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Details
Inventors: Sadler, Daniel J.; Caine, Michael E.; Chang, Angela; Dai, Xunhu; Jensen, Claudia; Zindel, Daniel;
Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL)
Primary Examiner: Nguyen; Hung
Assistant Examiner:
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An electronic device (100) comprises a housing (112), an input (118, 122) coupled mechanically to the housing for receiving data, an output (114, 118) coupled mechanically to the housing for presenting information to a user of the electronic device in at least one of an audio and visual mode, an electronic circuit (210) coupled mechanically to the housing for providing intelligent operations that receives the data from the input and provides the information to the output, and at least two electromechanical transducers (226), each providing a tactile alert to the user in response to the data, the tactile alerts occurring simultaneously or in succession.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION An electronic device comprises a housing, an input coupled mechanically to the housing for receiving data, an output coupled mechanically to the housing for presenting information to a user of the electronic device in at least one of an audio and visual mode, an electronic circuit coupled mechanically to the housing for providing intelligent operations that receives the data from the input and provides the information to the output, and at least two electromechanical transducers, each providing a tactile alert to the user in response to the data, the tactile alerts occurring simultaneously or in succession.
Additional advantages of the present invention will be set forth in the Detailed Description which follows and may be obvious from the Detailed Description or may be learned by practice of exemplary embodiments of the invention.
Still other advantages of the invention may be realized by means of any of the instrumentalities, methods or combinations particularly pointed out in the claims.



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