being generated at the substations: vibrating means for incoming calls
G08B 6/00
Tactile signalling systems
H04M 1/72454
With means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions: according to context-related or environment-related…
H04M 1/72475
User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones: specially adapted for disabled users

Family

Application09/717,862Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Nov 2000

Application11/024,280Parent of this continuation · filed 28 Dec 2004

US 6,850,150 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Feb 2005

US 2015/0011255 A1Pre-grant publication · published 8 Jan 2015

US 8,847,734 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2005/0110611 A1Published application

US 9,521,269 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

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Abstract

Claims18