Methods and systems for providing haptic messaging to handheld communication devices
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1. A method for mapping for mapping between an event of interest and a corresponding haptic effect comprising:
- providing a plurality of pre-programmed haptic effects to a user;
allowing a user to associate one or more haptic effects with one or more events of interest;
compiling the mappings made between various events of interest and corresponding haptic effects into a haptic lookup table storable in memory.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for mapping between an event of interest and a corresponding haptic effect includes: providing a plurality of haptic effects to a user; allowing a user to associate haptic effects with one or more events of interest; and compiling the mappings made between various events of interest and corresponding haptic effects into a haptic lookup table, storable in memory.
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1. A method for mapping for mapping between an event of interest and a corresponding haptic effect comprising:
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providing a plurality of pre-programmed haptic effects to a user;
allowing a user to associate one or more haptic effects with one or more events of interest;
compiling the mappings made between various events of interest and corresponding haptic effects into a haptic lookup table storable in memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer-readable medium on which is encoded program code, comprising:
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program code for providing a plurality of haptic effects to a user;
program code for allowing a user to associate one or more haptic effects with one or more events of interest; and
program code for compiling the mappings made between various events of interest and corresponding haptic effects into a haptic lookup table, which can be stored in memory. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A data stream embodied in a carrier signal, carrying instructions to provide a plurality of pre-programmed haptic effects to a user;
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allow a user to associate one or more haptic effects with one or more events of interest;
compile the mappings made between various events of interest and corresponding haptic effects into a haptic lookup table, which can be stored in memory. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A handheld mobile device comprising:
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means for providing a plurality of pre-programmed haptic effects to a user;
means for allowing a user to associate one or more haptic effects with one or more events of interest;
means for compiling the mappings made between various events of interest and corresponding haptic effects into a haptic lookup table, which can be stored in memory. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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