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USER FEEDBACK TO INDICATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED STATES

  • US 20130076658A1
  • Filed: 01/09/2012
  • Published: 03/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for generating feedback to a user of a communication device to indicate a change in status of the device, the method comprising:

  • providing a multi-screen communication device that may be selectively moved between an open position for positioning of primary and secondary screens of the communication device in a side-by-side relationship, and a closed position in which the primary and secondary screens are moved toward one another to place the primary and secondary screens in a back-to-back relationship;

    determining, by at least one processor and at least one of a position sensor or accelerometer, that the device is being moved to the closed position or being moved to the open position;

    in response to determining step, the at least one processor creating a signal as feedback to the user that the device has changed status from one position to the other; and

    wherein the signal includes at least one of a audible or vibration signal generated by a feedback mechanism of the device in response to the signal created by the processor.

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