Wristband Having A User Interface And Method Of Using Thereof
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1. A user input system, comprising:
- a wristband structure sized for at least partly encircling a wearer'"'"'s wrist and having an outer surface;
a touch surface operative to detect at least one movement vector of at least one fingertip which slide contiguously against said outer surface;
a touch controller adapted to analyze said at least one movement vector to identify a computing device operation command; and
a wireless communication unit adapted to wirelessly transmit said computing device operation command to said computing device.
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Abstract
A user input system that includes a wristband sized for at least partly encircling a wearer'"'"'s wrist and having an outer surface, a touch surface operative to detect at least one movement vector of at least one fingertip which slide contiguously against the outer surface, a touch controller for analyzing the at least one movement vector to identify a computing device operation command, and a wireless communication unit for wirelessly transmitting the computing device operation command to the computing device.
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24 Claims
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1. A user input system, comprising:
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a wristband structure sized for at least partly encircling a wearer'"'"'s wrist and having an outer surface; a touch surface operative to detect at least one movement vector of at least one fingertip which slide contiguously against said outer surface; a touch controller adapted to analyze said at least one movement vector to identify a computing device operation command; and a wireless communication unit adapted to wirelessly transmit said computing device operation command to said computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A user input method, comprising:
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wirelessly receiving at least one operation command from a computing device; converting said at least one operation command to at least one instruction; and operating a plurality of vibrating elements located in a plurality of portions of a wristband device sized for at least partly encircling a wearer'"'"'s wrist so that each said vibrating element vibrates a respective portion in at least one of a different pattern, a different velocity, a different timing and a different intensity. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A user input system, comprising:
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a wristband structure sized for at least partly encircling a wearer'"'"'s wrist and having a plurality of portions; a plurality of vibrating elements each positioned to vibrate another said portion; a wireless communication unit adapted to wirelessly receive an operation command from a computing device; and a controller adapted to convert said operation command to at least one instruction which is forwarded to operate said plurality of vibrating elements so that each said vibrating element vibrates in at least one of a different pattern, a different velocity, and intensity.
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20. A method of pulling data from a communication device, comprising:
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recording, using a touch surface, at least one gesture of at least one fingertip which touches an outer surface of a wristband device sized for at least partly encircling a wearer'"'"'s wrist, said at least one gesture is indicative of a data query; analyzing said at least one gesture on said wristband device to identify said data query; wirelessly transmitting said data query to a communication device which manages a record indicative of acceptance or non acceptance of a message from a human peer; receiving a response to said data query, said response being set according to said record. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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